Fenside MF Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 How about a tractor driver or forager driver with mobile a phone held up to his left ear and his right hand steering. Most contractors are always on there phones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 what about a driver with one hand on the steering wheel and one arm over the seat looking out the back window when he is ploughing And one hand to his ear on the phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 And one hand to his ear on the phone 3 arms?? one on the wheel, the over the back of the seat,plus the mobile mm what you employing aliens now :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ferguson Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 There are tractor drivers out there already. But, I'm hoping to produce them dressed in the correctly coloured overalls (or unpainted, of course). Not sure what they'll be doing with their hands though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 There are tractor drivers out there already. But, I'm hoping to produce them dressed in the correctly coloured overalls (or unpainted, of course). Not sure what they'll be doing with their hands though with weather like this they need there hands somewere warm :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 man sitting in the tractor seat, one hand waving to another driver is there anything out there like a man crouched over connecting a pto up to a tractor? a man that actually looks like he is driving and working the controls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ferguson Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Hmmm lots to think about \ Tractor drivers are a must, though by the looks of it! - although Siku already make drivers \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Hmmm lots to think about \ Tractor drivers are a must, though by the looks of it! - although Siku already make drivers \ Oh Mandy, Robbie Rotten is AWFUL. :of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ferguson Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Oh Mandy, Robbie Rotten is AWFUL. :of Who's Robbie Rotten? \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Who's Robbie Rotten? \ Siku tractor driver - he is always called Robbie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 You know what I want for Leakey Vale - some children to feed the lambs, pet the sheep or just to watch the grown-ups working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ferguson Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 You know what I want for Leakey Vale - some children to feed the lambs, pet the sheep or just to watch the grown-ups working I would love to include characters like this at some stage - I'm just not sure there's a market for them yet :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 You know what I want for Leakey Vale - some children to feed the lambs, pet the sheep or just to watch the grown-ups working may just get a name for yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Why not make a man that is a thin wire frame surounded by rubber as the shape of him, Rubber flexes, wire holds. . . .Voila . . .Put your man in any position . . . Now all wee need is a woman ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffithsbros Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 thats a good one murray came up with, the man connecting a PTO, and modelfarmer's idea is a good one, what i would like to see is people in mechanic type positions or people in kneeling and standing as if they are positions welding, and people for standing at workbenches. as for the bases, i am not too fond of them but say for example the figures feet were wide enough apart would they stand by themselves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 you could get yourself moulded in 32nd scale Mandy... I'd take a box full.... every week * :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: too funny make me laugh...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 would be good to have some nice looking (fit) girls too Not you too, what's with the name "Mark" over there, bunch of naughty old plunkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 ...as for the bases, i am not too fond of them but say for example the figures feet were wide enough apart would they stand by themselves? Preiser make a lot of figures in all scales and all are without bases. I have mounted them on transparent plastic using superglue. You really don't notice the base. Alternatively a TINY blob of BluTak under each foot serves to hold them in place and is less permanent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ferguson Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 Preiser make a lot of figures in all scales and all are without bases. I have mounted them on transparent plastic using superglue. You really don't notice the base. Alternatively a TINY blob of BluTak under each foot serves to hold them in place and is less permanent It's the Preiser figures that have inspired me, Sue. They really are lovely. I've also had some 1:43 Schuco models (the two little children) and again, they look super - so much detail! My plan is to make a similar farming range in 1:32 (and maybe I can stretch to some farm children at some stage) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ferguson Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 Why not make a man that is a thin wire frame surounded by rubber as the shape of him, Rubber flexes, wire holds. . . .Voila . . .Put your man in any position . . . Now all wee need is a woman ha ha A bendy! I like that idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leakeyvale Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 It's the Preiser figures that have inspired me, Sue. They really are lovely. I've also had some 1:43 Schuco models (the two little children) and again, they look super - so much detail! My plan is to make a similar farming range in 1:32 (and maybe I can stretch to some farm children at some stage) You got hold of the Schuco children for me if you remember, Mandy, and being 1:43 makes no difference as children come in all sizes. I do agree that the detail is superb both the plastic Preiser and the diecast Schuco models. If anything the diecast are much finer detail (and very heavy). Look forward to the models! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 A bendy! I like that idea my patent number is ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Young(er) people walking around, in a dream, peering down at the screen of their mobile 'phone, this is all a lot of the apprentices at work seem to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What about a tractor driver having his lunch, with either a mug of tea or a sandwich in his hand. What other figures do you produce Mandy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MODELFARMER Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Ha this is like the 1/32 Farming Kama Sutra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ferguson Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 Young(er) people walking around, in a dream, peering down at the screen of their mobile 'phone, this is all a lot of the apprentices at work seem to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What about a tractor driver having his lunch, with either a mug of tea or a sandwich in his hand. What other figures do you produce Mandy? This is the first time I've produced farming figures (it's taken ages to find a company that can make exactly what I want in the right quantities. I'd planned a sheep shearer set with clippers, stand etc, but no-one else seems very enthusiastic, so that's why I approached the Capital of model farming (FTF!) to find you what you would really like to see. I think my first set (due for launch at Spalding) will have to include a tractor driver... as for the texting apprentice... we'll see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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