James Joe Dewar

Do you think that modern cab on that older machine makes the tractor look small, ?? Regards Joe.

Not exactly a different colour, although there is a slight difference here and there, But notice anything different about the 100-06, ?? Regards Joe.

According to some of the guy's on agraramodellbau, The 715 will be €160,?? Regards Joe.

You never know,Universal Hobbies do have the Bednarlicense, Regards Joe.

This image may be shopped, although it does look gen to me, and there were a few Quaddy's done in Steiger green, ERTL did a model of one, Regards Joe.

More photo's of the upcomeing 715 courtesay of FARM connexion,surprised they added the steel tow cable though, that's normally only fitted to tractors involved in scraper hauling. Regards Joe.

Universal Hobbies have made a very tidy job of the new Quadtrac 715, Available August apparently, Regards Joe.

Just for you Callum, and anyone else,, One Knudson 4400 Hillside, And One Agrisem Disc O Mulch 12 meter disc harrow, On a hillside although I doubt this combo would work on the hills of Palouse Washington, Regards Joe

That's the plan Callum. Regards Joe.

Cheers Callum, an awful lot of hours working in CAD went into that, But I've wanted a model of the Knudson 4400 Hillside tractor for many years now, And luckily I found CAD software I could understand, and just developed my skill's over the past two years, I think I captured the essence of the real machine pretty well, Regards Joe.

Praise indeed from a guy with your design skills James, I must admit I did sit back on my laurels after I had finished all the CAD work then printing the parts as there are some tricky angles getting the cab to mate up with the bonnet and then the rear fuel tank, But at least I had that diecast lump for dimensions, The axles and self leveling system had to come out of my head though, as the 1/64th model had no detail whatsoever and photos and videos of that tractor are few and far between, and not a lot of folk crawl under tractors to photograph the chassis, Regards Joe.

Thank youJan, the very first time I saw the Knudson was on one of the Profi videos I bought quite a few years ago now, This one Regards Joe

Thank you Jan, I've been wanting a 1/32nd scale model of a Knudson 4400 Hillside now for 18 years, I did discover a 1/64 version, but I really did not like that, ( see image above ), Here is a video of a 4400 Hillside tractor going through it's paces at an American farm show, Hopefuly you can view it as it's only on Facebook. If anyone would like to try this, I glazed the windows to look like they were tinted, I used those anti static envelopes you get new elictronic components in, https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=402621281308644 Regards Joe.

Thank you Paul, The whole thing is 3D printed, I sketched up all the part's in CAD, then printed them all on my Creality Ender 3 pro printer, took about 4 / 5 months to do it all, then I started on another project and the 4400 got put on hold until a couple of weeks ago when I went back and started painting and assembling it all, the only bit's not made in 3D are the M3 nut's and bolts on the steering and leveling, and the styrene and aluminium tube on the steering and leveling. Regards Joe.

Cheers Barry, well chuffed, The 1/64th heap was not much use, and it had no detail on the bottom section at all, I originally created the sub chassis as a one piece unit, but watching a Knudson video later I noticed the tractor sitting with the rear wheels level but the front was at an angle, that was when I figured the sub chassis was a two piece affair, the Eagle eyed amongst you might notice there is no connection between the turbo and the silincer,,,,,,,,,,that's because I forgot to connect it before I araldited all the parts together, rectifying that could get tricky.,

I joined FTF in 2006, specifically to ask if anyone knew anything about this tractor never dreaming that 18 years later I would be able to create this unique tractor here in my house, ??, The Knudson pronounced Ki Nude Son, Originally produced by a young farmer called Jerome Knudson from Crosby North Dakpta, His machines were a terrible shade of dark green, ( see video in link ) he then sold his company to Allmand Brothers of Nebraska, who smarted them up a bit a painted them a much nicer yellow,I started sketching up the parts almost a year ago and it took about 4 / 5 moths to get all the intricate angles the same, I did have a 1/64th replica of the tractor to get dimrnsions, but I feel 1/64th is unreliable at the best of times, Video link below, Regards Joe.

Rescaleing the files would be fairly easy, Just download them, import them into your "slicer" after they were sliced, their width height and depth would show beside them, multiply one of them by 87, then divide the answere by 32 to convert to 1/32nd, take a note of the increase in percentage as shown in your slicer, and increase that percentage on all subsequent parts, done it quite a few times myself, take note though you do need a PC, or sometime similar, a decent laptop or tablet, The files only cost £29 to download, so hardly break the bank, There are also files on that site for Zetors and other Russian type tractors, see link below, https://nanofaktura.pl/187-1/new Regards Joe.

Electronic voiceover's Hilarious, and a crazy video, Regards Joe.

This just appeared on Facebook,? Regards Joe.

Massey 8S 305, Limited to 500 pieces. https://toys-farm.com/fr/miniature-agricole-collection-echelle-1-32/toys-farm-farmmodels-with-a-twist-1-32/uh-massey-ferguson-8s-305-dvt-exclusive-ed-lim-500-pcs-1-32/a-55203-10000140 Regards Joe.

I don't know Justin, I think that was a screenbrab I lifted off one of my German DVD's, Might be a huge farming estate and they might not have anything smaller, But as Paul said, it might be because of the wet ground condition. Regards Joe.

Sorry for hi-jacking your thread Joe, But, Overkill or what, Regards Joe.

Nice little 2.5Kw ceramic fan heater Sean, But me being a pensioner these days, £ 1.40 an hour would be expensive if used to much, The heated picture is only 450W would cost less than 15p an hour. Regards Joe.

Just an idea Sean, But my Lad and his wife have these heater in their kitchen hanging on the wall, They just look like paintings but are Infra red heaters, they take up no space as you can hang them anywhere and have no naked flames / elements so ok around paint / thinners or glue. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126317620167?itmmeta=01HR324XG4WE7XJWCMNRBC66KS&hash=item1d691debc7:g:ZV8AAOSwwjlhVGF7&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4HSZxLV5be1W5bKtlPO%2BVS6XLCiqGIrkWI%2FVGXslwo0rHgpMjkM0c1w%2FPo1KKv2EaJ%2FHTn8SqB8vvLWrr2jgkV8ru95T5Sk4i%2BUJKtoA0PhYECXIbj0BYleQDEWLBiCHZz%2F5HZwS90iuF5MO4sQQaE86YRZ7boVsyAVpEPweIcQezoxjMKUnUK5pEAqsNkKgM9HdsTfVFbuMbXDm%2Fuc%2FUqAjIZ4zPvKwwaYZ7x%2BtmGCZohoI9fO0kfRhntXiz%2Fv0UaWBNY4vh9UjEe0JDJAniWIUL63lPrvGjGE6GkEZQ4rn|tkp%3ABk9SR5bYk-LAYw Regards Joe

To be honest, Anybody without any 3D skills or even any CAD skills could buy a 3D printer, download any file from a 3D host site and print off anything they wanted, same as you might with an Ink Jet printer, Look through this guy's 3D printable tyres, they're all 1/25th scale, But just multiply the diameter by 25 then divide by 32 and you would have a 1/32nd scale tyre and all for €2.14 and you can use that file as often as you like, wheels are a bit more tricky, anyway look through these tyres, https://cults3d.com/en/users/CosplayItemsRock/3d-models 3D printers are evolveing fast these days, there are new ones out there now that can print 5 different colours at once, Resin printers are better than fdm's but they'll never be able to do that, You can get one of these for under £200 in kit form and a few £ more ready assembled. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224949764327?itmmeta=01HQZDYTMN393N1XM9NEXJ52TP&hash=item34600d00e7%3Ag%3A8PAAAOSwWBJfo7uK&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4EKS%2Bk0nrjRi0RfdmqDGIjPm4rylm5PHcDMMWXiUVsxnsBGaDLL7I82bwyRDturRQDmF2frWvUswFAccnHnq7Eg1dLJO0eGTaH%2BqkqW0LFeddHmXjiPA9LcwBrrPhJMENDH8Sukne0g3vqWbXZHxL9iiLmHAokwnxITuuxBGj0Lk%2BnN5fJksVHon1AzEHvHpAUpPbWy9LnYJ%2FQyOCnlsxWJFjU2FFdbACIh%2FeIkz2It3zYG4rq2%2FzuzB2O%2ByFR5bvfeIidpX0F2g5x04%2B707Hvflnzz%2Bfs%2F3NJmF15VQBaI1|tkp%3ABFBMtKr77b9j&LH_ItemCondition=1000 Hope this is of some interet to some folk out there. Regards Joe.