COWBOY Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Looking forward to seeing the new calving unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 2 hours ago, COWBOY said: Looking forward to seeing the new calving unit Was just looking for a spot for it. Got the slurry store and followers shed sorted just a bit of tweeking to do around the edges to find a spot for the calving end. The area between the gable of the followers shed and the dairy unit will be where i'll put the parlour collecting area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 that's looking spot on ! by far in my opinion the best looking dairy unit ive seen on here thus far , a real credit ! cant wait till its finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 45 minutes ago, tractorboyjules1977 said: that's looking spot on ! by far in my opinion the best looking dairy unit ive seen on here thus far , a real credit ! cant wait till its finished I can't wait myself it's been about 10 years in the making it'll be out of date by the time I'm done. The break was good though as the original spot was too cramped and no room to work around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 Just had a look back to page 18 or April 2006 when I started the dairy unit, time flies hopefully get it finished this year will try make a dash at it over the next few months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Will never be out of date Garrett , it just takes time to get perfection that's all, ,mine get left for a few months,then back at it again, new ideas spring to mind and your skills get better so you attempt more complex buildings and internals for them. None of them count for you of course ,we are all playing catch up in terms of finish compared to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 Have to say appreciate the comment Sean, but looking at the other layouts on here it's a level playing field some great detail goes into them ☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 I don't know mate, but you set the bar very high right from the off on here, has certainly taken me a while to get close in terms of detail, you were well ahead with materials to,getting slopes in the layout, all sorts, building on polly sheet to allow rivers and ditches , all the little thing add up. Plenty are getting close , but one of your pics of the parlor sort of shows it,I have never seen another layout with the glass effect bottles in the milking kit, that's uk or anywhere else, even with all the high class layouts we see at zwolle when we go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Really enjoy looking at this topic the attention to detail and the skill gone into the sheds are just unreal. How does the farm break down, parlour size, cubical numbers, cow no's etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 The main building has 250 cubicles with 12 a side parlour and the smaller shed has 60 cubicles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelfarmer2010 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 250 cubicles...... We might catch up with you someday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COWBOY Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 You may get an extension put on the parlour if your going to milk 250 cows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 2 hours ago, COWBOY said: You may get an extension put on the parlour if your going to milk 250 cows I was thinking about installing 4 Lely Astronaunts :-) might do it yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jd6320driver Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Robots are the way foward... Only after getting them installed at home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelfarmer2010 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 was going to make the leyl when i started few years ago,farm near me runnin a palour outa one shed and a leyl in another shed i agree its the way forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 I've been looking at the tech specs for the lely astronaunt it's got lots of fiddley wee parts it'll be a tough one to make in 1/32 scale. But sure i'll try ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 So here we go it'll have to look something like this :-) This is the rear view i'll be buying lots of plastruct I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jd6320driver Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I'll be watching this build with interest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 2 minutes ago, Jd6320driver said: I'll be watching this build with interest It might be liking watching paint dry! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Going to have to take out the out of parlour feeders to make way for the lely robot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Well stop talking about it and crack on Garrett , it never ends does it, but that's all part of the fun, would never have thought I like you would be ripping part of it out and doing it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 The OOPF's look spot on Garret, how did you make them? Must be some money in Irish Milk with all this investment (or a kind bank manager) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 Will do Sean ordered lots of plastruct today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Jdeere6910 said: The OOPF's look spot on Garret, how did you make them? Must be some money in Irish Milk with all this investment (or a kind bank manager) Made them out of timber and used Britain's pens for the dividers the troughs were made from an old nail varnish shop display Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Pulled out the old timber uprights in the old slatted shed and replaced them with new plastruct I beams a better job. Now to get the yard concreted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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