Leyland / Marshall

[844john]

Another batch of tractors that's been on my to do list for a while now as we've had several Leylands and Marshalls over the years. A quick mock up of the Explorer cabbed 804 and the QM cabbed 272 and 3 cylinder 245

[mb86]

Looking forward to these John,  Leyland is my second shade of blue as we have had a few here as well 

[844john]

Thanks Martin. They're another marque that's been under represented in model form in my opinion, and i would think the majority of stock or mixed farms will have probably owned at least one over the years

Edited November 5, 2020 by 844john

[Valley Axe Man]

Now then John  this is going to be a thread worth keeping an eye on, i've no doubt that the progress will be good and the models you make will be fantastic, top man for tackling such a project..... the man, the legend, the dark horse..... 

[844john]

Thanks Paul...I'm blushing here again!

[Ben Gardebroek]

Interresting projects John. I reminder 1 farmers who has years ago also a leyland. But there were not much of these tractors in Holland.

[844john]

I couldn't resist.....mock up of a 4100 County conversion....

[mb86]

Does that mean you’re doing a 285/2100 as well? 
There is a few hours work stood in the background of the photos John!

[844john]

2 hours ago, mb86 said:

Does that mean you’re doing a 285/2100 as well? 
There is a few hours work stood in the background of the photos John!

I can remember when Mossie used to do the silage, one year he had a six pot Leyland with the exhaust up the back of the cab, I think it was a 285, and as a boy i thought it was some machine, (even when it was stood next to his 3650's and TW15!)so a 285 will find its way onto the bench.....the 4100 is just a bit of an indulgence on my part! 

[844john]

A little more progress on the 482 and 282/72/62 models

Edited November 18, 2020 by 844john

[mb86]

On 11/8/2020 at 9:13 PM, 844john said:

I can remember when Mossie used to do the silage, one year he had a six pot Leyland with the exhaust up the back of the cab, I think it was a 285, and as a boy i thought it was some machine, (even when it was stood next to his 3650's and TW15!)so a 285 will find its way onto the bench.....the 4100 is just a bit of an indulgence on my part! 

Looking fantastic John

I didn’t know mossy had a 15.  In fact I don’t recall ever seeing his trailed chopper at all!

[844john]

4 minutes ago, mb86 said:

Looking fantastic John

I didn’t know mossy had a 15.  In fact I don’t recall ever seeing his trailed chopper at all!

Thanks Martin! I never saw him with a trailed chopper either that i can recall, it was always a Jaguar, but I can remember the Ford not being very popular with the drivers at the time due to its crash box.

[Valley Axe Man]

Looking good there John, your definatley not lost the knack of the magic scalpel on that QM cab  great to see a few Leylands getting built, even going for a full rack of weights as well  

[844john]

Thanks Paul!  A bit of work done on the 2wd front axles

[Valley Axe Man]

Looking good there John  bit of engineering in those steering front axles, your Explorer cab looks great too, with the straight pipe she's looking like an 802

 

[844john]

Thanks Paul, yes they're a bit fiddley getting the axles to steer but keeping them in proportion to the scale, i didn't want to end up with a Britains front axle! She must be a Leyland that one if she's got a straight pipe Actually, it's just a case of test fitting the parts as i go along, but we're inching ever closer to starting to assemble some!

[Tractorman810]

at 1:32 everything is fiddley to do john, but you seem to make it look easy the way you popping them out. have always fancied a decent 272 syncro, used to be a few around on neighbouring farms, until jd really took off

[844john]

Thanks Sean, you're right there, especially when you're a bit ham fisted like i can be! I must confess that my output of models has upped recently, as I've decided to take the plunge and build models to sell as well as for my own collection, sort of farm diversification if you like, but without the caravan site!

[SPN]

9 hours ago, 844john said:

 I've decided to take the plunge and build models to sell as well as for my own collection, sort of farm diversification if you like, but without the caravan site!

Now we're sucking diesel

What models are you planning to do for sale?

[mb86]

20 minutes ago, SPN said:

Now we're sucking diesel

What models are you planning to do for sale?

In my experience that didn’t work, you had to drag them round and round and round the field

[Tractorman810]

Sounds interesting john, may have to contact you after xmas, 272 and maybe another i have seen 

[Stabliofarmer]

Gorgeous as always John, congratulations with the venture!

[844john]

13 hours ago, SPN said:

Now we're sucking diesel

What models are you planning to do for sale?

I dont see myself churning out big runs of models Stan, rather smaller batches of models more individual  to what a person wants. I've already cast a number of parts for the IH's, Ford LP's, Muir Hills, Leylands etc so these are a start, but there's already a few interesting one offs in the pipeline.  

[844john]

5 hours ago, Tractorman810 said:

Sounds interesting john, may have to contact you after xmas, 272 and maybe another i have seen 

Thanks Sean, no problem

[844john]

1 hour ago, Stabliofarmer said:

Gorgeous as always John, congratulations with the venture!

Thank you James, it's been a big decision but it's got to be a bit easier on my back!