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I still don't think they'll get close to the finish of resin. Yes very pleased with the RHD, a special request and the first in the UK. Wanted something alittle different when everyone gets the Marge R Series in the summer. 

21 minutes ago, catkom3 said:

That FDM printed James,??

Regards

Joe.

I believe they're resin printed Joe, much smaller layer height than fdm. 

6 minutes ago, Tractorman810 said:

that construction ones prime for a bulk feed blower , i have seen two or three down this way recently on my travels, round the somerset area, they do stand out compaired to your normal chassis you see on them. prob a lot better for rough access to some farms truth be known .

does he do any others brand wise?? older stuff maybe . or is tat your next challenge, your own 3 d printed cabs .

Yeah thinking a blower or an 8 wheeler muckaway tipper for the G series. 

I think he's done a few other stuff, Merc Arocs, Iveco S Way etc. They're designed Siku Control as that's what he specialises in. 

One for myself, thinking of liverying it up as a 'Braemere Models' truck

Like that alot Sean, tree fills the gap nicely and naturally. 

Gold version of the Welly Scania, think some Golden Griffin decals will set it off nicely. 

Superb John. I'm in awe of how neat you get the glazing, such a tricky task

Every panel on this build seems almost pointlessly complex for what is a very boxy shape. Cab and all its many angles constructed and the parallel link arms fitted. These allow the cab to remain level as the cutter head is lifted and it was a relief to see the maths work as the mechanism functions perfectly. 

Next to the mog for a size comparison 

Looks a right beast John, go on, push it to the top of the list, you know you want to!

Very nice Martin, you'll be nipping at Damien and Hazel (Well mostly Hazel when it comes to walling)'s toes in no time

Excited to see more of the JCB Chris, fancied doing one since the first photos from Knight appeared

15 hours ago, fordmajor said:

Ford wheel rims ? halfords colour ? 

Not Halfords but I used RAL7047 Telegrey on this county build. Not sure you would find a particularly close Halfords colour, not a very popular car colour.

12 hours ago, Janval said:

Not so bad to make these tracks after all, a couple strips a day and it'll be ready next winter 

Have you made each individual link Jan? Or is this a kit of some sort? Looking forward to the result either way.

That's very smart indeed Sean

I like that alot Chris, I look forward to seeing it finished

That's a really nice addition Martin, followed the build and very impressed with the builders skills.

Thank you John, very pleased with the outcome so far

Grabbing some time between uni work to get a craft knife out and do some proper old school scratch building, no lasers in sight! 

Having reviewed the Rolba R1200 I realised there where a number of design features I had overlooked in my initial attempt. Particularly around the cab lift mechanism. 

Therefore I've started again. 

First up is the most complex part, the cutter head. This is constructed of four conical with eight 'knives' wrapping around the two drums. Required a lot of maths, first to determine the pattern to roll into the cone, there is a calculator online for this. They are roled from 0.25mm plasticard. 

The second bit of maths is to calculate the radius of the cutting knifes to account for the shrinkage as they're stretched across the width of the drums. 32mm drum required a 36mm diameter knife. 

The next bit of maths was to work out how the parallel linkage for the lifting head worked. The head can lift a meter higher, but the linkage allows the cab and drum to remain level through. A few pins and some cut outs of the blueprint and I eventually had it figured. 

That's the big issue currently with ebay...

Everyone sees the sky high prices

Everyone shares the fact stuff is being bid to these high prices

No one ever finds out if someone actually paid up at the end of the auction. It creates this false stigma around individual models worth. 

The Case is a great example and I will eat my hat I'm my assumptions are wrong, but that auction won't have been paid for, simple as, £1500 won't have changed hands. It's too easy to get out of paying as a seller on eBay these days. But what has happened is the idea of their value has been inflated. Instead of maybe paying £100 people now think £200 is a reasonable price for one, after all someone just paid £1500 for one! 

Now whether this is done on purpose by people being clever, or it's just some people having a laugh and not realising the effect they create I don't know. I wouldn't want to speculate either way. 

Send it my way John, desperate to get out skiing! The Scottish resorts have received some of the biggest dumping's I've seen

26 minutes ago, tractorman314 said:

Looking at the 2021 catalogue, it would appear that the New Holland Baler has been dropped, or is there a new model coming, so they are now waiting until it is in production. A Britain's carpet farmer now has no way of preparing or planting a seed bed, but he can harvest the Cereals , but then he has no means of carting it from the combine, unless he uses a silage trailer. The range at the moment seems to be aimed at Grass production with the introduction of mowers and a new forager, which i like, but as said in previous posts we need a more balanced range, and stop deleting models , until they are replaced with an upgrade of model, or replacement model from different manufacturer. Surely its not rocket science. I also am not keen on these American Heritage models, when the list of real British or even European Heritage models is endless, and would produce far more sales for them.

 

tractorman314.

If the sales of toy farm machinery are anything like scratch built models then the Irish Market is significant in comparison with mainland UK, possibly the reason for the grass heavy catalogue. Given the forwardness of the Irish sales rep when I've met him at shows that possibly allows decisions to lean towards what would sell well in Ireland. 

3 hours ago, Andy said:

It'll be new tooling and copied on the original toy. We explored re-running their old TW tooling to re-produce the County that never was (in blue) in the early years of discussions with the then head of Britains, Craig Varley. He advised that most was lost or destroyed in the transitions between factories. We also provisionally planned to run the Ford Highway tractor Ltd Edition with the old Rear Dump Trailer as a special set but again, the lack of tooling for the latter ruled it out. Would have been a smart set mind you!

There seems to be a thing currently with re-running vintage issues with Dinky Toys being reproduced. These have proved to be pretty popular.

There used to be great dialogue with the company and for all the time he was complained about, Craig Varley was probably best one they've had since the early 00's. Both he and FTF members were instrumental in getting some great advancements in the Britains lines. Particularly the new rear hitch, the Internationals, Fords and classic Deeres. Rory Day played his part too. It's a different company now though, with good intentions, but looks to have a rather hazy approach to product development! 

Interesting to hear. I assume new tooling would have been made in the same modern methods they use for the new products, wire-Edm errosion etc. Though given the item you want to replicate exists it would be possible to use a pantograph and go real old school!. 

Thanks for sharing this sort of insight is always interesting to hear. 

3 hours ago, alf aphid said:

I’m not so sure. I think Hornby are also struggling. Bachmann massively outperforming them. Whilst not as bad as Britains maybe, they should, like Britain’s be leading in their field, but equally have been overtaken due to complacency and lack of understanding of shifting markets 

There's a change at the top with Hornby, Lyndon Davies who has worked for Corgi his whole life as well as starting Oxford Diecast is CEO and seems to be moving things in the right direction. Hornby where hit hard in 09 when Sandra Kan, the factory that produced Hornby products alongside a number of smaller model railway brands, where bought out by Kader group, who own Bachmann. This gave Kader a monopoly and the divorce from Sandra Kan set them back heavily. The tide looks to slowly be turning though so we'll see how it pans out. They also have Airfix, Corgi and Scalextric under their wing which is quite the arsenal.