Venton and Gnatham farms

[Paul Palmer]

As i have moved house my area for layouts has shrunk so P&A farms is finished and i will be doing the layout of where my uncle used to work. I think Venton was the first layout/ dio i ever did and posted on here. I will attempt to copy what they had at the 2 farms when i was a kid to up to now, probably will be some gaps in that time period, Venton is at Crapstone in Devon and Gnatham is a rented farm at Walkhampton,also in Devon, when i was a kid the Venton farm was on the left hand side of the road heading towards Buckland Abbey and the opposite side was a farm i used to visit as well, and that farm place barton ran masseys, so i will still be able to include my 100, 500 and 300 Fergys, funnily now place barton is ran by the farmer who owns and rents Venton and Gnatham, they allways ran ford tractors and now run 4 new holland tractors, so starting today i have painted the base dulux concrete grey 2 coats

Edited January 20 by Paul Palmer
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[Paul Palmer]

Ok here is a rough idea of what it will look like, in real life when i was young they had 3 ford 4000’S but i am going to start with 3 ford 6600’S early non q cab and 2 q cab ones, next tractors will be the ford q cabs with a 6610, then it will be 1 q cab 6600, 1 6610 and a 6640, after that it will be modern new hollands and the machinery will of course change with the different tractor fleets, to the right of my desk i will put up a 2 foot by 2 foot base there for more room, as the dio is looking overcrowded

[Paul Palmer]

The farm had south Devon cattle and grew spring and winter barley, and grass which was used for hay,all grown for the cattle, all the wheat was broadcast with a vicon mounted spreader, land was ploughed, cultivated harrowed after the seed was sown with the vicon and then rolled, everything done was all in house, the 8070 combine is still used today, they used to run a volvo combine for years which was replaced by the 8070,from 1982 onwards small bales were replaced with a round baler now it is all silage round bales with again everything in house except for grass raking which is done by contractors

Edited January 28 by Paul Palmer

[Paul Palmer]

Dug up some old pictures, massey 188,not ours but on our neighbours farm and from about 1977 and our own ford 6640 SLE from around 1993/94, we hadnt had it long and bought brand new when the picture was took

[Paul Palmer]

A bit of modern kit that will feature in this layout

 

Edited February 4 by Paul Palmer

[Paul Palmer]

Started putting up background scenery,put cardboard at the rear of the sheds, as i dont want doors on the back of them, then background scenery stuck to 3mm hardboard with pva,just got to paint the back of the sheds all one colour

Edited February 18 by Paul Palmer
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[Paul Palmer]

Farm owner met up with the farm manager today

[Paul Palmer]

Back ground scenery done to left hand side of my dio and just put in the base on the right hand side

[Paul Palmer]

Baseboard screwed down to the 2X1 batten and filled,also a chrome leg added to support the corner of the baseboard

[Paul Palmer]

Update

[James Joe Dewar]

Looking good there so far Paul, No idea if these might of interest you but fammodels nl have started stocking these nice back drops, 700mm x 3600mm, they are pricey at  €79.99 but should be available through Mandy at Hollylovestoys,

https://www.farmmodels.nl/website/index.php?Show=Search&KeyWord=Landschap poster #filter:dcfdf7f77926842a3c77b28914222b03

Regards

Joe.

[Paul Palmer]

1 hour ago, James Joe Dewar said:

Looking good there so far Paul, No idea if these might of interest you but fammodels nl have started stocking these nice back drops, 700mm x 3600mm, they are pricey at  €79.99 but should be available through Mandy at Hollylovestoys,

https://www.farmmodels.nl/website/index.php?Show=Search&KeyWord=Landschap poster #filter:dcfdf7f77926842a3c77b28914222b03

Regards

Joe.

Thanks Joe,appreciated,but to steep a price for me

[phil phoenix]

I hope your tractor driver will be wearing his brown trousers when he tries to get the muck spreader through that narrow gap without it plummeting down onto the kitchen floor😄......................................have to say I like the other layout with the Fords.

[Paul Palmer]

52 minutes ago, phil phoenix said:

I hope your tractor driver will be wearing his brown trousers when he tries to get the muck spreader through that narrow gap without it plummeting down onto the kitchen floor😄......................................have to say I like the other layout with the Fords.

😂😂limitation of space Phil im afraid

[Paul Palmer]

Got me thinking though Phil i might be able to dowel another piece on to the base to gain some more mm’s  

[phil phoenix]

Well you certainly can bring a piece level with the base partially over the top of the drawer, so that you can still get to its contents. This would allow your driver to pull the muck spreader over it without the risk of a disaster😁.........................I would do that and then perhaps cover both worktops with 4mm hardboard or ply so that it hides the joints underneath.

[phil phoenix]

Actually why not MDF 6mm and then spray it with some texture or stone effect paint, thats what I am using on my new layout and it leaves a very nice finish.

[Paul Palmer]

The layout is in the smallest bedroom in the house Phil, not the kitchen,dont think the wife would be happy if it was in the kitchen 😂👍

[Paul Palmer]

This is an overall picture,so now i will add the piece as in the posts above by using dowells and then add a sheet of hardboard over the desk to form a field which can be removeable so i still have the desk to work on

[Paul Palmer]

Had a rethink and this is what i came up with, no adding an extra piece of wood to the base as it would have slightly covered the top drawer of my desk so i just made the shed a bit smaller depth wise, just need a bit more hedging to go in and a gate or possibly 2 gates, its still not ideal put thats the space i have and i want to keep the desk clear

Edited March 2 by Paul Palmer
Extra pictures added

[Paul Palmer]

3mm hardboard up ready for the background scenery to be added

[Paul Palmer]

Ground is going to be far from ideal but contractor is here and going to get some ferty  on and we have started drilling

Edited March 10 by Paul Palmer

[Paul Palmer]

And some muck spreading

 

 

Edited March 10 by Paul Palmer

[Idle Git]

would you ask the JCB driver just to crowd the tine back a bit please Paul , would be a shame for the bag to slide of the tines and into the spreader in one lump   .🤨

Its funny that even tho its a diorama I will worry about that all day 😁

[Paul Palmer]

Driver reprimanded