catkom3 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 James and I had a bit craic earlier on Facebook and he said he would like to see some of my past work here on FTF,So the easiest way to do that was to used the sites search facility to look back at previous years,So Here you go James,and thanks for asking, http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/topic/24457-whats-your-latest-farmconstruction-buy-2017/page/40/?tab=comments#comment-614613 http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/topic/14776-tracked-massey-ferguson-8280finished/?tab=comments#comment-391115 http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/topic/14783-my-specialsso-far/?tab=comments#comment-391455 http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/topic/16980-terragator-2244-finished/?tab=comments#comment-440877 Regards Joe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Panicked abit at the title Joe, thought I was going to be in bother! Some lovely builds there, I see you where casting parts long before the rest of us! Particularly like the TerraGator, always fancied completing this as a build, as with many ideas I've never found the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 Sorry for the panic James,no harm intended,I believe that TerraGator works in South West Scotland,Not to far from you really,Yes dabbled in casting quite some time ago but never really went anywhere with it,Saying that I need to get some new Silicone and Resin,Cheers for the compliment,Yours are non to shabby as well. Regards Joe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 some seriously nice conversions there Joe, I've always loved that TerraGator especially. I remember reading the Model Farmer article years ago and being impressed by your work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPS Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Some fantastic builds there Joe. Particularly like the tracked MF, was always intending to build one of those myself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 5 hours ago, 844john said: some seriously nice conversions there Joe, I've always loved that TerraGator especially. I remember reading the Model Farmer article years ago and being impressed by your work! Thank you for the fantastic complement John,What made the Terragator possible was the introduction of those wide tyres,I already knew about the Volvo ADT,I managed to source one of them from Sweden,with some help from Pete of MPR models,Don't see much of Pete on here now,The cab / bonnet is a Norscot Challenger and the spreader is a widened Siku version. Regards Joe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 4 hours ago, GPS said: Some fantastic builds there Joe. Particularly like the tracked MF, was always intending to build one of those myself. Actually Gavin,the Tracked Massey was fairly straight forward,Casting the idlers was a bit of a step in the dark,But the Massey cab fitted very nicely into the John Deere floor pan,The only thing I really needed to make was the triangular track frame which luckily turned out to be the right size to fit around the track,??? Regards Joe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 Some of you guy's might be interested in some of the other bits and pieces I've put together over the years,If you ever find you need an auger for a job,I created one formed on a round central tube useing common pins to create a curve which I drew on freehand earlier then built up the "screw" useing 1mm x 1mm Plastruc square rod,which I then used to make my Krone XDisc 6200, I also dabbled briefly with making my own hydraulic rams,You can make these any length and any diameter they also look more convincing as there is a marked step between the cylinder and the ram,For ease of description, I'll say use 1mm x 2mm x 3mm and 4mm cut 4 lengths to required length then cut a short length of the 2mm about 2ml long glue that to the outside of your 1ml ram,Then do the very same again but this time glue it (carefully) to the inside of the 3ml ram,it's hard to write but easy to do,here is a picture to explain. Regards Joe 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L33 DA17ON Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Brilliant. Top job on these. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Bit of thought in that Auger there Joe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Very clever ideas with there Joe, especially the auger, I've spent a lot of time head scratching in the past how best to do them! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Joe Dewar Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 If you wait long enough there's no saying what might turn up, Via Diego Caramella, https://www.facebook.com/groups/257375957770847/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=2357209094454179 Regards Joe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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