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last one has my scratch built buckrake on hope you like and theres probably been a few of these tractors done by now but this is my take on it ;D

This is my PDC and PAULALI inspired mf6490 conversion saw theres on here and thought i want to build myself one i used the landini 220 and the 5480 cab i ended up destroying the front hubs as they were well stuck the back ones came off easily i used a PDC bonnet kit but decided to add a front linkage instead of using the weight i stripped her down and set to with the dremel a bit scary at first as this was the first major conversion ive done i added styrene to the chassis to raise the bonnet as per the real 6490 also this helped as the headlights would have been to low i then smoothed the rear of the chassis with araldite metal epoxy i then was able to start test fitting the cab and bonnet and making the small adjustments as necessary i added the landini armrest to the mf seat added the t handle for the dyna 6 shift and a joystick into the armrest for the spools i painted the floor a darker shde of grey as per the real ones then cut off the landini exhaust and grafted it onto the mf lower part then made up a bracket to fix it onto the chassis a bit of paint had to paint the mudguards aswell put it all together added rear mudguard lights the mf toplink and the front hubs from another mf5480 see what you think comments welcome

looks really good cant wait to see it finished what wheels are they on it are they cast by yourself

i dont think the guy has a 8 series john deere but i looked on you tube and theres a 8 series on one sowing and a challenger on one aswell

pdc and pauli inspired uh landini to mf6490 conversion fitting a front linkage modifing the exhaust fitting a armrest to the seat also theres a jcb farm master still in the box ready for a bit of tinkering once i finish the massey and figure out what wheels il use to beef her up a bit she will get a respray so its all the same colour of yellow will need to sort out new decals in future when i start to her got two more uh mf5480 on order today at work for a couple more conversions think il do a 6480 and a 7480 when i get suitable chassis sorted really got the bug for this now ;D

looking good so far

my gaffer smashing the door of a tractor i was working on gas strut was broken and i had a block of wood holding it open went for lunch and bang he was on his phone and thought he would lean on it his face was a picture better still dont know when we can get one as its on back order :D :D

Kuhns website says a maximum of 350hp nothing about minimum i thought a minimum of 250hp just because its 6m and and pto driven with hyd pumps on for the fan which all zap power

i know got to keep them away from little fingers three kids all interested in tractors cant wait to get my garden shed built its on the to do list along with everything else busy building a mf6490 conversion on a landini as inspired by topics on here thanks PDC and pauli taking my time and getting it right adding a front linkage pictures posted of build soon

think its gonna be a john deere man bying this and a 1/32 one would be nice but it would take up some room my mate wants me to buy his vaderstadt one but running out of room on wardrobe like this would just be a massive model but a nice one none the less

wow balers look great really liking the 8480 190 combo alot chaser looks a right pain of a build are most of your builds brass or a mixture of metals and styrene would like to acheive this level of model building skill myself one day keep up the good work

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this badboy turned up in the yard this morning kuhns demo machine deal with customer almost done but cant say who yet as its not signed yet this is gonna take some rugging 6m fold up power harrow grain only disc coulter look like its a modular set up if thats the right term as it seems that you could remove any section with a bit of work looks like its done a fair bit of sowing as theres average on the soil engaging part and a few welds repaired here and there and theyve welded bits to the drawbar to cut the turn angle must be to protect the pto shaft driveline have any of you maybe seen this working or a machine of similar size heres the pics

was watching a Brian Norman MF1200 glad i didnt bid it went for £175 + £7.00 postage a few words spring to mind but i cant post them was told by lord fergy they sell new at £120 its a shame that people get sucked in and pay too much

me bought four when they came out :D got one left but seriously i would be amazed if we sell one of these however i said that about the 8480 and we sold one not for long though long story that i wont go into

sweet red tractor porn :D 8690 looks the business

that 8530 on them big boots looks good i have to say

would have been good if it was Angus but he was bailing along at tibbermore off the crief road Perth up behind agricar Perth takes about a hour from yard especially if you get stuck behind rac van with someone on tow was a good run though glad i got him going again will try to keep the photos coming but sometimes you are keen to get away quickly if you know what i mean ;) :D

looks really good nice work ;

thanks took them on ma phone quite chuffed with how well they came out would be nice to see a vicon baler in 1/32 scale round and square i think they've been taken over by Kuhn recently though

not hugely common first square baler sold got a few round ones out hes got two older claas quadrants but this ones a chopper for the silage didnt see what make the linkage was but it looks like a wilson linkage blacksmiths up at huntly

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this is the new baler we sold to Mc Vicar a few photos in the yard and a few in the field today when i was out fitting a new chain didn't get a picture of the wrapper combo jd7810 with Mc Hale 998 wrapper two bales stacked together at a time there was another contractor in the field JJ Allan vicon round baler jd with wrapper and a few tractor and bogies eight tractors a telehandler in all quite a site but couldn't get any photos of the rest

thanks again a bit tight to get off thought i was gonna break it there is this the same on all uh model tractors