Over the course of two and a bit evenings, this Langley kit for a little Ferguson TEA20 tractor was cleaned up, built and painted. It's all whitemetal, and there's a fair number of very small parts. It comes in a small clear plastic container that's not big enough to hold the finished model. The instructions are adequate but betray the age of the kit in that they have been composed on a typewriter. A small sketch is included to help with the positioning of the various parts and there is a numbered list of all the parts too. Some of the parts would be stronger if produced as brass castings but this would no doubt add appreciably to the price of the kit. There was very little flash on the castings; what was there was easily scraped off with a newish scalpel blade. Many of the parts incorporate a small peg/spigot to help with location to a mating part and a matching hole needs to be drilled. Sometimes the hole exists, but on some parts the hole position is marked by a tiny dimple. Drill sizes of 0.8, 0.9 and 1.0mm were need for this.

Completed tractor model

Restored FEA20 Ferguson tractor photographed in Norway.

These tractors were introduced in the late 1940s and were well known in Scotland as 'wee grey fergies'. The last one I saw was a few years ago, beautifully restored and working daily, parked outside Olden's Co-op store in Vestland, Norway. I took some pictures of it knowing they would be useful at some point.
I gave the model a light spray of Halfords grey primer and then mixed up some glossy grey paint to match the pictures. The Humbrol greys I had were either too light or too dark and there was no way I wanted to wait until model shops opened again. Two coats were brush painted then one or two details touched in with a sooty black. I mixed what I hoped would be a rubbery looking brownish matt black for the tyres and these also had a couple of coats. I am pleased with the contrast between the appearance of the tyres and the glossy remainder of the rest of the model.