Born in April 1930 in Farnham, Surrey, Hector was brought up on a farm and always loved the countryside. As a child, he was fascinated by tractors and his first toy was a Fordson Standard. For over five decades, Hector found himself unearthing special models and his tractor collection grew exponentially and eclectically, from construction to military, tin plate to modern plastic, European to Japanese. Over the years these early model acquisitions were joined by Farm sets, Border Fine Arts ceramics, Books, Jigsaws, Kits, Military machines, unitary bits of aviation and others. The odd wooden elephant, cart-horse or animal managed to be taken in too. One of his utmost favourites was the Shackleton David-Brown Trackmaster ? a rare clockwork bulldozer, as well as the 'Vickers Vigor' crawler. Sadly, Hector passed away in Nov. 2021 at the age of 91. His last wish was that his collection should now allow others all the enjoyment and happiness it had given him over decades. Manufacturers in this collection include Britains, Corgi, Dinky, Joal, Ertl, NZG, Fun Ho and many others.