Paul Palmer

excellent conversion, and its massey, superb, paulali

how did you do the bonnet, the new grill and where did you get the 8480 decals cheers paulali

thankyou johny, got it ,i thought that is where you meant cheers paulali

johny will post my collection but not many and what i have got i am working on will post some if you like cheers paulali

i would be very interested in the front weights any topics showing them cheers paulali

i think i know where you mean now johny, but a pic will clear it up for me, you mean the edge of the cab door where it touches the mudguard is that right? cheers paulali

removing front linkage simon, easy, undo the 2 screws underneath the tractor then take out front linkage rear wheels just replace rear siku wheels with the uh ones, front a bit more difficult ,you have to hacksaw or dremel the 2 pin heads then wheels come off, then make up two more pins and glue on the front uh wheels i am sure somebody, particularly the pro builders will have a more satisfactory answer for the front axle but that is what i done cheers simon,paulali

sorry to be stupid johny but paint where? i have looked at my mf brochures and cant see red under the door could you post a picture that might help ,paulali

great looking model ,superb, any info on what chassis wheels and tyres etc you used ,paul palmer

that would have been easy but 5455 shorter than the 5480 in real life, mirrors slightly different, plus subtle chassis, exhaust differences but hey there you go cheers paul palmer

last 2 pics paul palmer

does this count as a conversion? it is a siku mf 5455 and all i have done is took out the stupid steering system from the roof, put on a uh mf 5480 roof, added a beacon and uh mf 5480 wheels front and back oh and took off the front linkage ones down here never seem to have a front link cheers paul palmer

that looks great simon superb work ,forget doing a green one, next up must be a massey,paul palmer

you beuty 4055 thankyou,paul

thanks marc but not the one im looking for cheers paul

i have looked for this post everywhere somebody put hydraulic pipes on the britains simba solo 330 i would love to look again please help!!!!!!! paul

heres a pic of the lights

2 more pics ,last job will be to add the lights which i have took off from the front of a scrapped uh solitare 6 metre drill

said i was going to start after xmas but here goes, here is a siku lemken front press, i have took off the paint on the egdes of the press with a nail file and i have added hydralic pipes, the pipes are from a 1/12 tamiya motorbike kit,, the press will be fitted to the mf 8270 xtra which is in the tractor conversion topic, i have to weather the press, uh lemken solitare drill to be weathered and put on the back this will have to wait as the drill is wrapped and under the xmas !!!!!!!tree paul

any body help i want to fit a siku rear linkage to my britains 535 quadtrac any pics as well

jc the norscot challenger 765b turned up today i have decided not to replace the rear linkage its very accurate and as i specifically bought this model to tow a britains simba and simba conversion double press what i will do is drill down through the clevis take out the moulded draw pin and make up my own drawbar pin i will let you know how i get on cheers paul

no problem simon here is what i used in the baling diorama base is mdf and routed around the edges base covered in pva then fine wood dust sprinkled over, excess shook off straw windrow is scenic material this is foliage happened to be the right width it comes in strips to get the height i stuck one on top of the other pva again and then covered with mdf dust/shavings grass verge scatter material pva the edge of the plynth and sprinkled on the grass models covered with pva by brush in strategic places then sprinkle the entire model with softwood dust and then shook off .if you look at brochures etc ,or as i have done, worked with the machines you know where the straw settles cheers paul

many thanks for your reply ,thanks if i get stuck i will post, when all done will post the finished display cheers paul

any thing after the tm 155 superb convo by the way that is really convo work im mainly into weathering dioramas etc although i did convert the siku 8270 xtra i am waiting in the post for the lemken front press and lemken solitaire drill will also weather them and then on display plinth cheers paul

have you any new convos on the go? paul