Wayne D

23 hours ago, Tractorman810 said:

the damaged replicagri 8630 arrived today, was planning to convert it, but after 10 mins of work,a bit of steady plastiweld glue and a 2 hour setting time to be sure it set properly , its all back like new , and not a obvious mark on it , the joys of plastiweld. now unsure as to keep it standard or do the conversion i bought it for ??????? from this to this

You beat me to it, ha ha I was bidding on that on eBay as well. Good to see it all fixed up like new. 

Haven't had much time to visit here lately, but glad to see your still hard at work Paul.

Nice fleet, good to see the silage underway. 

Brilliant work Paul. Looks great. 

To be fair to Britians the John Deere tractors they make are really good, I know some may need a few tweaks here and there, but generally they are pretty good. Plus the extra detail and painting you add Paul really adds to the finishing touches. 

As said the Kane conversion looks good. I've been meaning to buy a new Kane classic and try replacing the rear door with proper mesh. 

14 minutes ago, Paul Palmer said:

thanks Wayne,been looking at the pictures,i need to redo the aerial,would be nice to do what you are doing mate,and get some pictures outside,but  the weather down here today is s**t

Hopefully we will have a long summer to enjoy plenty of sunny days for photographs.  be great to see them outside with a nice back drop. 

Lovely job, little tweeks make  nice difference to it and help bring it to life. 

Nice machinery Paul. Fleet is looking good. 

Looking good Paul, are the new front tyres the old school Britains tyres that they used for years and years?  

Nice to see the silage season kicking off!!!

Good work Paul, looking forward to seeing the silage fleet in action. 

Bowsers looking great Paul, nice work indeed. The compartment box on the back is a nice addition.

The 2017 fleet is looking good Paul. Some nice machinery on display. 

Attention to detail is excellent. Top work. 

Lots of space for plenty of nice displays!  

6 hours ago, Tractorman810 said:

none of the above wayne, its a totally new finish , the gravel/scatter effect  wasn't really cutting it for me looks wise, so i went hunting for a better look . this is all nothing but tamiya paint on a new foam board, nothing else, took about an hour to do this bit, which i had to template with paper first to fit what i had built as i didnt fancy taking it all apart , the whole patterns been marked out on a A1 sheet so when i joint into the next section it will all line up blocks wise through the yard with luck the cracks you just add where you want .

Ok, ha ha I was scratching my head trying to work out how you had done it, from the earlier photos with the loose stone. Looks great and very realistic. 

Great work yet again.

I'm trying to work out if you complacted or grouted the stone you started of with on this and then added lines to make it look like poured concrete slabs, or have you added sheets of concrete patterns material?

Nice fleet Paul, the Deere looks like it will have its work cut out!

The painted wheel centres look so much better that the standard plastic. Good work Paul. 

Good work Paul, I like the road with the lining. Double gates at the entrance look good. 

2 hours ago, MadMark said:

Like Martin said Super Q version Paul, like Britains should have done after they done TW10, TW15 q cab so I thought I'd do the Super Q vrsion.

Looking forward to seeing this come along.

That looks great, good work so far. 

7 hours ago, ford man said:

Your right there Wayne, the company is worldwide and the order book for forklifts keeps growing. They are in the process of building a new plant outside Monaghan town. Just to give you a the size of the plant 900 solar panels are going on it!!!! 

I know Robert and Maurice because I'm involved in rallying and are two lovely fellows. 

Yes that's correct, the engineers I work for designed the structure for the new building. It's massive, just short of 10 acres for the building alone. ha ha!

Small world, my dad would be good friends with them, as he done quite a bit of night navigation rally's with them back in the day.

Also check out Combilift, Robert Moffett is one of the directors of it. Certainly not a small company.