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Thanks The newest scanias are a bit more mean looking with the slightly reshaped front grill but to be honest I love DAFs and Volvos just as much (based solely on looks!) - couldn't choose my favourite!

Thanks - its as close as almost makes no difference 1:24. I think some of the german & american ones would be 1:25 though. I know revell of germany does a 3 axle low loader in 1:25

Thanks mate - what one did you try?

No 1:24 lad. Just realised maybe they shouldn't be on here saying as they're not in the farming scales. If the moderators want them removed I'll happily do it

here lads, maybe not much call for a walnut dash in a defender or 7810 but i did a walnut dash on this daf interior. I painted it a wooden enamel colour and then very carefully drybrushed on a few tiny bits of black. Its not perfect but it'll do me!

First attempt at making the bumper - wasnt happy with it: Second attempt

This is the one i want to be the most accurate i have ever done:

Another one

One of my models

Well done you've done it just right. They always say with weathering that if you think it needs more then STOP! Personally i haven't the guts to try it as i've seen too many make a total mess, but your's is certainly not one! Tell you what if this is your first attempt - you are a real natural! Keep on weathering!

Being into my lorry models i like these now i have to say. If its possible to remove the headlight lens i would put a drop of tamiya clear orange on the indicator bit - makes a big difference and would look better than the yellowy sort of tinge

I only buy very select models and am not really into any particular brands but i feel annoyed for those who started off collecting masseys, it was ok when you had an industrial 35x or 135 and even the chrome versions, but it is becoming a bit of a joke-especially as half of the varients don't even look well in their new colours!!! Though in saying that people do have a choice, would I spent a fortune on models i didn't really like the look of just to ensure i had a complete collection? I seriously doubt it, I think i would just say enough is enough, i'll buy ONLY the ones i like in that brand. I wonder, and would like to learn, why people go for the dealer boxes (especially when they seem to be dearer). To me a box is to get it home or transport it about and I can only see a need for a dealer box if you intend to sell it at a later date and hope to make a wee bit of profit by having a rarer box. Take it this influx of masseys given every colour under the sun shows massey must be their biggest seller??? That way they know there'll be a big uptake on limited editions and different colours without actually investing in a totally new model???

No problem lad

Small update: Stripped down: This is the humbrol paint just given a patch test on the bottom to check for reaction. Its hard to know what to think, looks very bright gold here, though tilt it a few degrees and its very dark. Hard to know. Unfortunately i don't think this'll be done this side of Christmas especially with the weather which is a bit cool for spraying

That is true about more detail being required but my experience of 1:24 vs 1:50 is that while 1:24 should have more detail, it is easier to add it to if you know what i mean. Maybe its just cos of me and my clumsy shaky hands i find the smaller scale tricker! You have a handy checklist there to work from Whilst in buying the model i looked amongst the paint tins and they had a few sprays one of which was the light grey i assume for the te20 which i too would use. Gold was only in a 1 litre tin, but if you look at this website (came across this whilst searching for gold or bronze enamels) humbrol 16 (gold) was used on two planes about 2/3rds of the way down the page land it looks not too far off IMO http://www.canmilair.com/gallery2.htm

35x purchased and largely dismantled. Few bits ended up as casualties where i gently (well obviously not gently enough ) tried to prise them apart. So far: bonnet removed mudguards removed seat and padding removed hubs and tyres removed (unfortunately one rear wheel hub has detached from the rim but it may be fixable plus they aren't correct anyway) diesel tank removed The dash looks a wee bit more compilcated to remove given the steering and given the breakages so far i don't want to damage one of the most important bits. I'd hoped it would have been easier to have removed ALL the plastic bits of the chassis to dunk in thinners to strip but with all the wee gear knobs etc i think theres not much point in even attempting to remove them, i'll only break them and be snookered! Think it'll just be a respray job and then strip the mudguards and bonnet. Starting to wonder would 1:16 have been easier with chunkier and less fragile components...

Great stuff!

Yeah i hope not ha ha!. That would be superb Mark, much appreciated I'll send you an email. Whilst i'm on the scrounge... ...if you've any more pictures that you took for the article or even full size ones of the 5 on page 23 i would be in your debt

Wow absolutely FANTASTIC Brian!! I had never noticed the mudguards yet, but from looking at the 35x online from the front view it looks like there is a line created in the mudguard that could be used as a marker to cut along-would that be accurate? So you added another cylinder to the front of the existing 3 and as for the battery (correct me if i'm wrong), 6v in normal position just in front of dash under bonnet and another 6v behind drivers left heel? Not to sure about the new bonnet knobs, all i've been able to see so far is to remove the two bits moulded onto the flap on the 35x. I'd noticed the back rims, but what offers the correct ones-the 135?? I'm not too sure about certain things, i've seen some with white exhausts, some with grey, some with black, i suppose white is originally how it was. I'm in two minds whether to do it as last i saw it where it is perhaps not 100% accurate (from memory the one photo shows it with red 35x style lights at the side of the bonnet) or do it as it was out of the factory. I'm leaning towards the changed one as it is a bit more personal that way, plus the 35x will supply the lights so that is handy enough. Also noticed from my reference pictures that some have air filters through the bonnet and some don't. I must hunt out the photo and see what applies. Hope the uh 35x is in stock alright tomorrow and i'll start seeing what way to go about things a bit better and start dismantling her. Thanks very much so far lads, i'll start posting my progress. Does anyone know if the scaledown website does the paint i need? Can't see it and can't see an email address. Never fear Lord Ferguson...A copy was snapped up on friday afternoon!!! Didn't realise it was you! I had shelved my model idea for a while and went in to WH Smiths after mulling it over for the last day or two and this mag stood out (only one left-so sales might be doing well ) and took it as a sign! Very interesting reading about the diesel and the 'notorious' starting! The extra pictures supplement the article very well and now i see exactly what you mean about the push buttons

Ah right! Yeah i saw that and was thinking a few weeks and they'll announce the bigger scales but thats months back and still nothing. To be fair i'd prefer the challenge of the conversion, would also give me a bit more sense of pride handing over one i've worked on rather than one off the self. Though if it turns out rubbish i'll not be saying that... I'd love to do a 1:16 version though i'll start off on the smaller and cheaper scale to see how that goes. First go with diecast (well have done a wee bit on 1:50 lorries) tractors, though many years of carpet farming experience of course

thanks i may take photos step by step and then i'll know what goes where were you doing the same conversion or what were you stripping yours for if you dont mind me asking

Hi everyone, I've done a bit of 1:24 lorry models in the past, now as a present i want to convert a 1:32 uh 35x (hopefully buying it tomorrow) into a fe35 a good friend once had to give as a present. I think it was the diesel one, so it was a 4 cylinder??? Anyway couple of things, i've exhausted the internet to try to get pictures and info on the differences and i've some reference material but if anyone has detailed pictures it would be a great help. Or to highlight what should be removed or added to the 35x chassis. Still not sure whether to strip the paint or paint over. I'd prefer to strip it off to avoid losing detail and possible reaction but are all the plastic bits easily removed from the metal chassis? Whats the gear knobs etc made of? If plastic are they easy to remove and put back on? Wouldn't fancy chucking it in cellulose thinners to come back and find clean metal and melted plastic details Finally the paint...i'm a regular user of halfords but fancy using an airbrush to allow a bit more control with spraying, does anyone do little tinlets to match the grey and gold to save paying probably big money for a lot of paint of which a tiny amount is needed. Hope you's can help. If possible i'd love to get this done before Christmas, though i've not left myself much time!

I ordered one from a local shop (shall remain nameless) in maybe may time and still not arrived and got fed up and got one from g and m when they were at the moira show there in october. My local NH dealer didn't have them. Hope you get hold of one-they're some job