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My first completion in the October Challenge. This is a resin copy of a Sapphire Cosworth slot car. I had a huge learning curve with this, and had to repaint it a couple of times. Because it is a resin copy the inside of the model is very uneven, so the copy of the plastic windows from the original plastic model just won't work. Am going to leave it at this for now. Will look fine in the background of photos from the early 90s. Next up will be a pair of Artisan32 6 tonners with added silage sides.

County 6600-FOUR with cable winching gubbins

Britains. Land Rover Freelander RMZ City. Land Rover Evoque RMZ City. Land Rover Evoque

Britains. Range Rover Defenders, Discoveries & Range Rover

When I took my T7060 out of the box the wheels on one side were hanging off. Thankfully a spot of glue fixed the problem. Now I know why it was sold at a big discount.

Those duals from the T7060 are monsters.

Justin, you're going to miss the attempt at the most County tractors in one field tomorrow. And the attempt at the most MF65s in the adjacent field. Actually, that reminds me, I must charge the batteries in my camera.

This afternoon 11 million litres of rain landed on the main runway at Aldergrove Airport in Belfast.

Thank you. I really like the Disco 2s. The green in particular, but the orange looks good as well. I think there was a blue one as well, but I might be wrong on that.

Britains. Land Rover Discovery tdi Britains. Land Rover Discovery Rally (x2) New Ray. Land Rover Discovery Britains. Land Rover Discovery 2 (x2)

Okay, you can do one. The beet harvester.

The challenge is just a way of helping people get motivated, make the time, and focus on getting two done and finished. If it works we can do it again for November. There's a lot of stuff on people's workbenches there that I'd love to see finished.

I did the planking on my silage trailers by scoring sheets of balsa with a dead ballpoint pen and a straight edge.

Challenge Time. Pick two half finished models from your workbench, and commit to getting them finished by October 1st. I'll pick my two next week after I finish this job.

Britains. Land Rover Series 1 Britains. Land Rover 88 Siku. Land Rover Defender 110 Kids Mate. Land Rover Defender 110

New Holland Construction. ProFarmToys: NH WE170 rubber duck ROS. NH D180 bull dozer ROS. NH W190 loading shovel ROS. NH E215 track machine

Hino HH coming together nicely.

Early crop potatoes here are only yielding 30% to 50% of normal. Main crop looking okay for now, but urgently need a week or two of rain. Long range forecat not seeing much rain out to October. Hosepipe ban came into effect today.

Famous last words. I remember my brain turning to mush the first time I saw the 165 with loader. Still get flashbacks when I see one. At various stages I had the 165 with hedgecutter, 5000 with back actor and 5000 with the side scoop. All I have left is the back actor and tyres. Lots of tyres.

Aoshima Hino HH 6x4 tractor unit.

I must track down a couple of those cabs. They'd make a great farm truck on a 1960s diorama.

Mini spray booth up and running.

Here in south east Ireland we're seeing another very hot week on the forecast, and the long range seems to be promising another one the following week. Winter crops seem to be fine, but spring crops are parched, especially on the lighter soils. Some dairy and beef boys have the animals in out of the heat and are either zero grazing or feeding out first cut. Second cut is looking very sparse. Those who are taking hay are getting a premium crop. A lot of tillage boys who didn't get spring cereals in the ground due to the rain (the what?) decided to put in Maize in May. If the crop comes through the drought it will be very valuable next winter. I've seen two very long range forecasts (which is a very hit or miss "science") who reckon July and August are going to be mainly dry. Maybe a week of rain in each month.

Murkan Metal: Scale Models: Versatile Ford Bi-Directional and 4 Wheel Drive Tractor (256 Bi-Di and 846 artic). ERTL: Versatile Ford 9884 on triples Britains: Steiger New Holland T9.530

Murkan Metal ERTL: Premier Series New Holland TG255 DRW in resin. (This was a much sought after model in its day. Back in a time when three new 1:32 models in a year was a bumper year)