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How's the harvest going Smithy, are you into the wheat? 

Some seriously tricky and intricate work on that Sean, these things can take time - but it will be some model when it's finished. Looking forward to seeing it completed. 

Nice updates, very much like the weigh bridge and office set up. 

That is some find, would have been an impressive fleet in the 70's.

Suprising what's lurking about in old barns and hedgerows.

Sadly looks like those combines haven't seen any action for a few years. 

7 hours ago, SPN said:

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.

Challenge on! 

I am going for five - a Britains DB1412 make over, and  three scratch built tippers (a 10 ton weeks, and two 12 ton Pettit trailers), plus a scratch built 6.6 metre bomford powertrak cultivator. 

Must admit its good to see that other people have the same issues, i.e lots of part built models, thought it was just me!! 

6 hours ago, Tractorman810 said:

I used proper strip wood on my petitti trailer , smaller trailer mind , and it was worth it , but also a pain to do , but theres a few really good videos on youtube on how to make plastic sheet look like wood planks and wood textures along with the best paints to use for proper wood effect finish . 

I was hoping to use wood strip, but once I calculated the width of the boards on the 12 ton pettit, it worked out each strip on the model would be approx 3mm wide, (together with the fact that the trailer has quite a tapered body/floor from front to back) to do this with actual wood strips was beyond my capabilities.... 

9 hours ago, alf aphid said:

That looks brilliant John, yes please share technique, very impressive!

Cheers Alistair, 

It's pretty straightforward, just keep scoring the plastic with a sharp tool, until you have the required depth (l score a couple of of times, then wipe over with a cloth - applying plenty of downward pressure, to clean the groove, and repeat the process until happy with the depth of the groove). 

The painting is a little hit and miss, but seems to improve with practice  however it's certainly not an exact science!, sometimes less is more . 

8 hours ago, smithy said:

Yes finished winter barley which was all on the lighter land we rent at Baylham near Ipswich , it has done 3 ton to the acre as it has all been over a weighbridge now to confirm what the combine weigh meter was telling me , TX so far is going well just had a couple of bad electrical connecting's on two sensors which when sprayed with a solvent and a wire brush passed over them cured the problem    

Sounds very good, especially given how dry it's been. 

How far off before you are into the wheat? 

Good service indeed Smithy! 

How's harvest going, have you finished the winter barley? How's that lovely TX behaving? 

Nice heap developing there Mr Smith. Looks like the snow plow is working well Smithy 

Some great harvest photos there Smithy 

On 6/23/2018 at 12:29 AM, smithy said:

Done 1343 bales today in 5 fields , 300 of them are mine rest are for neighbours not been in long as carted and stacked mine in the shed , as Steve wright would say that's some serious bailin without the G.  No broken bales at all today ,one more bit to bale tomorrow and then get turning again on the 10 acres I cut Thursday night

Pretty impressive Smithy! (Hope you didn't make Julie stack for you!) good going all them bales given it was 5 different fields - and also impressive -over 1300 bales with no broken twine. Think the NH conventional balers take a bit of beating. (or is it the operator ) 

Excellent work, and very informative. Attention to detail out standing. 

Looking forward to seeing it progress James. 

9 hours ago, smithy said:

Got the roof all watertight ,just a few more floorboards to lay  

Looking very impressive Smithy! 

Brilliant collection there Chris, loving all those claas models! 

Some fantastic additions to the collection David. 

Must say, looking through the previous posts again, you have really cracked it with those studio photos, brilliant!! 

Lovely model Martin, and great additions with the wheels/tyres. 

Another excellent model for your Ford fleet. 

21 hours ago, mb86 said:

That looks fantastic john. 

Thanks very much Martin. 

21 hours ago, smithy said:

Well done John it looks impressive

Thanks for that Smithy, see you next week! 

21 hours ago, Paul Palmer said:

very nice John

Thank you Paul. 

21 hours ago, walterderwent said:

Now that looks seriously impressive John! Great work!

Cheers David, much appreciated. 

My favourite part of any build - ready to put the main decals on, l think it's what brings a model to life, so to speak. 

Also means it's nearly finished 

13 hours ago, mb86 said:

Dowdeswell DP6 6furrow. 

That looks superb! Top job. 

Really do like the older arable kit. 

17 hours ago, mb86 said:

Plough is painted now, still need to paint the wearing parts silver and add decals and hoses. 

Liking that a lot, really nice job you have done with that Martin. 

Will be a lovely set up with your TW.