tabmodels Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 I've been asked to build three of these beasts with fully working arms. Owned and operated by Agriplant Ltd, they run a fleet of five extensively modified Hydrocut G-rahfs with Bomford flail heads. They are celebrating their 50th anniversary with three of these models, so, no pressure Starting with three Siku John Deere 6920s models (one of these being radio controlled!) they will be converted to 6830 premiums and fitted with scratch built G-rahfs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janval Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Looking forward to seeing it built, like always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted March 7, 2018 Author Share Posted March 7, 2018 Siku's missing cab door glass fitted, front weights roughed in and frame fabricated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Farm Models Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Your some builder Ian ! You’ll be going all the way to the top mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted March 7, 2018 Author Share Posted March 7, 2018 52 minutes ago, Cheshire Farm Models said: Your some builder Ian ! You’ll be going all the way to the top mate Haha cheers Sam! Just hope I can stay sane during this project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Farm Models Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 1 hour ago, tabmodels said: Haha cheers Sam! Just hope I can stay sane during this project No worries mate I’m feeling much the same with my 2x hentons and claas jaguar 75 plus with my arm strapped up it’s beginning to feel impossible!!! Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 21 hours ago, Cheshire Farm Models said: No worries mate I’m feeling much the same with my 2x hentons and claas jaguar 75 plus with my arm strapped up it’s beginning to feel impossible!!! Haha What happened to your arm Sam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Farm Models Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 1 hour ago, tabmodels said: What happened to your arm Sam? I ran out of talent on the yz 250 on Friday and come a cropper, ripped a tendant in my arm or stretched it. Didn’t think much of it as it was just aching so carried on riding for a few hours. Woke up following day it was hurting abit more but still Went out for the day. I tried a jumper on as I lifted my arm up I just heard a rip and it was like paper ripping in my arm and felt really weird couldn’t move my arm was real painful so went quacks and they strapped it up so I can only move my wrist unfortunately. Must of just been all it needed to push it over the edge and completely rip it. Just irritating as it is now tied up it just aches which I wouldn’t mind if I could move it but I can’t. So building models is proving difficult at this moment in time haha ! Be back to normal in 8 weeks or so they said hope it’s sooner mate !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 12 hours ago, Cheshire Farm Models said: I ran out of talent on the yz 250 on Friday and come a cropper, ripped a tendant in my arm or stretched it. Didn’t think much of it as it was just aching so carried on riding for a few hours. Woke up following day it was hurting abit more but still Went out for the day. I tried a jumper on as I lifted my arm up I just heard a rip and it was like paper ripping in my arm and felt really weird couldn’t move my arm was real painful so went quacks and they strapped it up so I can only move my wrist unfortunately. Must of just been all it needed to push it over the edge and completely rip it. Just irritating as it is now tied up it just aches which I wouldn’t mind if I could move it but I can’t. So building models is proving difficult at this moment in time haha ! Be back to normal in 8 weeks or so they said hope it’s sooner mate !! Hope you weren't trying those double 360 backflips again! Sorry to hear that Sam, sounds painful, 8 weeks is a long time, must be really frustrating. Hope it rights itself well before then, I think I could handle the pain but not being able to use my hands or arms would kill me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Farm Models Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 28 minutes ago, tabmodels said: Hope you weren't trying those double 360 backflips again! Sorry to hear that Sam, sounds painful, 8 weeks is a long time, must be really frustrating. Hope it rights itself well before then, I think I could handle the pain but not being able to use my hands or arms would kill me! Hahah not this time mate hit some loose dirt that had been moved about by other bikes and spat its dummy out was doing about 55 and came to a stop pretty quick ha ha! cheers mate I hope it sorts faster soon ! Seeing all these amazing models is making me wanna get back at it properly !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 Arm construction under way, some small changes were made to the G-rahfs by the company to improve them. Not always easy to incorporate into the model without compromising strength and functionality but can only get as close as possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_emmons Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 looking good Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 Cheers Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 Frames attached and painted along with weights. All wheels got a coat of yellow as the radio controlled models wheels where a completely different shade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_emmons Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 They are looking good Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 These look great, can I ask how you did the glazing for the cab doors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 On 6/4/2018 at 6:36 PM, CX820Joe said: These look great, can I ask how you did the glazing for the cab doors? Thanks! I basically made a template to fit the door, then cut it from clear styrene. Had to clamp them to follow the slight curve and glue them with araldite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 58 minutes ago, tabmodels said: Thanks! I basically made a template to fit the door, then cut it from clear styrene. Had to clamp them to follow the slight curve and glue them with araldite. Very grateful for the reply, I bought a Siku JD and think it would look better with the gaps filled in but I expect I would make a hash of a job like that...I tried to make their old Lexion 480 look decent with cab glazing years ago...it was certainly not a success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 1 minute ago, CX820Joe said: Very grateful for the reply, I bought a Siku JD and think it would look better with the gaps filled in but I expect I would make a hash of a job like that...I tried to make their old Lexion 480 look decent with cab glazing years ago...it was certainly not a success. No problem, yeah it's tricky keeping the glue off the windows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted July 6, 2018 Author Share Posted July 6, 2018 The tricky part. Bomford Pro-cut flail head and complicated linkage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 looks a work of art Ian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabmodels Posted July 6, 2018 Author Share Posted July 6, 2018 44 minutes ago, 844john said: looks a work of art Ian! Cheers John, total bugger to paint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_emmons Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 looks great Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Thats impressive ian , hard enough to build let alone paint and keep the functions , I actually saw something like this , on a jd parked up last week , looked a hell of a beast , couldnt see any decals on it to see a maker , but there cant be many arround making stuff like that . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Looking very good Ian, can’t wait to see it finished mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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