ash tree farm, tms farm work in progress

[Anderson Agri]

Bkloody hell Sean thats impressive! Just get a guard for that pto!!!

 

[Tractorman810]

21 minutes ago, Anderson Agri said:

Bkloody hell Sean thats impressive! Just get a guard for that pto!!!

 

cheers mate, not finished that one yet, or the sledge bracket at the rear, bit like a good few others on the shelf .keep getting way laid with other stuff 

[L33 DA17ON]

Think you've done a great job on the buildings and the slabs,  the slabs look good as each one is so different. Like the finishing touches. Great work its nice to see the workmanship going into them. 

[Tractorman810]

Bit more tinkering , just waiting one the roof sheet for the other side then I can add  the fasia ect to it 

[Ferret90]

Bloody stunning Sean, the door latch! 

[Tractorman810]

cheers ted, took several attempts to make that, and 3 times un glueing my pinkies with the super glue  recon it could work on gates as well .

[Tractorman810]

Got the first 3 yard boards made today, these are for a know  position On the layout ,  so the rest of the yard will all work off these as i go through, the bit to the right  of the unit isnt done yet as i need to confirm the width of the board required For the track thats at the end of it

[L33 DA17ON]

Looks fantastic mate. 

[Tractorman810]

thanks lee, the piggerys not far off done now, just the roof and facia boards and guttering to do, then i can sit it in place, and start the track board, maybe the end greenery, and also see if i really do have room to do a granary,  i have the floor space, but the rafters are the issue stopping tue height i need , i may need to be creative in moving stuff this side to get a fit i think.

[L33 DA17ON]

Can I ask what you use for guttering of is it just bought in? 

[Tractorman810]

the guttering is  just plastistrut profile,  6 or 7 mm u profile i think, seem to have lost the bag it came in .

[L33 DA17ON]

11 minutes ago, Tractorman810 said:

the guttering is  just plastistrut profile,  6 or 7 mm u profile i think, seem to have lost the bag it came in .

Thought it would be that. Just wondering if anyone has come up with something with out buying it. 

[Tractorman810]

 not that i know of, to be honest the plastistrut option is pretty cheap, cost me 4 quid for 5 x 30cm lengths ,  if the hobby shop was open ,they do 1 m non branded lengths of it at half that price, ,same with the downpipes .

[L33 DA17ON]

True it is cheap real and probably looks the nicest when finished.  

[Tractorman810]

while waiting for the roof sheet to finish the piggery ,i decided to experiment a bit, every rivet has been hand stamped , this is 1 a4 sheets worth, cut into separate 5.5cm x 2.9 cm sheets  

[L33 DA17ON]

Top job will look so realistic when painted up. 

[844john]

Hell Sean, you must have the patience of a saint to have done all of those! Is it thin styrene that you're using?

[Tractorman810]

10 hours ago, L33 DA17ON said:

Top job will look so realistic when painted up. 

i hope so, although i must be mad, prob means i will have to build the granary now 

[Tractorman810]

3 hours ago, 844john said:

Hell Sean, you must have the patience of a saint to have done all of those! Is it thin styrene that you're using?

it took me ages it must be said, i got the sheet sizes wrong, so theres a half sheet hidden at the back, made a template up out of .75 mm sheet, drilled out 45 odd 1mm holes , and the actual sheets pressed used are .25mm ,so pretty thin, gives the overlap lips, they without being to big  . punched each one by hand pressure only using a old bradel  with the point rounded down ,wasn't going to do it till i knew if the proposed granary would fit,  but  i think this has prob sealed my fate to a brand new build now and some head scratching, the building is easy, inside not so, i know to the right of the doors was a big internal bin, and room to park the combine beside it, to the left was a platform, about 5ft of the floor, where we loaded the pigs meal we made, in big hessian sacks, i know it augered in from the permastore outside , ,we filled the sacks from a internal red silo via a hand operated filler ,but i really cant remember what was in there to grind the wheat and move it about ,all i do  remember it being pretty noisy when it was working ,and pics of stuff like this are rare  to say the least , most have been converted into houses now .

[L33 DA17ON]

53 minutes ago, Tractorman810 said:

i hope so, although i must be mad, prob means i will have to build the granary now 

Never ending I've found when building my layout your always thinking and have loads of ideas in your head to build and try out. 

[Tractorman810]

i would never have tried a granary a few years back, but now its a challenge , i only know of one other made,and thats by a member on here called tris, doesnt get on much, but its the right ages and look for what i am doing.

[L33 DA17ON]

Your talking your self into the challenge.. 

Think you'll do a grand job going by your workmanship so far. 

[Tractorman810]

little more done today, after a few jobs she wanted doing, all clad now, along with the start of the top, started the inspection door and added the pipe to empty it via a auger, need to add the mount ,and make the start of the auger ,so i can position the holding wire when its in . also found the ladder and cage i had been looking for, was in the loft, not in the shed where i thought it was .

[L33 DA17ON]

Looks brilliant 

[Stabliofarmer]

Love the colours and the depth they give on the new shed Sean, some really nice atmosphere with it. The concrete panels are fantastic too, the texture and the cracking look perfect. I haven't seen yards done quite like them here so I may be wrong, but the change in heights between each panel seem quite large? I assume they would subside over time though.

The silo is excellent too, was working in a collecting yard yesterday with one next door almost identical yesterday and you've got the details spot on like the spiralling pattern of the panels on the side.