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Seems spuds are a nightmare, so I don't envy you with sugar beet to follow although you do seem to be on reasonably light land. Up here, the local teams are averaging 3 acres/day per SP machine. They've now resorted to using tracked machines to haul to gate and normal tractor to haul on road - the trailer is more like a sledge in the field.

I've been meaning to build one of these for a while and started on this week. If I were doing it again I'd do it differently!

The real one.

Body & chassis started.

Very nice. Counting the jets, it looks like 36m (?) so going to be about 1.1m wide.

Is that a Kv plough that you have there?

It is Gav - ES95. Good plough but long. Couple of wee cracks radiating from bolt holes so drilled, veed and welded them.

Just over 7 years - can't beleive how many models I normally would not have bought, I now own, due to the forum.

I generally drill both parts and use brass rod as a dowel to give extra strength if I'm doubtful, then use 2 pack epoxy glue.

Got some of these today Only 20s and 40s

Lovely job! The wheels/tyres in particular are spot on.

First class build and beautifully finished. It most certainly looks the part.

Not being smart, but had some close calls with getting stuck, but never actually needed the chain! Broke a chopper belt and had to swath for two days - got quite a few extra bales

Cracked the main plough beam bouncing over ruts.

Looking good, Sean. Stonework is excellent. Maybe an Airfix 1960s car kit lurking in the store?

Brilliant! Some of the best walling I've seen.

I know it's not Uk weather but isn't this brilliant.

http://hint.fm/wind/

That looks very intricate but beautifully built, and a bit different.

Look forward seeing it 'working'.

Phew, i see the calculators are back on the website now

http://www.agriscale.nl/

Glad it's back, Barry, it's a very useful resource and a lot of work must've gone into it.

And here a pic of what could be a clue to what the next part of the layout could be......

I think you need to plant a1/87 wood!

Good photos of some nice machinery. Think asking the 7740 to pull that load of straw was a big ask this year! Tody TX, too.

At least he has his own personal chain

After not lifting any potatoes since last Friday we tried to do a couple of loads this afternoon, the same driver as last time however managed to get himself bogged down again and we had to tug him out backwards this time. He reckons he can't watch to see if he is starting to spin out as he has to much to watch with the elevator in the trailer as it is.......patience is wearing thin.....very thin with him, its like talking to a brick wall telling him what to do/how to do something properly and I've given up now before I make myself ill again like I did with last years student >

At least he's carrying his own chain with him! Potato boys up here aren't even moving on the light land. Heard the big SP lifter got stuck.

Nice job on the booms, boss. Is the centre section OK?

Not everything goes acording to plan!! ( "I TOLD HIM TO GREASE THOSE UNIVERSAL JOINTS!!!") :laugh:

.......and fix it with a hammer!

As said that maize is superb and the rest of the layout looks great.

Lovely job.Great detailing and paint job.

Very impressive. Even the beacons are rotating.

From memory, 4wd splined shaft on front axle prone to wear and can be heard rattling. Autotronic 'box' under offside floor can suffer from corrosion, worth a look. Crosshead on lift arms can get loose and upset position sensor. If gearbox is OK not a lot else although at 10000 hrs there's bound to be other wear & tear.

Beautiful model and well done with the front axle.

The finished model is superb. I've only ever seen these working in videos, but it certainly looks the part and will be well admired at Zwolle.

Very nice model, Spud and good info on the production. I've been humming and hahing about a 3d printer for a while. After seeing this I may take the plunge!