844john

Kidd Rotaflail ready for the off

Getting ready for spraying

Moving a bit of timber

On 5/16/2024 at 2:08 PM, Fenside MF said:

Likeing the sprayer John, got a nice aged finish on the hose's too 😉

Thanks very much Jamie👍

9 hours ago, Idle Git said:

Trust you've got PA1 and 2 and a NSTS cerstifficate  😂

I’ve found that if you spray early enough on a morning you don’t need those😉🤣

12 hours ago, fordmajor said:

Wow fantastic is that a Hilux in the yard ?

Thank you, it’s a Peugeot 504👍

5 hours ago, SirTainly said:

Looks great, how did you make the hoses?

Thanks Simon, they’re made from elastic actually so that they move easily with the arms. I would have liked them a little bit thinner, but that was all I had😉

To be quite honest Paul, in 2wd it doesn’t look that far off at all really, it would never have worked as a 4wd which is what I thought you were doing initially, but then we’ve had that discussion about grills😉🤣

7 hours ago, deBelhamel said:

Looks realistic! 

Nice Fords! 

Thank you👍

10 hours ago, Jack390 said:

Nice house there, cracking photos 

Thank you Jack👍

10 hours ago, Paul Palmer said:

Quality John,quality models, fantastic backgrounds

Thank you Paul👍

23 hours ago, Anderson Agri said:

 

That’s very nice Jamie👌 I agree with Will, it’s nice to see the Siku’s given a bit of love👍

16 hours ago, Anderson Agri said:

Cracking set of photos, better to see on the computer now than my phone the other day. My only critisim is when you did the leylands you should have known 9 months after you did them i would buy a 285 and would then need the model! You should have thought about it 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Thanks mate, you’re right, I should have known🤣

14 minutes ago, WHITESNAKE01 said:

Hi,

 

Indeed, looking into detail, there are quite some differences.
After my former contribution, it occured to me that also the noses are different between 845-856 and UK-based 85-series.
Here are some pictures:

 

Have a nice day!

Jan

In all honesty Jan, the only real similarity between the Doncaster built tractors and the likes of the 844/856 etc is the cab shell and the engines, after that everything’s different😉

3 minutes ago, Paul Palmer said:

Do i keep it as a 845 John?

1 minute ago, Paul Palmer said:

Was your 845 an import

As I said Paul, I don’t mean to interfere, it’s just I’ve looked at doing something similar myself in the past and realised it wasn’t worth the work for me, but I certainly wouldn’t say whether you should do it or not. No, our 844 was one of the last and it was actually built in Doncaster as the transferred production there in the latter years. My father also has one, but a few years older and his was built in Germany I believe, in all honesty it’s probably better finished than the UK built ones

25 minutes ago, Paul Palmer said:

Was aware of the wheelbase difference John but not the other stuff🤦‍♂️

They share a family resemblance Paul, but that’s about it! The 885 traces its roots back to the 74 Worldwide series as they’re Doncaster built tractors, the 845 is European spec built in both Germany and France, longer, heavier back end, gear levers on the other side of the cab, sensodraulic hydraulic system, in all honesty a better tractor, which is probably why we still have the 844, although I do love the 885!

11 hours ago, Paul Palmer said:

My next project, a replicagri ih 845XL which will become a 885XL

Just a little word of caution Paul, I don’t like to stick my nose in but the 885 has a much shorter wheelbase and bonnet than the 845 which is basically the same as the 844. Also, the lower grill and side panels on the 885 is completely different, as are the cab interiors and rear linkage. We’ve had both tractors in the past (still have the 844actually) and the differences between them is very noticeable, unless you do major surgery on the 845 it will never resemble the 885 I’m afraid. Like I say, I’m not wanting to interfere, it’s just that I’ve grown up with these tractors and know them pretty well, what looks on the face of it to be a relatively simple conversion isn’t unfortunately 

1 hour ago, James Joe Dewar said:

Yep same here, then getting a million volts up your arm flipping that kill switch onto the spark plug,

Regards

Joe.

Ha ha, yes I’d forgotten about that Joe!

8 hours ago, James Joe Dewar said:

Fantastic display as always John, As a kid I was alway's fasinated by the fancy ratchet mechanisam for lifting and lowering the elevator I operated that many a time in the early 60's.

Regards

Joe.

Thank you Joe, yes it was a clever design for raising and lowering the elevator. The best place was at the bottom loading it, i always ended up at the top though!

1 hour ago, Idle Git said:

love the lister bale elevator , scratch built I presume

Thank you Mark, yes it is, the only things that I haven’t built are the people 

3 hours ago, justy 46 said:

Cracking pics John. The realism is fantastic, as are the models. 

Thanks very much Justin, I appreciate that 

4 hours ago, Paul Palmer said:

Great pictures John

Thank you Paul