hotrod192

hi there,ive sent you a pm. regards martin.

this is a siku model ,i have painted the diesel tank and hydraulic rams black,removed the front hitch,i will be adding hydraulic pipes and lights.

this is my sons latest buy that he purchased off his birthday money,he is eight today.the turning radius is pretty poor so that will be the first thing to be sorted,he wants lights added hydraulics added and some light weathering. it is pictured here with its proud new driver.

this is based on a britains model,i have changed the rear actor to one which the rear boom extends,made a hammer for it added hydraulic pipes then added working spot lights to the rear of the cab and a working flashing beacon.the model was then weathered to look muddy,fuel spills added to the tank and the odd small hydraulic oil leak.

i use really good quality pigments and paints,depends on what i am weathering and what texture or effect i want i will mix washes or filters etc.

thanks for your comments,i have just recieved another jcb in the post which will be recieving the same treatment then up for sale.

i have put in two micro switches at the back under the big jcb sticker one on each side,one for all the spotlights and one for the flashing beacon.then it was lightly weathered.

thanks mate,ive not finished weathering it yet as i have so many projects on the workbench i need to get finished at advertised for sale.

the lights are leds which i wire myself and run off a lythium battery.

its my sons birthday soon and he has wanted one of these for a while,ive added spotlights,flashing beacon,driver and i will start weathering it tommorow.

fantastic looking setup,love the old fords.

your layout is looking great.

this is a brand new siku 6820 with loader,i have installed working front spotlights,working flashing roof beacon a cb aerial mirror mounted,i have piped all the loader hydraulics,weathered the bucket to look used and the tractor to look dirty and dusty,it will be listed on ebay tonight.

i think you should do a hedge row with a burn running beside it and some of that grass matting which comes in short medium and long and have your tractor half on the grass and half on the road.

i am nearly finished building this truck but i cant decide what colour to do the cab.the chassis is metallic blue and the running gear is orange there is also black and white decals to go on but if they were going to clash with the colour i would just leave them off.so any ideas peeps.

looks fantastic ;)im in the middle of building a scania 144 topline.

thanks for all your comments ,all i done for him was measure and mark it out then he done all the glueing and then let him loose with a spraycan of silver,he was so proud of himself it was really cool to see the satisfaction on his face well worth letting him loose on the workbench,which is the only way he is going to learn.

my.lad.has.takem.his.lamdrover.amd.chamged.the.wheels.for.wider.alloys.avar.om.the.fromt.with.spots.checker.plate.pamell.protecters.amd.his.owm.scratch.vuilt.trailer.whitch.i.omly.gave.him.some.mimor.help.

cool,what have you used for the field with the sprayer?very nice looking effect that.

thanks for all your comments peeps. the jd came with duals i just made the dozer blade and hydraulics,only problem now is i have no silage to try it out.

i have started making this dozer blade for the old jd to use on the silage pit just for something different.here is a pic for now,i just need to paint it run the hydraulic hoses and age the tractor.

hi mate,i dont think it was air under the paint it sounds like the paint has reacted with something on the bonnet,try sanding it down and spray it with primer first this should stop it reacting.dont worry mate we have all had paint react at some time you just need to start again which is a bit of a pain but you will be glad you done it in the end.

ok i will start the ball rolling. this little guy was a brittish soldier with loose camo on his helmet holding a machine gun and his hand high in the air as if to be stoping traffic so i trimed his helmet cut off the barrel of his gun and put a small piece of tube on for a socket cut his arm off and stuck it back on further down and after a bit of paint he is now a mechanic holding an air impact gun.