Richard de Florennes
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Limited series Gilles sugar beet loader
Richard de Florennes replied to Richard de Florennes's topic in Other Farm Models
here we go - it is done: soon available via "TOWSE TRADING" <britains@britains.karoo.co.uk>. -
Britains farming German style
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Thanks for the comment. As my attempt to create little winter coats for the two workers in right scale failed, at least I gave them longer sleeves and/or lang-sleeve underwear by brush stroke plus winter scarf made of real cotton wool using an old black T-shirt. Here are the results: Just for comparison the corresponding harvesting scene also presumed to take place in the 1980s - harvesting carrots and topping the crops "in golden November weather" ... -
Britains farming German style
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Britains farming German style
Richard de Florennes replied to Richard de Florennes's topic in Model Farms & Layouts
Another Christmas present for me was the Ford 7000. Due to the snowy weather during the last weeks and having witnessed the loading of carrots in spite of snow and ice, the idea evolved of creating such a snowy carrot loading scene. Until the fitting UH Ford with frontloader ordered from Dave Towse will be in my hands (for the root bucket visible on one picture), I have used my rear digger for uncovering the clamp. The clamp conceives of the "carrots", plastic cover, soil cover and a layer of "snow". Here are some pics of the new scene ... -
Britains farming German style
Richard de Florennes replied to Richard de Florennes's topic in Model Farms & Layouts
how hold? What you mean? Regarding the real digger shown on the last picture, at least 20 years. The model is a conversion obtained from Ebay for 30 Euro; I think is is based on a SIKU 1:50 scale digger (). Christmas brought me the UH Fendt with row crop wheels delivered from the factory in that state via WITOMO. Reason enough to create a new diorama to re-create an old dio. Here is the result, which is meant to show fertilazing and row cultivating of young bush bean plants: -
Farming action in the Lower Rhine Plain (Germany)
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Region Jülich, 2010-10-22: harvesting sugar beets with TIM / Zuckerrübenernte mit TIM ... -
Farming action in the Lower Rhine Plain (Germany)
Richard de Florennes replied to Richard de Florennes's topic in Farm Talk
Region Jülich, 2010-10-21: harvesting sugar beet with two Holmer Terra Dos T3 on one field / Zuckerrübenernte mit zwei Holmer Terra Dos T3 auf einem Feld ... -
Farming action in the Lower Rhine Plain (Germany)
Richard de Florennes replied to Richard de Florennes's topic in Farm Talk
same day, same region / gleicher Tag, gleiche Gegend: harvesting sugar beet / Zuckerrübenernte ... -
Farming action in the Lower Rhine Plain (Germany)
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Region Viersen, 2010-10-21: harvesting grain maize/Körnermais-Ernte ... -
Farming action in the Lower Rhine Plain (Germany)
Richard de Florennes replied to Richard de Florennes's topic in Farm Talk
Tool carriers where very popular and common over here until the 1990s but are becoming more and more rare now and seem to be only used by the smaller and poorer farms ... Region Krefeld, 2010-10-15: laoding sugar beet/Verladung von Zuckerrüben: Region Aachen, 2010-10-21: cultivating after potato harvest and seeding wheet/Grubbern nach der Kartoffelernte und Weizensäen: