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richard i have not seen anymore of them sheep for a long time i also only have three i belive they are britains ,i am sure some one will know on here and tell us if you can still get them . the IBC are wood blocks with plastic wire coating them bay it seems more and more farm liquids are going in them ie chemicals , dairy chemicals, liquid feed, so i had a go at making some. a lot of farm post are treated like this are way so i just put them on the layout i just us black permenant marker to stain bottom of posts. i will try to upload some more pics of the workshop at kestler later having a few probs last night. thanks for looking

been doing the workshop at kestler

some cracking models there the forage harvesters look nice ,

looking like a good sale bill would of liked a look round that one ,you either loave or like the nuffeilds and leylands for me it is the like, look forward to some more pics

some cracking pics there chris , the new arrival looks smart

thanks for replys been doing a bit more

cracking pics david as john says a marathon you must have the patience of a saint waiting to get clear shots

few more

been doing a bit more to the farm

old pole barn with sheep handling race behind

the ewes are all housed and have started lambing

this ewe has just lambed putting her in mothering pen with her twins

the wife has her overalls on and is feeding the rolled barley mix using old hydralic oil barrels as buckets

nice find damain look forward to seeing what you do with it

thanks wayne and luke been doing some guttering on the old barn and started the farm office

the pool table is for the boys of kestler farm and the B&B guests if they want to crack a few balls

good to see you have made a start gav [just as the snow comes ] always seem to be doing groundwork when weather is horrid look forward to seeing more , have you got ground to make up or dig out

shame to hear your hard work isnot very rewarding at the moment neils ,is the milk job any better out there neils , nice pics of todays jobs ,different work for the forklift on snow clearing brrrrrrrrrrrr

some great bits of kit there wills i think that is the first sand bedder in model form i have seen nice builds

a great read niels will enjoy reading as the year goes on ,some nice DBs there ,a nice range of crops grown

thanks for replys ,the bateman paulali i made a few years ago for a farm on here called court lodge farm there are some pics in that topic if they have stayed with the change also a topic on hear to on it. your buildings are very good to ghost

been doing some concrete frame buildings one cattle yard and a silage barn roof purlins lift out on both buildings ,got to build a feed fence in the cattle yard ,got somee old strip lights in one building but they are not used any more bulbs kept smashing and bits of glass ended up in cattle beds but back in the eighties these were the lighting to have

the contractor has turned up to spray some weeds in the grass the mild weather has kept the grass growing this year

what a cracking layout it looks very good your feed barrier shot looks bang on keep the pics coming

looks very nice jordan nice work , nice to see

thanks joe they was the thread would not grip like proper rope so took some time to get them right

what a lovely job you have done on the scania and van

liking your first shed look forward to seeing more

just had a load of fert turn up he rang earlier and said he was coming down from kent ,so driver is having tea with us we unload him tommorow morning early then he down to par docks for a load home ,

dogs pleased to see him and check the tryes out

thanks for replys done a bit more in the stone barn put in two bull pens

looking forward to seeing your progrees brian at stuarthill