Kirely

On 9/9/2021 at 5:56 PM, 844john said:

 

Love your file rack John

Was looking forward to this one but I'm not so sure of the 'names' in white lettering on the mudguards, look quite visible.

Scaledown T3

When looking at the Scaledown catalogue of tractors the Farmall A was a model I always passed by. Recently I have been watching Pete on the Youtube ‘A few Acres Farm’ series.  I enjoyed his use of vintage tractors and equipment and boy does he like the Farmalls.

So I was tempted to get the Scaledown model.  I know International started assembling the Farmall M models in Doncaster in 1948 and I was wondering why Scaledown did the Model A rather than it, was any of the Model A’s send to Britain during WWII?

Tidy job

4 hours ago, Stabliofarmer said:

That looks very very good. I have battled with the cheap airbrushes before and never got on with them, as you mention the faf of cleaning them out puts me off most. But every time I go to the car body supply shop the owner tells me off as his aerosols are three times the price of the same volume of paint! 

After seeing this I will be pulling the half decent airbrush that came in an auction job lot of tools and having another go.

Was it easier to get paint coverage in nooks and crannies such as around the linkage? I always end up going far to heavy with aerosol just to get all over coverage. 

An airbrush will always give a superior finish but you need to invest in a good airbrush.  Cleaning is just a pain you have to live with, 5 mins to mix the paint, 1 minute applying the paint, 10 mins cleaning the airbrush. With a good brush you can control the amount of paint to any area and getting into those nooks and crannies is not a problem. I suppose it’s down to the amount of painting you do in a year to make the investment in a good airbrush worthwhile.

On 5/1/2020 at 6:15 AM, Valley Axe Man said:

A Dad's Tractors built Nuffield 460 with Horndraulic loader 

 

 

 

That's a fantastic model, really like it..  Its put my Nuffield collection into place, only seven models and one in the box still to be made.

I’ve never used that paint but a possible solution would be to spray the model, once it’s fully dry, with gloss varnish.

Tidy job

Getting there.

Very informative, thanks for sharing.

Excellent result.

Nice result on the Kidds

16 hours ago, Ferret90 said:

I’m pretty sure 1, 2, 6, 9, 10 and 12 are Britains but the others could be John hill co. Or FG Taylor & sons . I recon 3 and 7 could be Timpo ones . The Britains ones are often a lot less crude and have thinner legs

Thanks Ferret, I was being lazy and putting off researching the pictures using Norman Joplin’s book as reference.  Re looking at them again my best guess is as follows:

1 Britains 573 Bull

2

3 Timpo Cow lowing with bell

4 Cherilea Jersey Cow with bell (missing)

5 Crecent long-horned cow

6 Britains 508 Cow

7 Timpo Cow with bell feeding

8

9 Taylor & Barret cow lying down

10

11 Crecent long-horned cow feeding

12 John Hill & Co. Shaggy calf

but am open to correction please.

#2, which should have been two separate pictures, the front cow looks like a Britains 509 but the paint pattern seems different.  Did each manufacture stick to the same paint pattern or were there variations?   

Lead Models

I have a number of unidentified lead models and was wondering if anyone could identify them. I’ll start with some cattle and see if there is anyone out there who could help.

Excellent start but you can’t stop now.

Scaledown AT3 Bomford Brigand Long Reach Mower

Scaledown AT15 Danuser PTO Driven Post Hole Borer#

Legend Farm models -Fordson Dexta & Super Dexta Set

1961 Super Dexta, 1958 Dexta, 1962 Dexta & 1963 Super Dexta.

Will have to do some modifications on them to bring them nearer to UK Spec.

12 minutes ago, Dusty Dan said:

I love the old tractors! 

With you all the way

UH Ferguson TE20 & Tiller

Thank you for your very kind comments.