Stabliofarmer

The UH County 1174 in Yellow, sits well with my Cuthbertson Snow Plough until I finish the Bedford TM that's acompanying it. 

Does anyone have any photos of these industrials in use in snow? Am I right in thinking Heathrow Airport had some or have I just imagined it? 

6 hours ago, 844john said:

Definitely................. not James!😉 She’s been showing me some videos on you tube, and it’s all way over my head. No doubt there may be the odd thing that she could help me with, but I’ll stick to being an old anachronism listening to Radio 2 in my shed with my knife in hand!😆

Radio 2! this is where you're going all wrong John, imagine the speed you could be building models if you had Friday night Radio 1 on, or Rene LaVice's Drum and Bass show on a Monday, really would be rivalling Bathgate's production speeds then 😁

5 hours ago, 844john said:

Thanks to everyone for their input on this, it has been a very informative topic. I must give special thanks to Joe for bothering on and taking the time to explain further, you’ll be pleased to hear Joe that we’ve taken your advice and bought on for our daughter’s Christmas present....well there was no point me getting one, I struggle to work the remote control for the TV!🤣

The Craft Knifes retirement looms ever closer 😉

A 20th anniversary FTF show? 🤔

Really lovely collection of models Zac, particularly nice variety of older implements, I imagine its taken some doing to get hold of alot of them!

14 hours ago, ford man said:

Pictures of the claas butterfly mowers

Now that is spot on for what Britains should be making, the play-ability of them looks great, detailing is good, as a kid you'd be over the moon with them!

Adding some additional detailing to some KTwo's for my own collection. Working hydraulic line guide that follows the headboard cylinders down the body. Also some additional plates etc around the drawbar. 

Great selection of photos, thanks for sharing. Nice to see a show make a return too, seemed an odd time to hold one through Wednesday evening?

13 hours ago, MDFord said:

It's a well fed cat James, but the kittens are about the right size. Taylor and Barrett made, not Britains, but I like the little bits and pieces like this.

I'm amazed that the kittens can be identified, do they have a makers mark on them? The cat looks Lead while the kittens appear plastic, what material are they?

12 hours ago, IH885XLMAN said:

Well did u see the price the origionsl bubble cabbed 6600 were making last year ???? Over 120 for one 

Naghty not to buy 3 in a trade box i thought to myself  give them 10 years or so  mark my words  

It will be interesting to see what happens to the value over time, after all Britains have just effectively doubled the number of them out there, and the volume that will stay in boxes as 'collectors pieces' will be considerably more than when they were originally released.

Does anyone know rough figures for what Britains current production runs are these days? I seem to recall Andy mentioning it to be as low as 5000 units when there was all the discussion about a Bunning spreader model.

On 11/8/2021 at 7:04 PM, MDFord said:

First time buying from an event in a long time, I got these items from Exeter toyfair yesterday

Drill and plough cheap for spares

Like the cat in the basket and kittens Mark, something different

The main issue with 'organic' items, humans animals etc is the making of them. While your standard CAD programs are great for making machinery that you can print, because, well, that machinery was designed on CAD in the first place, they're no good at making organic curves. For that you want a CAD program like Zbrush which is basically a virtual ball of wax that you manipulate and sculpt, just like in real life. Its notoriously hard to use and doesn't have a free/beginner alternative so requires high investment just to learn.

There must be some different methods though as companies like Wasp Slot make huge numbers of 3D printed slotcar figurines. Unless they are laser scanning people to make the CAD I assume they are using something like Zbrush. It's not something I've looked overly far into though.

https://sites.google.com/view/waspslot/figures

3.8oz waterproof fabric is what I use for roll over sheets. Easy to cut with a craft knife or scissors and just glues to the side of a trailer. Available in a variety of colours. 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Waterproof-Fabric-Ripstop-Nylon-Look-Material-3-8oz-Kite-Tent-Cover-150cm-Wide-/332401505545?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

We're driving over to the Alps mid December, I will report back on what the customs process is like then. There's normally some nice Pisten Bully snow groomer models available out there so we'll see if they pick up on them on the way back. Obviously a car packed like Mr Softie is going to attract more attention than one with a couple of models in the boot! 

Thank you, as above the waiting list for these is already 30+ long, and I'm yet to find time to even consider the second batch yet! 

Like that Sean, looks well, the DB's do suit a loader

That's a very smart looking machine Kieran, lovely work

21 hours ago, IH885XLMAN said:

Any reputable rerailers out there willing to sell an opend box out of a certain batch number as im interested in purchasing one but not off the said ones who open the boxes  if you know what i mean 

Jadlam Racing have been mentioned as coming through still sealed, would make sense with the volume of stock they shift

2 hours ago, Valley Axe Man said:

Interesting project James, when I first see the word automower I thought you were heading away to tackle one of the  Long wheelbase cable/pylon winching tractors...... 

Watch this space Paul, I've already been in touch with Ian at Tab hunting bits, and Nigel will be the next port of call, a pylon tractor will be on its way.

13 minutes ago, 844john said:

Looking forward to seeing this progress James. I think I’ve seen these kits on eBay in the past, certainly something very similar but much cheaper than a scaledown. 

Cheers John, yes my hunch is they have used a scaledown as a master pattern and cast the white metal in larger sections.

1 hour ago, catkom3 said:

Interesting you should mention take lots of pictures James, As I have recently discovered this scanning tutorial useing just your phone / camera and a PC, How you would obtain loads of images of the bottom of your object beats me though, But it does look better than any affordable 3D scanner I have seen so far,??

Regards

Joe.

 

 

There was an interesting feature on 3D scanning on the new Hornby Model Railway programme on Yesterday. Looking at that though there's still alot of manual cad and other post processing after the scan. 

Starting to push the printer alittle more now, and getting my head around Fusion 360 which really does feel like learning a second language! 

I'm redeveloping the Hakki Pilke firewood processor I've scratch built in the past to a castable model kit. I'm taking plenty of photos and screenshots along the way to do a full write up but for now this is where we are. 

It's surprising how much picking out bolt heads and galv parts makes a model like this really pop, tidy work as ever John