MF 165 Tractor & Vintage Baler | OO HO N TT O Scale Gauge | FIREBOX MODELS

1970s Massey Ferguson MF 165 Tractor + Vintage Round Baler Set 

Bring authentic harvest-time realism to your countryside scenes with this highly detailed 1970s Massey Ferguson MF 165 Tractor and Vintage Round Baler Set. Available as a discounted bundle compared to purchasing items separately, this pair captures one of the most iconic agricultural combinations in modern farming history.

Engineered with precision, the round baler hitches cleanly onto the tractor's drawbar with its pickup reel positioned in transport mode (wheels up)—perfect for towing down country lanes or parking up in the farmyard. Ideal for OO, HO, N, TT, and O scale gauge model railway layouts, harvest dioramas, and tabletop wargaming.

(Please select your required scale from the dropdown menu. Models are supplied unpainted in high-strength grey resin).

Key Features & Scenery Uses:

• Farm & Field Scenery: Perfect for summer harvest scenes, hayfields, silage transport, farmyard barn displays, and machinery dealerships.

• Freight & Transport Detail: Ideal as flatbed lorry cargo, goods yard loads, or towing along rural lanes.

• Era & Historical Versatility: Fits post-steam transition through to modern-image layouts (Era 5 to Era 11), as well as preserved heritage farm rallies.

• Material & Finish: Printed in high-strength grey ABS-like resin with major support structures removed—ready to prime and paint.

History & Prototypical Background: Produced between 1964 and 1975, the MF 165 sat at the heart of Massey Ferguson's legendary 100 Series ("The Red Giants"). Built for heavy field cultivation, nearly 200,000 units were manufactured globally—including at the famous Banner Lane plant in Coventry.

Paired here with a classic small-round baler, this model features intricate exposed gearing, twin pick-up rollers, and rugged framing. In real life, while factories equipped these balers with heavy sheet-metal side covers, farmers routinely stripped the shields off in the field to clear twine jams and oil chains on the fly instead of having to take it back to the workshop to do. Proving virtually indestructible, these MF 165 and baler combinations remained everyday sights across British farms right through the 1970s, 80s, and beyond.