Tractorman810 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 well its time to post some pics what you are going to see is a build of a new combine for the layout, fully scratch built bar wheels and tyres and the jd 4020 front axel, i started out with a brouchure and 2 bits of a4 paper, i only had basic info ie lenght height width so i drew out a box, and basicly hand drew the combine till i got the right look from her, bar a few minor bits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 i then used these pics to make templates for the main body parts i needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 once i had a basic body i was then able to add chassis to fit and position the wheels uh deutz ttv front wheels and jd 4020 front axel the rest of the basic body work then followed inc the start of the header unit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 the header reels is fully height adjustable, and again all the reels and auger are scratch built 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 the reels is basicly 132 bits of copper wire all hand twisted to make the tines, then holes drilled for each glued into a 2mm bar, all spin freely on the reel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 removable crop guides are also fitted 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 this is as far as i go for now, all i can say is shes finished the last 2 pics for now show the body free hanging in the paint shop in the shed and finally whats that looking out of the shed :D , just a little tempting pic for you to wet your apetites the second part will be posted soon i promise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerepower Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 That is just fantastic tms I bow down with respect to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big A Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 holy smoke :o thats fantastic, top marks to you tm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMurF Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Ah now that is what it was all about :o :o Looks bl@@dy fantastic Well done you Makes the begining of the laverda look punitive ;) Now how many hours did it take \ \ Regards SMurF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 That is one excellent scratch build, well done!! It takes me back to the 1970's when I would go down the field with my grandad and watch the combine excactly like that, along with my uncle on the corn cart/ Can't wait to see the finished model. Again,, well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmernick06 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Sean, Sean, Sean ... as you know im a John Deere fan but i kiss your shoes for that one mate, an absoelutely stunning piece of work. I needed to wipe my eyes ... holy smokes :o Think we've got a winner for the harvest competition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Wow, great to see her from start to finish, an awful lot of time and plastastruct seems to have gone into that beauty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 Ah now that is what it was all about :o :o Looks bl@@dy fantastic Well done you Makes the begining of the laverda look punitive ;) Now how many hours did it take \ \ Regards SMurF no she wont mate, i recon the laverda will be as good, as for time?? its taken me 3weeks of mostly eves and half days at the weekends ,the tines alone took 6 hrs of bending drilling and fitting i finished her this eve at 5ish when she bought home the side decals she printed of me at work, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 thanks for the preview sean , , took a while to get there , but 3 weeks ? & how much red bull & swearing outstanding sean top marks chap well worth the time spent on that :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 thanks for the preview sean , , took a while to get there , but 3 weeks ? & how much red bull & swearing outstanding sean top marks chap well worth the time spent on that :) :) a fair bit mate, lots of recutting to i got the right shapes i wanted, pics got it close but until i actually got the part on the model to see it, i couldnt really tell, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 And I thought you were building a JQ :D Damn glad now you saw the light and built a nice classic MF harvester - top marks to you Sean and all the effort you have put into it has been well worthwhile Can't wait to see the final finished picture PS what size is the head and ahve you a trolley made up for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 nice work Sean, cant wait to see the other pics ;D ;) Marky will once again wet himself when he pops in later! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ferguson Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Absolutely beautiful piece of workmanship my fave Plymouthian - those tynes must have taken you ages... very, very impressed Sean:-* * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSheetAndYellowRims Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 :o :o :o :o :o :o :o Sean,i bow to you.thats absolutely perfect awesome.......wow btw i think your one of the guys from uh who building the prototype for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 :o :o :o :o :o :o :o Sean,i bow to you.thats absolutely perfect awesome.......wow btw i think your one of the guys from uh who building the prototype for them. Don't know if you'd want to be associated with that lot, see the MF135 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeerMeadowFarm Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 Excellent job and quite the photographic documentation; thank you for sharing those with us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 And I thought you were building a JQ :D Damn glad now you saw the light and built a nice classic MF harvester - top marks to you Sean and all the effort you have put into it has been well worthwhile Can't wait to see the final finished picture PS what size is the head and ahve you a trolley made up for it the header scaled to a 12ft version mate,didn't really want any bigger to be honest yes there is a header trolly for her ,but i forgot to take pics of that when i built it, but it did only take 1 hr to do Absolutely beautiful piece of workmanship my fave Plymouthian - those tynes must have taken you ages... very, very impressed Sean:-* * thanks mandy, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 right got the next batch uploaded now, these will take you through various stages of the build after paint, like seating area detail ect, you will prob notice i had shortened up all the tines to the same lenght now to, heres where the cling film cutting bar went to that got me into trouble the other day, makes a great cutter bar on the header Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 19, 2007 Author Share Posted July 19, 2007 few more pics of her later on, with the wheels all yellow now held on with britains stub axels fitted into the tube also fitted with the first decals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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