Cornish-model-farm

11 hours ago, Jack390 said:

Yes, he did some great models, I’m fortunate to have the teagle topper and one of the albutt buckrakes 

I think the Shelbourne hedge trimmer I have was one of his - I bought it second hand.

8 minutes ago, Jack390 said:

Them toppers are great, the decals on mine don’t seem to be great though . Great photo 

Thank you. Agreed, it is a great topper. Such a shame that Ashley has had to give up model making for health reasons. He was very talented.

Looks good

22 minutes ago, Barry said:

OOOOO, Teagle topper 😍

Badged as a Teagle but they have an arrangement with Berti of Italy. I think strictly speaking the flail toppers are Bertis and the rotary ones Teagle's own.

Just now, sipher172 said:

thanks for the insight, you have done a great job

Thank you very much.

Topping rough pasture at Pengwarthick Barton with the big Massey and Teagle flail topper. Cornish flag on the side of the bonnet!

12 minutes ago, sipher172 said:

Really nice, did you scratch build these yourself.  If so any photos of the building process? 

I designed them and had them 3D printed. The caged ladders were "off the shelf" from Plastruct. I just had to cut them to size. I spray painted the towers Ford Midnight Blue for the glossy effect. Still have to make bases for them. I will be using MDF painted with AK Terrains Concrete from their diorama range.

This is my Howard Stormoist moist grain silo. They were introduced in the 1960s and pre-date the Howard Harvestores. I still need to sort out a bottom-unloader for it and put it on a "concrete" plinth. 

57 minutes ago, Paul Palmer said:

Pictures of your layout Ian?

I'm in the process of moving it to a purpose-built hobby shed so it will all be under one roof. I have bits and pieces everywhere at the moment. As soon as I have got my act together I will post some photos! The main farm is Pengwarthick Barton. The other smaller farm is Trebyghan - which means "little farm" in the Cornish language.

1 hour ago, Jack390 said:

Looking really smart, they scene on the brochure would be a nice one to recreate

Yes it would. Watch this space.

1 hour ago, SPN said:

Those really look the part, especially the 178.

Does the Fritz cab still exist or was it broken?

Sadly it broke - not a very robust model at all.

I will have to think about it. I don't want to fall foul of AGCO's lawyers!

1 hour ago, Barry said:

Very nice....and unique

Many thanks

Just now, Paul Palmer said:

Very nice weathering

Thank you Paul.

I posted these pictures on Instagram a while ago, so apologies if some of you have seen them before. The MF 178 is a Mo Miniatur 1/32 model, made in Germany. Not a great model TBH, but the only one I could find of a 178. It had a Fritzmeier cab originally, which I replaced with a Duncan. I also added a Boughton winch from Tab Models and went to town on the weathering! The 590 is a Universal Hobbies 1/32 model which I bought as spares or repair as quite a few of the delicate bits had broken-off. I replaced the missing exhaust pipe with a straight one from a 1980s Britains Fendt Turbomatik and added Opico Turbo stickers from Dave "Titch" Sanders at Machinery Decals in Staffordshire. Again, I did my usual heavy weathering job on it. 

6 hours ago, Fenside MF said:

they look very realistic Ian,amazing how all the rivet or bolt heads looks so uniform.Did you make them yourself? 

I discovered the wonders of 3D printing. My design, but I had some help with the actual printing.

26 minutes ago, Jack390 said:

Great stuff Ian can’t wait to see the finished product

Neither can I, ha ha!

26 minutes ago, Stabliofarmer said:

I like those alot Ian

Thank you

26 minutes ago, Jack390 said:

Cattle look great 👍

Thanks Jack

New project on the go. This is just a prototype. I realise the wheels are wrong and need sorting out!

Three of my lead English Longhorn cattle in rough pasture.

Just a small diorama I did a while ago using pre-War and post-War lead wheatsheaves made by Britains and F&G Taylor.