Tractorman810

spent ten mins out the shed today,aiming to get the wood done, but it was way to cold, stained it up, marked it ect but was taking ages to dry out, but i did managed to have a little test on one of the front loaders i printed, needs a bit of work on the bracket to fit the tractor, but it looks ok

only a few have the internal bits, most are like above and one piece prints, no features, the ones as kits arecway to moden for me,but yes i guess you could do a new dash with some time and cad work

been looking around on print sites and have found a good few ,non are free mind, the ones with open cabs all left hand drive, not tried to buy one yet, but do have at least one i fancy 1983 hilux,are you looking for something particular phil ?

managed to get some time in the shed today, so second trailer is all but done, the body is the revised one for better clearance when the sides drop, which all works fine now, but the tops one of the old ones so needed work to fit properly, have some new ones done but didnt want to waste them. blue is to dark ,sadly the seller sent me the wrong one despite me ordering it from the before, so a replacement is on its way free of charge. just the wood work to do now on it, currently working on decals for it now . which is harder than doing the cad stuff ,well for me😂😂

got a feeling some of the “cooper” stuff went through one of the m&m auctions a while back, a set of discs, trailer and a few other bits ,seem to remember it was listed as ron and micks in the description . have seen other bits in the past at shows as well

as per previous years

as per previous years

as per previous years

as per previous years

as per previous years

as per previous years,

guys keep it 100% on topic please ,had way to many “ theory's” on everything to know whats true, and the topics going off route

me thinks you neec to pester them for your 804 now paul 😂😂😂😂

been slightly hung over today, so not really done much , bar tinker on my cad software, i wonder if i could print this in one piece

a very very good match for the uh mf red is revel italian gloss red mate, its no34 in tins or 34134 in aerosol tins, us it all the time for the mf jobs

farmmodels.nl from memory paul, bit i think barry at udimores had them in stock as kits.

if you have the part number then your local claas dealer should be able to get it i suspect.

testers all but done, need a rethink on the removable top as the fixing method hasn’t worked as i hoped, ,so bar a few alterations(made on tester no2 in the back ground) plus the top i am pretty happy with it so far

thanks jack

couple of small alteration s required, ,lengths of the drop sides to allow for paint, which did cross my mind as i was paining them ,only .5mm overall on each if that , plus the grain tops out slightly, but overall its works, just. need to tweek the printer files a smidge to find the perfect finish against time printing now

Its getting there , found its fragile but i guess its pretty fine parts, next steps the drop sides, hopefully i have enough clearance for them with paint on, and the latches still work as at the mo you lift them a smidge to open and reverse to close , but its inly an.5mm rod and opening so paint could poss foul it working . I have altered the files now so its in 3 parts , chassis body and panels mainly so its easier to get off the supports , also got a proper grain top printed yesterday so thats waiting to go on

Thanks

whilst out there i also got the base of the trailer painted,along with timbers made, trying a new way with this, with a sheet of lime wood scored to give the planks effect then stained with a ipa and black ink mix , same as i used for the barns on the layout, .was always going . to be blue initially, until i realised i had run out of the ransomes blue, so went for a general purpose red, its bit bright for pettit but i do have decals for that, and they are pretty much identical anyway .drop sides are in primer at the mo

bit of colour on james trailer kit, plus stained the timbers a bit,gone for a baileys colour scheme ,was intending a fraser, but the green was a bit to dark,just got to finish the rear lights,and the ladders for it .

not one for me, rears just look odd on it.to far out ? been on ebay a week or two now