tabmodels Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Commissioned 1/32 John Deere 1360 mower, work in progress, not an easy one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne D Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Brilliant work so far, I'm sure there is a lot of man hours spent on it already, to even get it to this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted March 24, 2017 Author Share Posted March 24, 2017 Thanks Wayne, plenty of hours indeed, building the first one always takes the longest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Fantastic Ian, I like seeing models going through the various stages of build, shows how much work actually goes into them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 As per usual Ian, great workmanship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 Thanks guys Haha yes Mark, this was a bit outside my comfort zone! It basically is a hedgecutter, just a different shape! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Looks brilliant. What thickness of plasticard do you use ? What do you use to cut it, looks really neat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 2 hours ago, alf aphid said: Looks brilliant. What thickness of plasticard do you use ? What do you use to cut it, looks really neat Thanks, I use various gauges of card depending on what the application is, mainly 0.50mm for most parts. Easy to cut and shape and still strong enough for big flat surfaces. I just cut with a steel ruler and scalpel blade, nothing fancy! I pay particular attention to straightness as things can get badly out of shape as the model progresses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 1 hour ago, tabmodels said: Thanks, I use various gauges of card depending on what the application is, mainly 0.50mm for most parts. Easy to cut and shape and still strong enough for big flat surfaces. I just cut with a steel ruler and scalpel blade, nothing fancy! I pay particular attention to straightness as things can get badly out of shape as the model progresses. Ok thank you. It's all I had used in the past but wondered if the professionals had a better way. As with most things it just comes down to practise I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 1 hour ago, alf aphid said: Ok thank you. It's all I had used in the past but wondered if the professionals had a better way. As with most things it just comes down to practise I guess. It's a great medium to work with, I took to plasticard very quickly as I used to do a lot of paper and card modelling and it was a similar discipline. The only other way to get perfect straight parts and save lots of time would be to laser cut them from the sheet, box section and other pieces would still need to be hand cut though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 Update! Paint applied and some detailing added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Looking great, some really nice detail on there that would normally be missed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 12 hours ago, mb86 said: Looking great, some really nice detail on there that would normally be missed out. Thanks Martin, just have some more detail to do, decals and hoses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Looking great Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted May 1, 2017 Author Share Posted May 1, 2017 Thanks again for the comments everyone. Some hoses, tail lights, wheel centres and decals added and we're done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Wow, yet again you have produced a stunning model, amazing work. How did you go about planning this one? Was it from photos or did you have the real mower to measure up? I know BOR on the forum here liked to go and look at the machine he was recreating and take lots of measurements and photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 I am lost for words. Absolutely stunning. By far one of the best builds I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Ooo that's nice , not into grass kit like that but would happily add that to my collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 That's fine work . Very good detail . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne D Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 That's just awesome!!! Excellent work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEP Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Again, absolute quality Ian!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 20 hours ago, mb86 said: Wow, yet again you have produced a stunning model, amazing work. How did you go about planning this one? Was it from photos or did you have the real mower to measure up? I know BOR on the forum here liked to go and look at the machine he was recreating and take lots of measurements and photos. Thanks Martin, I don't even know if it is correct scale-wise, basically worked from photos from the interweb. The Britains mower I dismantled to get some of the parts gave me a fair idea about dimensions and size. Yes BOR has the right approach by seeing the real thing, I did not have access to a real 1360 but spent quite a lot of time familiarising myself with the machine before lifting a knife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 Thanks everyone for the kind comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 15 hours ago, chris.watson said: I am lost for words. Absolutely stunning. By far one of the best builds I have seen. i second that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenside MF Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 flip me thats good,i hope a high detail deere tractor will get put in front to display it with,will look insane then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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