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got a pic of that josh before you make a start on it ?

looks nice ,done a good job with that

ah remind me not to shake is hand next time i meet him \

i think i must add i'm surprised so many young people dont 'get it'. it's not just all about hitching up & unhitching trailers & implements , reversing trailers ertc, the whole point of some of these courses are knowing the capability & safe limits of yourself & the machines you will encounter .

it's those pointless bits that save lives, create the difference between a safe competent driver & a dead incompetent driver, the things we do everyday , that if done wrongly infront of an examiner could be be a fail grade on a certificate. silly things like moving a bale from a flat 8 formation to be able to bass on the next row with the baler , if an examiner saw you hop out from the rhs of the tractor you'd fail a competency course , because you'd be getting out in front of the baler pick up , you always leave the cab from the lhs of the cab & walk around . you climb up into a cab using the hand rails , & you should exit the same way , but i see & i do it too , people just walk out of the cab & hop down the steps , i've also seen someone break their ankle in this way too never disregard the silly pointless things ,it's usually it's the obvious mundane things that will catch you out i have a forklift refresher near the end of the month , it's the stupid obvious things i'll fail on

normal people are happy with a ride on lawn mower johny , ;D quite a lot of horse power just to dig your lawn mate ! the howard machine is a rotavator & been a long while since i seen a spader & it looked good on the eicher mate

also translated as he's the one who sit's in the corner of the mod lounge with his tartan lapblanket & matching flask mumbling to himself while others either give him a wide berth or humour him, & toss him the odd crust from their sarnies. sad really but we like having you around mark , we cant see how you would fit into the real world ............dear old thing .............another pepermint creme mark , or a trip to feed the ducks

oooooohh matron i bet he did , ksnirk ksnirk fnaarr fnaarr............... ;D all you need now is a caravan for the trailer mandy

nicely done , i bet the driver would have rather have the scania than the iveco in real life ......poor bugger ;D

like the green, nice re-spray mate , got to admit i wanted a TGS (the newer equivelent to the narrow cabbed TG) i've ended up with a scania

a 4 page CV is a bit much really , but dont give up mate , there's fewer & fewer of us originally from farmwork still in it & unfortunately all the good jobs are dead mans shoes, it seasonal workers nowadays, just been to one farm today & is selling up at the end of the month , when i asked the tractor driver who'd been there for last 20 years what he's doing next he said he's off into town to assemble henry hoovers, he's well known & liked by the farmers & contractors alike , but there's just nothing about for him . keep looking if not here then raise your sights , ask tris or SPN about America or NZ they might not help with an actual job , but may be able to help with a few pointers , the worlds a big place , go look at it you can always go back to college in the future

got to say never given this model much more than a passing glance before , a the cab looked too tall & out of scalem , but the tyres have made a difference to it might want to get a topper on the back as they look ideal as lgp tyres , they wouldn't leave much of a foot print, well done ! think the roof might be too small to need 2 beacons though

considering if you are keping the britains bonnet decals the darker charcoal grey is the colour you will want , but you got to loose the 4020 tyres they look awfull

nice going there josh , damn good idea & possibly one of the first shown on here. like many members it's something some of us wish we'd had but never get round to actually building one ! now tell me, i have a trailer that needs a respray as the last lot of paint didn't take too well & is starting to peel off , if you could do it for me that would be great , the dimensions are , approx 35ft long & 12ft high & dont really want to pay more than £4500.00 - £5000.00 oh & send the bill to Mole Valley Farmers

yes

Got to hand it to you Mark this along with Sean at AshTree farm is one of the best ongoing topics we have here :)

can see what you mean gav i thought a min till system was meant to be more cost effevtive then the ploughing route , but IIRC you have variable soils so i take it a min till wouldn't be viable for the whole farm anyway ? still think the 69 looks better than the new deeres

wow really lost forwords thats an incredible display with such detail . cant fault it & the last thing it needs is more tractors lee ;D the cattle lorry looks brilliant , but surprised to see a ford force tractor with a q cab in the shed (although i have seen a farmers home fit SQ cab on a ford 4000 in real life not pretty but it worked )

really nice going jordan , although maybe it's not a surprise anymore liking the snow scene :)

certainly looks the part now , cracking model !

love the ploughing shots gav , making me itch they are \

David Brown had a soundtrack of their own, a very boxy exhaust note & made a lovely sound Leyland 804 with front mounted buckrake , listening to the suckback from the turbo when throttling off was great Ford 8210T i used to have the sunroof open to hear the constant whistle from the exhaust as she was singing with a JAG 62 or the bigger 75 MF 699 lovely smooth sound when ploughing, i used to have the roof hatch open to hear a gently undulating purr as she would pull hard then relax along the furrow MF 698T hauling silage or on buckraking , always sounded great Deutz 6.30 the best sound ever was from this aircooled beastie, either drilling with a powerhorrow drill combo or running at full chat with an old FH900 a sound i have yet to be beaten ! the most satisfying sound has to come from a Massey ferguson 168 simply because it's mine

putting in balers to hold the bales together

i still plat twine , i would plat a lot more but i cant get mads neice's to cut the twine on the knots even on farms during a long delivery i'll plat twine , it's really quite relaxing , small bales are good , big bale twine is a little more challenging

great models you have turned out there johny , you should be very pleased with those as is your friend no doubt, very good looking tractors with good solid engineering & an envyable reputation very much like you models :) now then when are you going to start a model of the GINAF 2900 :P 8)