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Thanks for the comments and feedback guys. Majority of my projects are based on machinery that are produced in Lincolnshire. So lots more Simba, Larrington, Bailey, etc models on the way. Interesting note on the Simba Subsoiler, while the packer should be DD rings really, this one looked to good not to use. The packer is made up of a row old school Britain's front wheel rims.

Nice spot, they are from the Britains Vaderstad. They are not the perfect wheel for a Clayton, but there are not many places you can get 20 wheels of that size for a reasonable price

Projected potato harvester is on hold until I have some inspiration to solve a few problems I have been having. So I have resurrected a project I started 6-7yrs ago. First up is pictures of the progress I have made on my Claydon 6m V Drill. I have also been working on the converting the Standen Powavator Bed Tiller.

A few snaps of the action on the farm this Autumn.

Working on a few items, firstly making a RowTrac 8r for Potato Planting. Also finished adding wide tyres to the JCB and RowTracs for the Precision Quadtrac.

Post harvest cultivation is now in full swing.

I have pretty much finished the first of my 1st Oct Challenge projects. Just have to add decals to the front linkage. As a side project I have also got some work done on the Simba Flatliner Hopefully I will be able to make some progress on the Standen T3 Harvester this weekend.

I have a feeling I won't progress as quickly with the Standen harvester. Also I am travelling around China and the US Midwest for the next month for work. So the race will be back on when I return, haha.

I am liking this challenge, I made more progress yesterday on my John Deere 8r than I have in the last couple of years. Lot more work to do on it though. Base tractor is a Siku JD 8r, I have then used a Norscot Challenger rear hub and linkage. The wheels and front axel are from a Marge Steyr and then the front linkage is from Artisan32.

Awesome idea, nothing like competition for motivation. I will aim to complete my Standen T3 Harvester and a John Deere 8R conversion I have been working on SPN, are you going to create a specific topic for this challenge so we can add updates on our progress.

Rapeseed harvest has begun, yields are reasonable at about 8T/Ha, but very dry so starting harvest from 5am. First day though and we have a breakdown, doh.

Thanks, really appreciate it

With regard to the financial side of the farm, we have been actively selling wheat recently. We remain bullish wheat in general given the production issues in Russia, Germany and the Baltic. However, UK wheat is now pricing at historically high premium to imported maize from Ukraine and South America and imported wheat from the EU, so while world prices may move higher the UK looks fully valued. We are not hedging everything though, as if the US maize production outlook turns South, this would make imported maize less competitive supporting UK prices. We are holding off hedging our rapeseed at present, there looks to be record crops in Ukraine and Canada this year, more than offsetting the losses in the EU. World oilseed prices have though been depressed by the impact of the US/China trade war on soybeans. We are in hope that the US and China will return to the negotiation table before we have to move our rapeseed, which will hopefully give us a better hedging opportunity. We are also holding fire on our barley hedging, given the poor production outlook in the Black Sea region. We are though a little concerned about the slow down in Chinese demand recently.

Great update, I noticed you have roller shutter doors on one of your buildings. I have been struggling to build roller doors, any tips?

Rapeseed has been tested and the first field is nearly fit for harvest. Final job before harvest begins is to attach the side knifes to the combine.

A few more pictures showing some of the activity on the farm in the last week. We have been testing the new Larrington Ejector Chaser along with getting the John Deere RX ready for post harvest cultivation.

Further progress has been made for harvest, with the first set of shed doors being added along with the start of the installation of the silo augers.

Thanks for the comments, There are a few final details to be added to the discs and cultipress. I am also working on a simba flatliner and unipress, hopefully they will be ready for Autumn cultivation.

Final preparations are now being made for harvest, with the combines are being serviced and headers are being brought to the main farm yard. The barley is nearly ready for harvest, so the grain silos now need to be urgently finished. This year we will be harvesting with a Claas Lexion 760 and a Tucano 570. The new John Deere 7310r will be on chaser duty.

Welcome to Lantau Farms, a large scale Lincolnshire based farm growing most of the major grains, potato's and sugarbeet. The farm runs a fleet of John Deere tractors, with the odd JCB for high speed road work. The only other exception being the Claas Combine harvesters. Parts of the yard are still under construction, the intention was for recent construction works to be completed before harvest. But with the quick end to the growing season, works will likely continue through harvest. With the grain storage augers still being constructed, the last few loads of the previous seasons wheat harvest are having to being loaded on to the waiting lorry via the elevator. We have also been preparing the John Deere 8530 for post harvest cultivation. Along with greasing and cleaning down the Simba disc harrows and cultipress. Our spraying team have just returned from one of our other farms as well.

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I have been away for a long time but just moved house and have a spare room so plenty of space to do a bit of model building. These are what I have been spending my time on. They are no where near complete but I thought I would give you a sneak peak. Pics 1 & 2

Does any body now what these wheels came off? Are they the Dickie ones? I would appriciate the help if any body knows how to get hold of them.

Some body has been busy They look awesome