Deere-est's Bits n Bobs

[Deere-est]

Well here is what I was up to over the weekend, with a sheet of 0.8mm ply and some square dowl you can do endless little bits and bobs for your farm yard. Here are a few disposably type pallets, the sort you see down the builders merchants.

Here is what you need 3mm dowel not shown. A measuring tape, a straight edge, a craft knife and of course the madatory 0.8mm ply for the pallet planks. I cut them 4mm wide.

Use two planks to glue the dowel at the required distance, making sure it is square with one plant at either end. Then work your way from one end to the other, my spacings are a shade under 2mm.

[Deere-est]

What you think I should leave the marks there? I have been trying in vain to rid those doors of the marks. Was going to just stick a wider piece of styrene over it so the hinges looked longer. ..  ??? ??? \

[THEBRITFARMER]

No leave em  especially if it's and older farm building. Over the years the hinges may well have been replaced and leaving behind the putline where the sun had not bleached the wood. People work hard to get results like that matey !!!  :D :D :D

[Deere-est]

Blimey, ok then they will stay like that untill these need replacing then!!!

[Lord Ferguson]

Box looks good Tris.... I bet that is easier to do than was them... they seem to take Aaaaaaaaaages to wax...

I say the hinges look good as well... leave them as they are... I can get Barry to crash a landrover into them as well if you like... just for authenticity 

[gromittigger]

All very inpressive

keep the doors as they are - I thought you had done that on purpose to give an aged effect.

Will you be posting a picture of the whole farm or do you have a link to pictures you've done already?

[Deere-est]

Cheers everyone, they will stay as they are then for authentic repairs carried out many moons ago!!

Gromittigger

http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7216.0

- is the workshop and it's stages.

And

http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=3054.0

- is where it all started.

And

http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6288.15

- is where one of them ended  :'(

[Deere-est]

Well with no root crops on the farm I had to find a use for Mayk's spud box. .. ..  And what better use. ..  We all need to have tidy up now and again so I just had a wander round the progressing yard and picked up all the bale wrap and twine laying about the place.

[THEBRITFARMER]

It's bits like that Tris that set the scene and brings the layout to life.

Keep it up Tris the layout is going to look a real treat.

[FB]

Well with no root crops on the farm I had to find a use for Mayk's spud box. .. ..  And what better use. ..  We all need to have tidy up now and again so I just had a wander round the progressing yard and picked up all the bale wrap and twine laying about the place.

did you use one of those picker things the council use  :D

nice small details there though Tris

[Deere-est]

Just you wait guys. .... I am up to something as we speak. Down At Deere-ests will updated either very shortly or later. Depends if Traci is late over or early 

[Lord Ferguson]

That's a nice touch Tris... Have you got any pallets dotted around as well... with some old oily "thing" on it 

[Deere-est]

That's a nice touch Tris... Have you got any pallets dotted around as well... with some old oily "thing" on it 

There will be mate yeah. Got some of those bricks off of ebay to stack on a pallet or two. A few other bit's and pieces too I expect.

[Deere-est]

Well for some daft reason I decided to have a go at all this today. A handful of tiny weeny bits and pieces and some lovely vague instructions. . .

[Deere-est]

But I did manage to make head or tail of it after all!!! It took about 2hrs to glue them all together. Alot of it had to be done with tweezers and then aligning little pieces with the tip of a hobby knife blade. My eye's are frazzled now, been squinting for two hours!!

[Deere-est]

[JC]

Did they all fit together Ok D-E??

I think I have one of those sets somewhere..... 

[Deere-est]

They did but it is one of those all fingers and thumbs jobs if you know what I mean Jase. Got half a dozen small pieces left but I'm not worried too much. Bit of paint slapped on them and they'll look even more dandy. 

[graham]

You have made a mighty fine job of those.  I have been fiddling about with bits and bits trying to do these for ages now, I have even been having a go tonight and I look on here and you have gone and cracked it.  Lovely stuff.

[Deere-est]

Don't ya just ahte it when that happens Graham!! Makes all the effore look silly, it's like when I saw Brians cattle lorry the other day, what a bu66er!!!

[THEBRITFARMER]

CRACKING TRIS    Is that one of those Verlinden sets?  C'mon then Lad get em painted up  :D :D

[FB]

nice work Tris :D, i know what you mean though, its such small stuff to try and glue and you have to use the smallest of amounts too :D

Can i send you mine up to glue

[Deere-est]

I'l do your if you want Ben yeah 

Two coats of grey are on the three sets now. Detailing later on or tomorrow.

Now making a tree!!

Is there no end to this boys talents?!!!

:D :D

Scott, it's a Caomao set, did a Google and the only link that appears is an Ebay shop - figurines though. 

[Deere-est]

Crap photo, I'll post individual photo's of each one when I got some juice back in the camera.

[SMurF]

Don't you just like the way that a lot of us are progressing beyond the tractor/implement side of our hobby into other realms of 1/32 too make our dioramas more realistic

Well done for this all partisipants

Nice job Deere-est looks the part for a workshop

Our hobby intrerests are moveing on in leaps and bounds since I first started out on this forum and its a very encouraging thing to behold

[JC]

Oi, get that gate off the ford!  :o :o :D