Laois 1:32 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Making a silage trailer with removable silage sides for the upcoming silage season to go alongside my New Holland trailed Harvester. Doing a few drawings at the minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirely Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 Any progress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 21 hours ago, Kirely said: Any progress? Hi Kieran, sorry not much progress lately due to school and the good weather outside which has been good for landscaping work. I have made a few prototypes for the centre rocking bogies, just trying to make them strong enough and cheaply enough. I've exams next week then I'm free for the rest of the summer so I hope to get it done ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirely Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Looking forward to seeing its development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 On 5/22/2019 at 11:50 AM, Laois 1:32 said: Hi Kieran, sorry not much progress lately due to school and the good weather outside which has been good for landscaping work. I have made a few prototypes for the centre rocking bogies, just trying to make them strong enough and cheaply enough. I've exams next week then I'm free for the rest of the summer so I hope to get it done ASAP. Good luck with the exams! Better get your priorities right ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted June 7, 2019 Author Share Posted June 7, 2019 Managed to get the two sets of bogies made. Hope to plough on with it over the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Got a good bit done today, chassis all made to some extent, bogies fitted, and pivot sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 Been working at it over the past few days; sides done, just working on details and will be making tail doors and silage sides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret90 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Looks fantastic Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr-abich Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Looks very nice. Hope You show us how is it working very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 Grain sides and door all made, now making silage door to go with the silage sides I have also made. Still have to attach silage sides securely. Will get them hanging and the ram for tipping in place when I get home at the end of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stabliofarmer Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Coming together now! What material have you used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 6 hours ago, Stabliofarmer said: Coming together now! What material have you used? I have used cuttings of old intrumisent strips of fire doors for the chassis, they were the best I could get at the time and they did alright but I wont be using them again as they are hard to drill into and cut. I then used 300gsm grade card for the body which works alright but can fray if it is cut too small. I hope to get using plastruct for some of my next models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 Silage door made and toolbox made and added. Ready for hinging the doors and getting the ram in place as well as some red paint when I get home from holidays on Wednesday. (Brought this project with me on holidays so I could get a better chance of getting it done) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret90 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Brilliant work Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 9 hours ago, Ferret90 said: Brilliant work Nathan Thanks Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Great to see someone else working with card. You may find if you paint it with aerosols the card edges won't paint as well as the paper backed sides. This is because all the fibres in the card are absorbing the paint. The way I combat this is to seal all the edges with super thin cheap super glue, the type you get at poundland in a pack of 3 10g bottles. PVA glue will do the same job, just takes longer to set rather than being instant like super glue is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted June 18, 2019 Author Share Posted June 18, 2019 5 hours ago, Stabliofarmer said: Great to see someone else working with card. You may find if you paint it with aerosols the card edges won't paint as well as the paper backed sides. This is because all the fibres in the card are absorbing the paint. The way I combat this is to seal all the edges with super thin cheap super glue, the type you get at poundland in a pack of 3 10g bottles. PVA glue will do the same job, just takes longer to set rather than being instant like super glue is. Thanks James, I do hope to seal the edges and possibly most of the card as it is relatively weak and I think the glue will help to stiffen it a wee bit and allow the paint to take to it better. Will keep you posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 Got all the hinges and the ram for tipping in place, as well as a coat of primer put on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 Red painting all done, took a few coats with a few turns in between. Now working at hand painting the yellow on the silage sides. Then just some reassembling and decals, lights, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 its looking very well Nathan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 Final coat of yellow done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laois 1:32 Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 Got her completed, all reassembled and decals done. Lights done too. I'm quite happy with how it has turned out. Ready for grain duty in a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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