Idle Git

On 4/25/2024 at 3:52 PM, Hair Bear said:

From memory, the driver with moveable arms also came with the Thwaites dumper, LWB LandRover, early SWB LandRover, and the Unimog.

did they call him the 'uncomfortable driver '  he could of  only have been 12.5 stone in real life just so he could sit behind the bloody steering wheel  , so 12. 5 stone = 189 pounds so is that 5.9 pounds in 1/32 scale ,,,,,,,, hmmm that hasnt worked out has it 

1 hour ago, SPN said:

Trade the 240 for a 260 and you get the proper 3 point for free.

Spose I could scratch the 6 out and scrawl in a 4 🤔

Trust you've got PA1 and 2 and a NSTS cerstifficate  😂

I've got a nice Puma 240  and I wondered if it will be the first culprit for a hatchet job , whilst wondering how the wheels come off the wing mirror decided to attach itself 

I would like to nominate myself for numpty of the day 

Ps how do the wheels come off🤔

you evade the question tho James 

am I a muppet ??????

I see that HLT sell after market 3 point linkage for tractors  , As someone who is not keen on standard equipment on the likes of Britains I fancy a go at  some major spanner work , 

I presume its back wheels off , cab off , cut back end off tractor and glue new bit back on making sure of enough room for the cab to be refitted .

sounds easy but ,,,,,,,,,,,,,am I being a muppet to consider this 

On 5/12/2024 at 10:23 AM, Cornish-model-farm said:

Bamford Wizzler 4 drum mower, made by Mark Phelan.

Never used a wizzler but next door had one , reckond it used to make his nuffer sweat in a good crop of seeds 😂

A gentleman from over the border on the west side of England made 4   KM22's , lovely little model with one to sell but to strong a money for me , shame it would of gone well on the back of my 65

A certain member on here will be glad to see his old combine under cover now

So this is 1966/67/68 and apart from the brick buildings all that was here 

So now the hard part , time to make it scruffy and more realistic 

In 68 sheep joined us and the County went down the road to be replaced by a MH101

2 hours ago, Paul Palmer said:

The 8070 is still in use today Mark

no problem

One of the best combines built IMHO

You beat me to the reply Paul ,

what a fantastic model , saw one at Spalding and I was very tempted ,,,,,, but we never had one , had a 1550s instead because dad felt impoverished when we were swopping the 135 in , he always said it was the worse £4 k he ever saved , it had a sweat box for a cab as well , not a nice place to spend a hot afternoon

8 hours ago, Paul Palmer said:

Mark are you on about the new holland combine? And its Paul not Ian😂👍

My mistake , sorry Paul  ,,,,,,,,,, 

yes the New Holland

lets have a look at the combine then Ian   , cant tease a arable man with a slightly out of focus shot of a yellow header  you know 

so as far as conversions go this is a fairly easy one then 

So on ebay at the moment there's  a nice UH 7810 that has been converted from 4wd to 2wd , nicely done and I wouldn't mind it parked up in my shed but it seems there are others who think it should be in their shed which is fair enough , now  I'm very new to this and I could do with some help , what value do you put on top of a nice model for it to be converted to exactly what you have sat in your yard .

what sort of figure would it cost me if I bought a standard 4wd Ford 7810 to get it made into a 2wd 

did see it on EBay and looks a lovely model , I put a cheecky bid on it but It soon crept up a bit more , so I will leave it for and just watch to make sure its not given away .

picked up a vaddy 6 m  drill last night so at last Ive got something to go behind my Puma 240 😁

Started getting the asbestos roofs painted tonight but definitely got the colour wrong although the Dutch Barn roof and the corrugated tin side cladding will be painted black so should be some contrast there

love the lister bale elevator , scratch built I presume

One thing I've got to get my head around is being more careful with the glue John 

yup way to tidy !!!!!! as soon as its done then it needs untidying !!!!!

Okay , so slow going but drier has been put in , just the burner to fit and control console . Elevator is in , just a grain pit to put in , then a block wall and finish cladding , lean to roofing turned up on Thursday , so that may get fitted on Monday if it's raining and the wife goes out

And a Muir Hill price list

Pettit trailer brochure

And Cooper subsoiler 

Just found this in the desk , he bought one to go on the Muir Hill 101 in 1968

A old friend of mine died last year , he was a avid collector of anything ( or wouldn't throw anything way )  

In the tool shed there were probably 10 or more of these billhooks , all bar 2 needing  handles . most of them ended   up in the scrap bin I'm afraid