Stabliofarmer

Some serious construction work on the go here, how do you go about finding inspiration for building, given your the other side of the world to the area you're modelling?

Some wonderful photos here Gary, great lighting and taken from the perfect angles, love the milkers walking down the road too.

Gear all looks to be running well Julian, it'll be an unusual summer ahead, have you seen more people looking for driving positions this summer than previous ones?

Love the colours and the depth they give on the new shed Sean, some really nice atmosphere with it. The concrete panels are fantastic too, the texture and the cracking look perfect. I haven't seen yards done quite like them here so I may be wrong, but the change in heights between each panel seem quite large? I assume they would subside over time though.

The silo is excellent too, was working in a collecting yard yesterday with one next door almost identical yesterday and you've got the details spot on like the spiralling pattern of the panels on the side.

Wasn't going to say anything until this was sold. This ended up on ebay as I had two lads who didn't pay for their models out of a batch of ten. The hammer price for this has covers the cost of both their trailers while allowing me to keep a model for my own collection. Will be sticking to kits and truck models though, these proved far more hastle than they're worth. 

eBay seems a very different place these days to say 5 years ago. High value items will be bid up to near their hammer price in the first day of a listing going live. Previously the first 5 days something would sit at 99p, then a bidding frenzy would occur at the very end. Surely as a buyer its simple logic that bidding early will drive the price up more and you'll end up paying a higher price. Not that I'm complaining, just an observation from what I've sold and watched recently. 

I think you're right, looks to be the same bidder with just 3 feedback

On 5/9/2020 at 6:35 PM, trigger82 said:

Looks like it was indeed too good to be true, relisted now https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303569501718

Lambing has gone well to be honest, the weather was kind throughout. First year with Texels and there was far more issues than we have with the Swaledales, but that was to be expected. Pleased with the crop of lambs they've had. 

Should look good layed down on the layout! 

Cheers folks. 

Yes all the ewes are muy own sculpts now, the lambs are just Britain's ones at the moment, hoping to make a few different sizes of them though to suggest different ages. 

I've got my business model completely wrong! £260 is what I had charged to build this a few years ago 

To be fair this seller lists a similar build every couple of months, and prices generally average between £40-£100 so I wouldn't say it's being bid up, just two people that really want it.

Looking great Sean, love the inside shots. And the use of magnets in the roof sounds like the perfect solution! 

Great to see the in-build photos Christoph, some excellent work. 

Cheers!

Chassis coming together now, just waiting on the postie to delivery some more paint for the bodies.

Turns out 10 Trailers require alot of wheels, and alot of rams, two of the bigger jobs now out of the way on this batch. These are my own design of tyre cast from 3D printer masters.

Coming together nicely Sean, those Scaloox (no idea on the spelling) blocks seem to speed up the building process without sacrificing detail.

That's what I like to hear! Thanks Will

Nipped out on my daily exercise, couldn't get next to the trailer as the farms on lock down, but a look from afar and I've decided on RAL 6002 for the current Bailey Green, RAL 6005 looks a good match for the older darker Bailey Green, will update if it's not correct!

Spot on Barry, thank you very much, will keep both those in the favourites bar from now on.

I had seen that farming forum topic, and hoped someone that had built some before may have used a code they where happy with. Think a bike ride over to Uni, where they have a bailey in the yard, armed with my Ral chart is the next step, as they appear a different shade in every photo!

Looking good, this is certainly going to be some dairy set up!