The model threshing machine was built by apprentices of Stanhay (Ashford) Ltd.
The model was probably built as a final piece by apprentices of the agricultural engineering company that was based in Ashford. It was constructed over a period February 1949 and June 1950.
It is based on the steel framed Fisher Humphries Threshing Machine, model SFA1. It is believed that all moving parts of the model operated as the full size machine.
The tractor displayed with the threshing machine is a model of a Marshall & Sons, Field Marshall single cylinder diesel tractor. It has an electric motor which would have driven the threshing machine.
The threshing machine was displayed at the Kent County Agricultural Show in 1950. Ashford Museum, with partner Wheels of Time venues, displayed it again at the County Show in 2024.
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