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Title: Tractor
Post by: upnick on June 28, 2012, 04:51:48 PM
(http://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii377/upnick/SALES/1DSCF4073copydark-vi.jpg)
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: scotsoft on June 28, 2012, 05:35:07 PM
I think it is safe to say this is a tractor  :thumbsup:

I must be missing the discussion part  :smiley-laughing:

cheers John.
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: upnick on June 28, 2012, 05:40:09 PM
Yes John it is indeed a tractor  ;) :thumbsup:  but you  havnt  asked is it or isnt it  real   ? 
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: Tank on June 28, 2012, 05:45:35 PM
100% real!!! ;D
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: scotsoft on June 28, 2012, 05:48:20 PM
I am not the gambling type but I would bet on that being a real photograph of a real tractor, the muck on the wheels is a good indicator as are the shadows from the glorious sunshine that we are not having here in the NE.

Thunder and lightning, very very frightning - here  :smiley-laughing:
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: Alex on June 28, 2012, 05:50:30 PM
I'd have to say it looks so real it's a model.

Alex :wave:
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: upnick on June 28, 2012, 06:06:18 PM
Tank /  John,   

Alex is right  i  was astounded by this guys modelling here in this link if you  scroll  down you can  see  in the section  Tractor for Fordson Farm   how he did it  &   above that there is how he did the farm itself   ....  he also does locos   ;)

http://public.fotki.com/ChuckDoan/model_projects/ (http://public.fotki.com/ChuckDoan/model_projects/)





Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: Tank on June 28, 2012, 06:47:01 PM
1/16.......but still amazing!  :)  You'd never be able to guess.
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: fisherman on June 28, 2012, 08:10:27 PM
fantastic  weathering!!
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: Sprintex on June 28, 2012, 08:54:03 PM
Let's see him do that in N Gauge then  :P


Paul
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: Newportnobby on June 28, 2012, 08:55:19 PM
Where there's muck there's NBrass ::)
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: Lawrence on June 28, 2012, 10:03:28 PM
Quote from: Sprintex on June 28, 2012, 08:54:03 PM
Let's see him do that in N Gauge then  :P


Paul

Exactly! anyone could do that in 1/16, smallest he does is 1/48, ruddy amateurs  ::)
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: Trainfish on June 29, 2012, 03:13:29 AM
If I made that in 1/16 I'd make it fully working too and I mean on red diesel. Does this one work?
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: Agrippa on June 29, 2012, 08:02:26 AM
Despite the large scale the modeller's attention to detail
model is impressive. I noted that the original tractor
was from Danbury Mint, Is that the company that sells
cheesy figurines of Princess Di, Elvis plaques, and
other kitsch junk you see in the tv magazines ?

How about an n gauge Elvis singing "Love me tender drive"
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: RichardBattersby on June 29, 2012, 09:25:29 AM
I think it's fantastic! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: Mustermark on June 29, 2012, 12:21:56 PM
I was following his thread when he was building the garage. Just astonishing work.

The tractor is up to standard and the degree of detail is wonderful at the scale he is doing.

Yes, Danbury mint sell all that kitsch stuff.  Would not have occirred to me to look there for something to model. Having said that they do some aeroplanes, that might be wortha secong look now.
Title: Re: Tractor
Post by: EddieA on June 29, 2012, 05:56:08 PM
OK, I'm going to take up cross stitch as, until the later posts, I was certain that the tractor was 1:1 scale!

The only slight thing that threw me was that the wording on the sign behind it seemed to be reversed so I assumed that it was a negative/slide of the real thing that had been scanned the wrong way around.

However, major credit to the modeller concerned and 'note to self':- must try harder!