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nice 500 series I could do with some of those front axels are they fully steerable or solid ?

ohh sounds sweet sean wots the website to perfect 32 ?? might get an industrial version and put a Duncan cab on her I was thinking

I saw that DB on ebay a cracker she is too mate

congratulations to andy and partner with there new family

Here goes after a devorce and moveing twice the latter hopefully is my last move ever ha can you guess wot its gonna be ha ha there are other unfinished projects to restart and complete as I now have higher standards hopefully this gem has got a very long way to go as im cutting by hand with a little razor saw as no power or lighting in the new shed yet hopefully I will be getting a bench grinder hot wire cutter ect so without further adue heres the ih 885 XL 4 or 4wd as I haven't decided which one to do first

cant wait mate ....im moveing yet again but the good news is there is an out house shed for me to do my butchering of parts to do some scratch builds love the house its come on real fine

HI Nigel ive been painting and spray painting models for a few years now but im never realy satisfied with the final result ... im thinking of starting a scaledown model i bought but i was just wondering how to get the best finnish would you ever use spray or just paint also i dont know much about wet and dry and how to use it properly this would also come in usefull for any other scratchbuilds or conversions as ive spent so long getting the dimentions right and the models deserve the best finnish going so any tipp would be geatfully recived cheers nigel

just arived today bought of ebay 31 quid i dont know if theyre on genral release in this ountry yet but shes a beut

i was thinking allong those lines john cheers mate

ive been racking my brains of a way to make them .....ild need an extreamly small drill to drill a hole in a virtual needle the use the thinnest pins as hangong hooks to slide the door into the holes if i can crack that i can scratch build the IH worldwide cab like in the real world and put the correct doors on instead of relying on the old ertl ih 784 cab and i think it would look better scatch building the cab frame and cladding it like in the real world i intend to do this by making a IH 454 useing a britains MF 135 chassis as they are quite similar with the subframe and size plus i can do a just ropps framed version i think constructing it mainly from scratch is the way to go the cab i mean then add the cladding on later even if it turns out perfect i might cast the frame to make more for the rest of the world wide range as ive now got the 784 cast chassis and the 135 chassis also ild love to make a ih 454 powerd standen cyclone a loader to go on another 454 too

scratch building a cab and i want the doors to open atr there any hinges small enough or any tips on how to make the smallest 1/32nd hindges and hinging pins cheers nigel

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why cant i upload pics :? ;/

ahh done it i think this is the one ive bought i rather it to the show tractor me thinks

dratt it wont let me attach anymore thumbnails

its a box that says IH 845 xl on the box but no limmited run so i would think they are unless they are a production mistake i realy dont know but i want one aand i will have one that style cab fender was on the doncaster 85 series and the 955 xl german first run of 955s i dont know if they were ever on the 956 at all maybee they were standard and the wider fenders were optional i dont know but ive modded that box u see on my post to look like a 885 it is actualy a an 845 xl will

i hope replicagri do make an ih 885 xl ect as there has only been the ertl 784 from around the late 70s erly 80s era thats been done or the 784 in 1/16 a few years ago

ive kinda changed the box to look like an ih 885 xl but as you can see its like the french show model limmited run but with the cab and fenders more like the doncaster built 885 xl with black fenders and i will be having one OR 2 of these models only available in hong kong at the mo

Congrats mate did u do them yourself or order them in. Il send u those ih casts thusweek cheers nige

i know we talked about other casts mate as im getting you those parts this week hope they keep you busy on the said floorpans im convinced casting them as a 3 part prodject is better i.e cast the left wing right wing then middle floor pan then glue or resin together after cheers nigel

havent spoke to marcus for ages trissy or you mate give him my regards and i hope your keeping well to mate

nice i plan on doing such a bale chamber with knives to get the gaged adges u get on the sides of conventional bales

seen a hand bailer on youtube allot of work to do a bale but u could scale this down to a 1/32 or 1/16bale chamber im sure the knotting would be fidly but would look good in dioramers

its a real shame there arnt more blu prints / flat pack models out there ild love the britains evedale farm from the 70s and if there was anyone gifted enough to do a whole range of cardboard cut out tractors like david brown 90s series to ford s ect the possablitys are endless i mean the combines have been done and a few tractors anythings possable

now would be a lovely opertunity to bring out a revised version of the trailed forage harvester like a tarrup or reekie new holland from the 70s-80s we do have some good bale trailers so i think maybee a bamfords bailer would be reeal nice i ratherd them to the newholland for some strange reason maybee a welgar conventional bailer but ild love to see a two drum mower that folds up in transit with safety skirt and..... ild love to see a rear attatchable 3 point linkage like forklift to go on the back of the likes of the IH or ford 6600 to move potato pallets around