844john Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 On 4/21/2024 at 9:30 AM, Valley Axe Man said: Great update John, more fantastic builds there, those Triffits look a nice job and your 118s are just 👌 Thanks very much Paul, the models have dried up at present as we’ve been lambing the past month, but hopefully I’ll be back to them again shortly! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 844john Posted April 27 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 27 A model I’ve been wanting to build for ages now, a set of Watson hydraulic folding grass rollers. I’ve rolled many hundreds of acres with a set of these, so thought it was about time I got them done! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack390 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 On 4/27/2024 at 6:20 PM, 844john said: A model I’ve been wanting to build for ages now, a set of Watson hydraulic folding grass rollers. I’ve rolled many hundreds of acres with a set of these, so thought it was about time I got them done! Tidy, what did you use for the actual rollers? I’d like to make a set of gang rollers at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 16 hours ago, Jack390 said: Tidy, what did you use for the actual rollers? I’d like to make a set of gang rollers at some point. The rollers are made from copper tubing Jack. I was going to make them from styrene sheet but I couldn’t get a neat enough roll, then I came across some pipe from an old heating tank that was exactly the diameter I needed. The ends were made up for it and then it was wrapped with thin styrene to allow the slight overlap at the end of the drums without it looking too chunky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 844john Posted May 6 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 6 I know it’s a bit early to be thinking about hay time, but it’s never too early to get the gear serviced 😉 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Great pictures John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Cracking pics John. The realism is fantastic, as are the models. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idle Git Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 love the lister bale elevator , scratch built I presume 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 6 Author Share Posted May 6 4 hours ago, Paul Palmer said: Great pictures John Thank you Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 6 Author Share Posted May 6 3 hours ago, justy 46 said: Cracking pics John. The realism is fantastic, as are the models. Thanks very much Justin, I appreciate that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 6 Author Share Posted May 6 1 hour ago, Idle Git said: love the lister bale elevator , scratch built I presume Thank you Mark, yes it is, the only things that I haven’t built are the people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmajor Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Old git exactly the same with me loving the lister well made 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Joe Dewar Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Fantastic display as always John, As a kid I was alway's fasinated by the fancy ratchet mechanisam for lifting and lowering the elevator I operated that many a time in the early 60's. Regards Joe. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 7 Author Share Posted May 7 8 hours ago, James Joe Dewar said: Fantastic display as always John, As a kid I was alway's fasinated by the fancy ratchet mechanisam for lifting and lowering the elevator I operated that many a time in the early 60's. Regards Joe. Thank you Joe, yes it was a clever design for raising and lowering the elevator. The best place was at the bottom loading it, i always ended up at the top though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Joe Dewar Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 4 hours ago, 844john said: Thank you Joe, yes it was a clever design for raising and lowering the elevator. The best place was at the bottom loading it, i always ended up at the top though! Yep same here, then getting a million volts up your arm flipping that kill switch onto the spark plug, Regards Joe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 7 Author Share Posted May 7 (edited) 1 hour ago, James Joe Dewar said: Yep same here, then getting a million volts up your arm flipping that kill switch onto the spark plug, Regards Joe. Ha ha, yes I’d forgotten about that Joe! Edited May 7 by 844john 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmajor Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 We used to use it as a ladder to get up in the barn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGEL FORD Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 we had a secondhand BLANCH-LELY that wound up on cable and jockey wheels, Villiers engine that was a job to set up with the guvnor playing up, too slow and too many bales would kill it or too fast and it would throw them off as you placed them on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Then after ur done moveing all the straw from 500 bales that its sent to the poor loft man u needed a baler by the elevator especialy if u had the odd stray bales come off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Agri Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Cracking set of photos, better to see on the computer now than my phone the other day. My only critisim is when you did the leylands you should have known 9 months after you did them i would buy a 285 and would then need the model! You should have thought about it 🤣🤣🤣🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted May 10 Author Share Posted May 10 16 hours ago, Anderson Agri said: Cracking set of photos, better to see on the computer now than my phone the other day. My only critisim is when you did the leylands you should have known 9 months after you did them i would buy a 285 and would then need the model! You should have thought about it 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks mate, you’re right, I should have known🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post 844john Posted May 10 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 10 Getting ready to roll out and lift some first cut! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Quality John,quality models, fantastic backgrounds 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack390 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Nice house there, cracking photos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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