alf aphid Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Next project, will be slow time! Schuco Deere 3130 converted into an opu cabbed version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithorkney Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Here's a 3130 I made a few years ago, managed to source an ertl 3140 from the States off ebay and converted it to this, I do have another one as well, I used to drive a 3130 for many years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Nice job! I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 What are your plans for the Fritz cab you removed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 9 hours ago, SPN said: What are your plans for the Fritz cab you removed? Honestly speaking, non as yet unless anyone has any suggestions, are you looking for one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPN Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 13 minutes ago, alf aphid said: Honestly speaking, non as yet unless anyone has any suggestions, are you looking for one? Building a Scaledown County soon and the Fritz cab was an option on them. Wondering if it might work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share Posted February 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, SPN said: Building a Scaledown County soon and the Fritz cab was an option on them. Wondering if it might work. I think it came off without any serious damage. Was glued on in places I'm sure, so might need a bit of resto but nothing serious. I'll take a look when back in uk and let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 On 26/02/2017 at 10:56 PM, SPN said: Bit more progress after not a lot of progress schuco are a pain, their Deere green is more like a 15 year old faded shade!! Cab needs glazing and a bit of aligning better will change rear wheels to something a little more original looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reqen Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Very nice conversion, Alf. The schuco colour isn´t right. For this reason, I decided to paint the whole tractor in my conversion. Best regards from Spain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 So this one has been sitting on my shelf a while, finally made a bit of progress reassembling. This has been a nightmare, I bought some relatively "cheap" paint on eBay for this conversion. You can guess the rest, yes rest assured the old "buy cheap, buy twice" saying proved itself true. So second time lucky after second complete strip here we are. Needs a bit of finishing still - cab steps, decals, lights plus some other bits and bobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam7810 Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 very nice model ,well finished ,just wondering are those opu cabs hard to source or is their a website that sells them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 4 hours ago, Liam7810 said: very nice model ,well finished ,just wondering are those opu cabs hard to source or is their a website that sells them? Hi Liam, thank you for comments. It's actually a resin copy of the old ertl one fitted to the original 3140, I got mine from Henri walker, but I'm sure he said no more to be made. Don't know how many are out there, if you can't find one maybe see if you can track down an old tatty ertl 3130. You will find one eventually. Hopefully will be decaled up by next week. Then it will be 90% finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 It's looking very good Alf, nice to see something a bit different. I can't understand why no-one has really taken the Sekura cab and made it more widely available, after all it has been used by John Deere, International, Ford and also David Brown, albeit a slightly longer version on these, and there are plenty of models out there that could be adapted to fit without too much major surgery, and I'm sure plenty of people who would want to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 You can/could get these as recast(metal) cabs from Brian Norman. As used here by me..... I wouldn't be surprised if someone else did them in resin as per the Duncan cabs that appear on ebay occasionally, Dave Towse perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 theres a guy on ebay ems spares ? or simlar has the. on from time to time, i have a couple from someone for builds to,resin ones ,along with a white metal one as well ,which i may yet cast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam7810 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 On 8/27/2017 at 1:23 AM, alf aphid said: Hi Liam, thank you for comments. It's actually a resin copy of the old ertl one fitted to the original 3140, I got mine from Henri walker, but I'm sure he said no more to be made. Don't know how many are out there, if you can't find one maybe see if you can track down an old tatty ertl 3130. You will find one eventually. Hopefully will be decaled up by next week. Then it will be 90% finished. Thanks For your help, will look into the cab suggestions! V good looks good as it is will be a v nice addition to your collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 Well not exactly finished, still needs steps sorting, but decals arrived today so couldn't resist! Sorry pic quality not great, light wasn't favourable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Looking good Alf, nice straight tidy work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 20 hours ago, tabmodels said: Looking good Alf, nice straight tidy work Thank you Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Looks great alf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 On 19/02/2017 at 9:05 PM, alf aphid said: Next project, will be slow time! Schuco Deere 3130 converted into an opu cabbed version. For anyone requiring one of these cabs they are available from Brian Norman in blue and cream resin for about £7ish I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 Re bumped for John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Thanks Alastair, I remember it now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 1 hour ago, 844john said: Thanks Alastair, I remember it now! No problem John ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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