Homegrown roller scratch build

[SirTainly]

As promised in my intro post, here's my roller. It's still pretty early days. I'm not sure, but I suspect the prototype  might be home made, but I could be wrong.

 

 

 

Here's my reference photos:

 

And the obligatory, thing in motion photo:

 

Edited December 14, 2022 by SirTainly

[jmd]

looking good so far👍

[Ferret90]

Neat job👌

[smithy]

Apart from the drawbar the rest looks like a Kidd roller . The one you are making looks good 

[SirTainly]

Thanks folks. 

Wonder if it was a Kidd roller that got repaired/rebuilt as it is now? iirc it was bought from a farm sale to replace an even older roller which is still in the field. I wanted to use that one tbh as it's a little smaller and this blue one only just fits through the gate, but I think someone has had the end of the drawbar from it for something else. 

[Jack390]

Great job so far , look forward to seeing the finished product 👍

[Anderson Agri]

Looking good. 

The roller is a Twose one, I have one too 🙂

[SirTainly]

Thanks again - and yes that's the one, so it's a Twose, cool to know, cheers!

[Dusty Dan]

Really nice!

[Udimore]

Brilliant welcome to ftf and cracking effort

[SirTainly]

thanks folks - spent abit more time today on this (took photos and then saw I'd forgotten the fillers on the ends of the rollers) I've added them now, but no more pics.

I would have liked to do a bit of priming, but it's too cold, so I cracked on with this. I've bought my wife, a keen equestrian, a heavy horse day for xmas. Since it doesn't give her something to unwrap on the day, I've been working on a little diorama which has a scale version of her on it - as close as I can get with the tools available anyway. Still needs a bit of paint tidy up on her, I'll just hit the toy horse with a bit of a matt varnish when it's warmer this week. In the box with it will be the detail of the experience. I've done stuff like this before for other relatives for Caterham 7 driving, tank driving, trip to see Swan lake on ice and a JCB experience.

 

Edited December 18, 2022 by SirTainly

[SirTainly]

As it was mild here, I got some primer on the roller, only to find the end had lost a chunk of resin. Here it is, some filling and filing later:

 

I'm home alone this weekend (LadyTainly is working) so I should be able to get some paint on this, then to just work out how to get a 674. 

[Jack390]

@844john has built a 674 in the past, perhaps give him a shout?

[SirTainly]

I finally got some paint on it, did the weathering and then realised the roller ends should be blue, so it's not quite done yet.

 

Edited January 22, 2023 by SirTainly

[844john]

That’s a lovely job Simon👌

[Stabliofarmer]

Really nice work Simon, I assume you have abit of a background in model making/painting?

[CallumC]

Very smart looking roller 

[SirTainly]

thanks guys - and yes I do have a background in wargaming models mostly, but also some trains too.

[jmd]

That's smart nicely weathered too

[Stabliofarmer]

8 hours ago, SirTainly said:

thanks guys - and yes I do have a background in wargaming models mostly, but also some trains too.

It shows, the paint chipping weathering on the edges of the box section is very effective 

[Barry]

Very nice 👍

[SirTainly]

Thanks again - the chipping is a very simple trick - just use an old sponge (the sort that you get in packaging or on the back of the pan scourer rather than a bath sponge)/

[SirTainly]

Roller sides painted, all done!

 

[SirTainly]

In a funny turn of events, I now find myself buying a 1:1 scale 8' Twose roller along with our new property. It's a newer style, and a cheery yellow colour. Also negotiating on an old muck spreader converted into a trailer, and getting a chain harrow chucked in.

[Jack390]

Will we be seeing 1:32 versions of them?