Andrew Kejr's Website
Andrew's Photos	My Profile I often get asked about how I came to be farm toy collector. Like many of my fellow collectors, I got my start from living on the family farm. I was born in Ft. Morgan, CO in 1981 and our farm was about 30 miles South of there, or an hour north of Limon. We farmed 6,000 acres of summer fallowed dryland wheat. My Dad grew up on the farm and worked the fields with my Grandpa. The favorite piece of equipment we had was the 1968 Wagner WA-17 in the picture. That pic is when the tractor was pretty much brand new I think. This was the second Wagner tractor the farm had. My grandpa had previously had another WA-17 on singles. We had the only Wagner I have ever seen in person. That is why I am a big fan of Wagner tractors and have a few in my toy collection. Unfortunately the Farm went under in the late 80's early 90's and we left the farm. Since then my dad has had jobs that keep him close to the agriculture world and by extension, me close to the toy agriculture world. We moved to Kansas where my dad is currently a truck driver for Great Plains out of Salina, KS. This is the reason for my emphasis on building Great Plains equipment. Since finding and subscribing to Toy Tractor Times I have become a serious collector and builder. much to my wifes dismay. I attended North Park University in Chicago, which explains how we got here. I graduated with a degree in Biblical and Theological Studies and am currently attending North Park Theological Seminary where I am training to be a pastor. Thats Me!! Feel free to ask any questions you might have. Notes on the Pictures: The photos of the real machinery is from our farm in Colorado. The the rest show some of my custom work, for more photos check out my photo album at the address listed below. Thanks, Enjoy Age: 26 Favorite Farm Toy: Combines, C&D Models Versatile 700 on singles and Wagner WA-17 Hobbies: Farm Toy collecting, customizing and scratchbuilding Hometown: Lindsborg, Kansas Website: http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumList?u=4362586 My Blog » Workbench Update #2: Doors and interior Posted on 2/12/2007 The second part of my workbench update is the doors and interior. I made new doors our of brass and some homemade hinges and the doors work pretty well. They will get door handles installed sometime in the future. I also started on the interior of th ...(more) » Workbench Update #1: WA-17 Auxillary Fuel Tank and Swinging Drawbar Posted on 2/12/2007 Hey everyone, I thought I would update you all on the progress of my Wagner build. It has been a fairly productive few weeks working on htis when I hav a few minutes between school work. I have built the Auxillary fuel tank that sits between the r ...(more) » On the Workbench: 1/16 Wagner WA-17 Posted on 1/26/2007 Hey everyone, I will use this blog to show what I'm working on at the moment. Some of you may now about it already but thats ok. I am workign on a 1/16 Wagner WA-17. It should be prett sweet when its finished as I hope to detail it as much as pos ...(more)