phil phoenix Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 (edited) And so I have finished the Convio header upgrade. Fingers hand painted black after first being sprayed orange/red. It has turned out nice and is much more layout friendly than the 1380 Marge version. Edited October 4, 2022 by phil phoenix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil phoenix Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 The best things about the Trion 750 model are the 36ft header, terra tracs unit & rear wheels and tyres. So I've pinched them all of it and at great expense🙄 I will fit them to an older Wiking Lexion 700 model. I managed to find a wheeled 760 with conspeed header for acceptable money at the Spalding show. I must say the old pre -Marge Wiking Lexion model is incredibly well detailed, everything moves or lifts😎 (unlike Marge's or the Siku standard Trion)..............its few weak points were the unpainted cutterbar, the cheap rear tyres and over large 760 decal's on the side panel's, but I am being purposely harsh on one of Wiking's best ever models. So off to work, the Trion cutterbar is a perfect match for the Lex 760 and looks great with the spruced up 1080 split reel cutterbar. Next up swap the rear wheels/ tyres over..........the tyres are well detailed, fatter and the nice wheel rims are already painted the right shade of red and just needed the nuts painted silver. I also painted the black parts at the bottom of the panels which weren't quite finished imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil phoenix Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 The Lexion 700's were in production from 2013 to 2020 and overlapped the release of the new 7 & 8000 series, the new models first appeared in 2019 pre production machines and featured eye catching red track wheel idler's instead of the black ones on the previous 700's. But wait!!! In 2019 the outgoing 700's switched to red idler's as well. I only recently noticed that when doing some research for this conversion. Personally I prefer the older black versions on the 700 series so I decided to spray them black🙂 Next up I'm going to fit the Trion track units onto the Lexion, looks fairly straightforward with a bit of modification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil phoenix Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Almost done, Track units painted and fitted, a bit of wear on the header attachment front elevator. 2018 Number plate. Just one more important detail left to go. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack390 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Added some mudflaps to the back of a Britains quad + added a stocks fanjet applicator 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil phoenix Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Finished up the convo by changing the oversized 760 decal with a more accurate 770 version, just what the doctor ordered a nice Lexion 770 with a 10.80m header😎 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weblet375 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 New holland T8050 in power blue and new front boots. Just decals to do. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack390 Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Now off school for a bit thought I’d crack on with these conversions… will be done as Marshall’s. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack390 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Added some greedy boards to the west dual muck spreader today 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jd6320driver Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Few resprayed orange 7430s And a 7718S and a few 6718 S Masseys 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack390 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 50 minutes ago, Jd6320driver said: Few resprayed orange 7430s And a 7718S and a few 6718 S Masseys Can’t beat a 7718👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 This Ros Fendt 720 was in my scrap box after I broke one of the mirrors off, but I thought I'd fix it instead. Glued the mirror back on, plus one of the work lights which had also come off. Beacons are glued in as well. Will put up with the tyres as it was my attempts to remove them that caused me to break the mirror off in the first place. The front top link needs filing so the weight is held better, my wilko needle files are all a bit too big so need some finer ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack390 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Started adding a ram to the muck spreader, very fiddly! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 I did have a suitable needle file to get the weight to attach better. One more job done. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack390 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Marshall muck spreader nearing completion… just want anyone’s opinion on the piece of wood I added( not the correct term but seen it on most Marshall spreaders) , is it too tall? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret90 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Very smart job jack,👍 as for the wood I have no clue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack390 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, Ferret90 said: Very smart job jack,👍 as for the wood I have no clue Ok cheers, I’m quite happy with it, one of my first conversions I’ve done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Jack390 said: Ok cheers, I’m quite happy with it, one of my first conversions I’ve done Nice spreader Jack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf aphid Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 3 hours ago, Jack390 said: Marshall muck spreader nearing completion… just want anyone’s opinion on the piece of wood I added( not the correct term but seen it on most Marshall spreaders) , is it too tall? Very smart Jack. I like that a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 finally got back to a bit of printing ,and something i have wanted to do for a while,one one james resin ford d series, printed chassis, with working steering, and a drop side tipper, which will have a couple of runs round of greedy boards as well, ,we did have one of these(single axel) for a few years before we bought a leyland constructor for our grain wagon, so a little artistic imagination here, but the body's much the same .nothings fixed yet, just a mock up to make sure i have all the dimensions right . 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 On 10/30/2022 at 7:03 PM, Jack390 said: Marshall muck spreader nearing completion… just want anyone’s opinion on the piece of wood I added( not the correct term but seen it on most Marshall spreaders) , is it too tall? Very nice work Jack, you should be proud of that!👍 As for the wood, it was fitted or available as an option on many barrel spreaders to give some protection to the barrel from knocks and scrapes when you were loading it. It was usually about 1.5 to 2 inches high, which roughly works out at about 1 to 1.5 mm in 1/32 scale, but I wouldn’t worry at all, I still think it looks grand 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack390 Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 4 hours ago, 844john said: Very nice work Jack, you should be proud of that!👍 As for the wood, it was fitted or available as an option on many barrel spreaders to give some protection to the barrel from knocks and scrapes when you were loading it. It was usually about 1.5 to 2 inches high, which roughly works out at about 1 to 1.5 mm in 1/32 scale, but I wouldn’t worry at all, I still think it looks grand Thanks John for the information 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jd6320driver Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Few 3650s 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jd6320driver Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Pressure is on for Sunday, 6910s if decals arrive 3120/95s hymac 6210 2wd 6930x2 proper bonnets 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 well that came out way better than i thought it would, not cut the sides open yet,no fresh blades, but it fits perfect,whilst keeping all the chains ect on the side of the donor chassis 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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