Paul Palmer

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

Paul,

Yes you need to remove the old hitch from the underside, the rear likage arms and the small plastic cover that represents the pto, from memory you will need to remove the small lug from the siku hitch too.

I have some tracks but non spare at the moment.

I'll keep an eye on this topic so if you have any problems when you do the conversion just post on here and i'll try and help.

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

have you any new convos on the go? 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

That's awesome mate, looks fantastic. Would never have thought that old post and rail fencing could be made to look so good!

have you any new convos on the go? paul

          

my next project is weathering a norscot 765b change the tracks add beacons etc with a simba solo and simba double press also will be weathered paul

last pic hope you all enjoy paul

here it is finally finished just added the fencing i cut down some britains fencing roghed them up a bit with a nail file drilled the holes and feed through  34 gauge beading wire here are some pics paul

more pics

good pics paul really impressed 

here it is finally finished just added the fencing i cut down some britains fencing roughed them up a bit with a nail file drilled the holes and feed through  34 gauge beading wire here are some pics paul

any spare jd 8430 tracks? paul

Here's what I removed from the rear if anyone is thinking of doing one;

just to check to the right of what you took off does that have to come off as well paul i want to put a rear linkage on my new  challenger 765b want to check before i start cutting paul

yes and a norscot  cat challenger 765b paul

look forward to them mate, still with masseys i hope 

yes and a norscot 765b paul

looks lovely mate  very realistic 

  thanks more on the way paul

are you going to do a post about how you get that look do you airbrush the filler on would love to know paul

no although it was a superior model to the standard siku 8280 there was still no glazing in the doors,paul

fantastic standard paul

very very good do you spray the filler on? paul

many thanks simon for your last post im glad other people get pleasure out of my models but looking around there are many doing great conversion work and this helps and gives me ideas for future work,paul

just to add britains have for the last 4 years launched models at the beginning of the year and then a 2nd release in the autumn also from a very reliable source the mf 7580 is the allis chalmers model britains have a very limited mf licence and personally for me im glad as the uh models are far superior in detail fine for me as i like to display with dioramas but bad for carpet farmers as uh models will not take any abuse,paul