Tractorman810 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 great build on the bale grab, intresting to see the britains telehandler holds it up nicely to, i know its all plasti strut or similar, but the rams used to be terrible for holding any weight up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Brilliant up date. The barn looks impressive and really love the bale grab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Excellent work Luke, look forward to seeing your next builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke190 Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 Thanks for all your comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke190 Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 On 16/01/2017 at 7:43 PM, Tractorman810 said: great build on the bale grab, intresting to see the britains telehandler holds it up nicely to, i know its all plasti strut or similar, but the rams used to be terrible for holding any weight up. Thanks. Yes, the boom holds the weight easily. The grab is mainly made of plastruct, which means its fairly light weight. I would just like a better maximum tilt angle on the telehandler, but for a Britains its great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 you have made some cracking models there luke very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke190 Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 Thanks Graham. obviously some things don't look so good as theyre not finished but I hope to post some updates soon as lots of things are taking shape nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke190 Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Time for an update. I can't recall working on the layout as much as I have recently My collection of conversions and self builds is growing quickly with a McConnel hedge cutter, New Holland FX 375 and front press well under construction among other things, and I've just bought a Britains Samson muck spreader to use as a base model for a Bunning Lowlander since we're no longer getting the Scalefarmer one - if that goes well I'll build a second Bunning for the fleet The layout itself is also undergoing a major push to get finished, with the three 2 by 6 board sections painted and based with small ballast to give it a texture, a second silage clamp, a workshop, and three new sheds to store machinery, which I'll photo when built. If anyones followed this thread I've been planning this layout for a little over a year, so completing the board sections is well overdue. Also you may remember that I have no permanent display area, so the layout needs to be able to pack away easily. I've bought some large 80 litre storage boxes to act as 'legs' for the board sections which are also handy for storing models and tools. Time will tell if I've built the layout well enough to withstand storage I wanted a flatbed trailer for the fleet but wasn't so keen on the current model offerings. With that I took a trip to Sussex Tractors (or Haynes as it now is) for some ideas and decided to build a Warwick 25 ft bale trailer with sprung drawbar, which I think is pretty close to the original: It was also the first time I got to use my Dremel cutting tool on a model The front and rear ladders are identical and sit at the same height just the photos make the rear look slightly taller. To allow bales to fit well I've built the rear ladder to be removable too like its real counterpart: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke190 Posted February 17, 2017 Author Share Posted February 17, 2017 Update part 2 I have also spent some time finishing off more detailing on the telehandler including additional warning stickers, painting the front axle black like the real machine, and adding a rear pick up hitch. Pictured here leaving the LAB Works yard with my scratch built Browns bale grab: Heres a few other random pics I took today: T7.190 heading out with one of our two new front presses Round bale grab built (looks great on the telehandler.. will add extra photos soon). The grab has been built to open and close like the real counterpart (pictured semi closed): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Fantastic scratch builds, just live those grabs. Looking forward to more progress pics of the layout too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 great updates,great pictures,great builds,great topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 I'll just echo what everyone else has said Luke. Great topic to follow, some lovely models you have put together for your layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne D Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Great work Luke, your new builds are very very good. Trailer really looks the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 On 17/02/2017 at 9:10 PM, Luke190 said: Time for an update. I can't recall working on the layout as much as I have recently My collection of conversions and self builds is growing quickly with a McConnel hedge cutter, New Holland FX 375 and front press well under construction among other things, and I've just bought a Britains Samson muck spreader to use as a base model for a Bunning Lowlander since we're no longer getting the Scalefarmer one - if that goes well I'll build a second Bunning for the fleet The layout itself is also undergoing a major push to get finished, with the three 2 by 6 board sections painted and based with small ballast to give it a texture, a second silage clamp, a workshop, and three new sheds to store machinery, which I'll photo when built. If anyones followed this thread I've been planning this layout for a little over a year, so completing the board sections is well overdue. Also you may remember that I have no permanent display area, so the layout needs to be able to pack away easily. I've bought some large 80 litre storage boxes to act as 'legs' for the board sections which are also handy for storing models and tools. Time will tell if I've built the layout well enough to withstand storage I wanted a flatbed trailer for the fleet but wasn't so keen on the current model offerings. With that I took a trip to Sussex Tractors (or Haynes as it now is) for some ideas and decided to build a Warwick 25 ft bale trailer with sprung drawbar, which I think is pretty close to the original: It was also the first time I got to use my Dremel cutting tool on a model The front and rear ladders are identical and sit at the same height just the photos make the rear look slightly taller. To allow bales to fit well I've built the rear ladder to be removable too like its real counterpart: Luke,thats a great build,is the trailer completey scratch built or did you use a chassis,if so what chassis did you use,its great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke190 Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 About time I updated this I've not been very active here or with the layout since early this year, but the fleets seen a few models come and go since the last update. I bought a MarGe T7.315, UH T6.175, Wiking Lemken trailed sprayer, Ros Joskin slurry tanker, 2x Britains NC muck spreaders, a Kane Classic silage trailer, and a few other New Holland and Case tractors... I think that's about it other than lots of parts for conversions / builds... Here's a few photos from when the layout was last out Although its been fun expanding the fleet, I've decided to tweek it a bit so that most of the tractors are of small to medium size. As a result the following have been removed: T7.315, T7.270, T7.220, T6.175, one of two T6.180, and the Joskin slurry tanker. In there place I've added a: TM 150, MX 150, T6080, and a new Case Maxxum 154. I have always liked Case tractors and they seem to be creeping into the fleet.. more to follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke190 Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 OK so the T6080 was a T7.210 flag edition which I resprayed and added a few decals. Took about 30 minutes to do. Seen here at various stages I've also done some work on the retired T7.220 by adding a front linkage and other details I have a work in progress FX 375 forager which will join the fleet as a back up / team B option to the Krone forager I knew I wouldn't be totally happy with the Kane Classic trailer, having held one at Toytrac last year. I like the model, just wanted more detail. So I started to cut it up and add real wire mesh to the front and back door sections, changed the trailer stand, added pipes etc. I think it looks much better for a simple fix up Although I prefer my models to look clean, I also had a go at dirtying up one of my NC spreaders, and think its improved the base model + added pto and piping guard (pipes to be added), decals etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke190 Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 Third update - thought I'd share a few of my photos from this years Grass and Muck event Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke190 Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 Fourth and final update for today.... some out and about photos...mostly taken on my phone hence poor quality \ Hope you enjoyed the update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne D Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Nice updates Luke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Good stuff luke ! Liking the update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke190 Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 Thanks guys. On 19/02/2017 at 12:11 PM, Paul Palmer said: Luke,thats a great build,is the trailer completey scratch built or did you use a chassis,if so what chassis did you use,its great Sorry for the late reply Paul. I used a Britains twin axle flatbed trailer as a base model, which I heavily modified on the front and rear ends - until it's almost unrecognisable, as well as detailing added to the sides/undersides. I added a plastruct sheet surface on top to give it the clean flat finish. Scratch built the front and rear ladders. Used a Britains Kane grain trailer for the wheels and stole the springs off it for the scratch built drawbar suspension to match the real Warwick design. I also used part of the Kane drawbar since it was simple to modify to fit the Warwick. So in other words two donor models and lots (!) of handmade parts. Enjoyable build though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke190 Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 Hi. I haven't posted on the forum much recently and not really kept the layout going. I've had a tough 2017 and a difficult start to 2018… which has resulted in moving house with less storage space As a result, I've made the decision to sell my collection shortly. In addition to the stuff pictured in this thread, there is a lot more models I haven't photoed which I'll list up in the for sale part of this forum soon. I'll likely sell stuff in phases because theres so much. If anyone is interested in something in particular, please respond or pm me with offers. Thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne D Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Sorry to hear that Luke. Life isn't easy at times, but hopefully all will work out for you mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_emmons Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 sorry to hear about the tough patch, and hope it all works out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke190 Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Thanks guys. Hopefully things will be better soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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