catkom3 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Hopefully in the New Year,I'll convert this into a proper tractor,rather than the big lump of diecast it is just now Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Look forward to seeing how this one works out mate........ :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 Cheers,bought it years ago,when the only alternative was Britains,but I never really liked it,actually I gave it away to my cousin,but got it back off him yesterday,now with all the various web sites selling spares I thought I'd have a go at "pimping it up" Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustyK Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I cant wait to see what you do to it. I have a blue one I want to fix up and detail it a bit. Good luck and keep us posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Definitely one to keep an eye on I've been wondering about doing the same with the newer NH 9882/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Well.got the beast in bits,the tyres/wheels are absolute rubbish,I split one of the tyres just removeing them ,their HARD plastic,to think I paid £45-50 on it about Ten years ago , but,it should make a nice convo,only thing is there's nothing big enough to go on the back of it But like I said,it'll be 2009 before it's finished,better buy some Christmas pressies before I lash out on bits for this Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Whats next then Joe, smear it with Vegimite and cook on high power for 40 seconds?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Vegemite AND peanut butter Eggcellent Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustyK Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Looking good Mate. Those tyres are junk in my opinion. I plan on putting some from the bigroy 1080 on it. Duals of course of us yanks. Maybe a 60ft field cultivator behind it. Hope you have a good holiday season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Whats next then Joe, smear it with Vegimite and cook on high power for 40 seconds?? Well Joe initially I though you had used the micro wave to soften the other tyres before removing them ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted December 21, 2008 Author Share Posted December 21, 2008 Cheers Bill,that's not to bad an idea,need to remember that Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 Well finally got this thing finished,took two months just to get the bit's from Germany,and the order was wrong !!,but that's another story,at last,this is what I hoped to see when I opened the Scale Models box twelve years ago,but now it looks like a proper tractor "model" Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 wow thats one nice piece of tractor can you tell me what pieces you used cheers Reece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massey Boy Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Now that is looking very nice What did you make the exsaust out of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordTractorCrazy Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 that is one marvelous looking piece of machinery.. much better than the original scale models type.. (although every one knows that Scale Models tractors are for playing purposes only and ideal for conversion if you'd like) great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 wow thats one nice piece of tractor can you tell me what pieces you used cheers Reece Reece the tractor is nearly all original,just stripped and re-painted,with the original steps ground off and replaced with hand made brass ones,the winscreen was a pain but I made that from 2mm thick perspex at the front and the triangular rear was made from thin plastic packageing from some nail clippers !! ,well I knackered the old one's cutting thin brass wire,the light's came from PMA32,and the wheels / tyres came from the Tamiya mini 4x4's although the one's I was going to use were from Baerney's,but a mix up in ordering meant I only received 2 instead of 8 Now that is looking very nice What did you make the exsaust out of Massey Boy the exhaust is made out of 6mm diameter aluminium inside 10mm diameter brass tube sqeezed in the vise to make it oval then painted with grey primer,then lightly sprayed with matt white then airbrushed with a mix of Humbrol Matt 70,Matt 187 and Gold 54 Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPR Models Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Wow that is a decent tractor,well done mate I think i have seen that staring driver before...did you cook him :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johny mf Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Looking realy good Joe! Now go work on that prototype MF tractor on tracks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 Hi Johny,where do you think that stareing driver came from ;) Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 that very nice work love it where did you get the backgrounds i could do with a few,paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke DeWitt Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Huge improvment over the old version 8) Boy does that look like it can pull, great work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Amazing conversion, looks great with the improvements you've made to her. Regards David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 Huge improvment over the old version 8) Boy does that look like it can pull, great work Hi Luke,I hope it can pull it's getting hooked up to this Once I work out how to make it fold,thanks to Marcus for the idea, that very nice work love it where did you get the backgrounds i could do with a few,paul Paul backgrounds available here http://www.ontracks.co.uk/index.php?page=product&prodID=20800&catID=266 Thank you for all the positive comments,makes it all worth while,forgot to mention earlier,it actually has a scale Cummins engine in it,I discovered it in an old 1/25th scale Peterbilt I made years ago,wrong scale but it fitted a treat, Regards Joe, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Bloody awsome! As a regular Versatile driver I'd say that looks spot on. Top marks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 You jammy so and so,I've never even seen a Versatile,'cept on video,thanks for the compliment Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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