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ROYAL BLUE... This New Holland TM165 conversion is based a Britains TSA chassis, and Britains TM165 bonnet and cab with extended rear black fenders. Front linkage is from a UH Altes while the wheels are from a Joal S Type Valtra. Handmade mirrors and grab rails using 1mm brass rod and white polystyrene plastic. The mirrors are resin copies. The roof line is from the Ertl 8870 model. Wiper is from a UH Valtra T190. Diamond roof lights add that final touch. The decals and number plates I made myself.
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CLASSIC HORSEPOWER... A 110-90DT conversion based on a ROS 180-90 and using a donor chassis of a UH Celtis. A true classic tractor.
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IRISH BEET SCENE... NEW pictures of this scratch built two-row Armer Salmon beet harvestor. These machines were Irish built and this particular version is fitted with UK spec tank. Working parts include the lifting reels and ploughbar lower and raise via hydraulic ram while the drawbar swings left to right to facilitate unloading when tipping the tank. The finished look is completed with realistic dirt, PTO shaft and hydraulic hoses. Wheels are off an old Britains four-wheel drive tractor, the single terra wheel is off a New Holland combine from ROS . Warning decals are self made.
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BE MAIZED!... A new diorama scene featuring maize harvesting and which was displayed at the recent Waterford Model Show. A Westend Jaguar 900 is side filling a converted Ertl Case International 1455XL supported by a converted Ford 7840 SLE along with a Massey 6265 and Siku John Deere 6920s conversions. NEW IMAGES ADDED....
MAIZE UPDATE - The maize is an artifical plant typically used in fish tanks. This particular one is called 'Jungle plant' and should be available through any good pet shops. Here in Ireland it is available in all Petmania stores.
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A RED STAR... Massey Ferguson 6265 conversion based on the Britians 6290 on a UH Valtra C120 chassis and loader with Quicke decals. Front tyres are off a UH Ares while the rear are Britains. Added features include beacon, grab rails, registration plates, diamond lights and mirrors
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HIGHLY TECHINIC... is this VALTRA 8450 Hitech. Based on UH T190 chassis the bonnet is a Britains while the cab is a Joal with all the UH C120 cab detailing. Siku JD tyres give it a true beefed up Valtra look...
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A CLAAS ACT... and spring is in the air. A UH Claas 836RZ is fitted with Siku Fendt wheels and extra detailing while the Horsch drill wheels raise and lower for road transport...
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GREEN GIANT... taking pride of place on the farm diorama is this converted Ertl trike John Deere complete will all the trimmings using an aray of Universal Hobbies and Britains spare parts
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SKIPPING AROUND... this scratch built skip trailer complete with inter-changing bins is an unsual addition to the farm diorama
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MONSTER TRUCK... scratch built from polystyrene with realistic tipping ram and rear opening tail door are just a few features of this tri-axle truck trailer
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DUSTING UP A STORM.... checkout this UH 818 and 926 conversions. Both are heavily dusted in keeping with a tillage scene. The 926 is a Siku fitted with a UH cab and front linkage. along with painted wheel centres. Rear wheels weights add that finishing touch to this monster
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A Joal Valtra after it met a UH with superising results, a revamped Massey Ferguson 6190 on UH Renault wheels comes alive while a Britains TSA gets a complete make-over with the help of many extras which make it an impressive conversion. It's time to check these pages out!...
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BLUE HEAVEN!.. This Ford 8630 is built on a UH Renault 836RZ chassis. The cab and rear fenders are Britains while the bonnet is from a New Ray model. The steps are handmade from strip and channel polystyrene. Many parts have been salvaged from other models to help fit out the cab interior. All decals are self made and have been printed on a digital printer
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FAVORIT!.. This 514C is largely based on the Universal Hobbies 818 Vario. Here are just some of the many customised items which helps to make is a Favorit! in the collection. The cab roof line is from a Siku Fendt 926. The front was painted black with diamond lights fitted. Permanent black marker was used around the glazing edges to give that more realism. The front chassis was reshaped to accomodate the reccessed headlights
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ALL SQUARE... MF 190 attached to modified Britains Renault 166.54 on a TTV chassis. Both are dusted with MDF sawdust some of which has been lacqured to mimick dust build up. Additional detailing includes removable square and a pickup that lifts and lowers. Checkout all new images of this mega machine
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GETTING STUCK IN... Universal Hobbies blue Valtra with loader fitted with an attactable dung fork using a cut down Britains buck rake. Front fenders removed to allow the fitting of bigger tyres from a Claas. Extra detail include highlighted wheel studs, a Britains man in the cab! and registration plates
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CUTTING EDGE... Harvest season featuring a typical field scene. Main image shows a dusted UH Fendt combine filling a Thorpe trailer attached to a MF 390
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MUCKING ABOUT... a modified Britains Samson spreader with rear opening door and hydraulic rams pictured witin a realistic muck spreading diorama!
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FULLY LOADED... first to feature in the trailer section is this scratch NC dump trailer a selection of other scratch built trailers to follow
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HIGHLY SPEC... scratch built HiSpec vacuum tanker with injector application system which used the Britains Samson hoses fitted to a ROS scarifier
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UNITED IN RED... see the 600 and 300 Series conversions. MF 398 conversion is on a Renault Celtis chassis while the smaller 390 is on a McCormick 105 chassis
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SILAGE
features mowing, pick-up and clamp scenes. In the field a New Holland TM130 conversion along with Norscot Jaguar with a steering axle. On the pit is a modified JCB farmmaster
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MUCK SPREADING
yes it has been done... a diorama didicated to the to spreading muck and displaying the scratch built Keenan Orbital. This conversion features many moving parts complete with realistic muck!
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BALING DIORAMA
This all green pairing of a John Deere 4250 and 590 round baler helps display the baling diorama to its best... The tractor features Joal Valtra S Types wheels, JD 8400 mirrors plus much more...
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Welcome to my website all about scale 1:32 farm models featuring tractor conversions accompanied with some scratch built machinery presented within a realistic farm diorama. By simply clicking on any thumbnail image you will enter a realistic world of miniature farm models. Sadly for many this is not a commercial website, models featured are not for sale. It's purely a collection of modified farm tractors and machinery for others to view as a reference or just to enjoy. The objective is to display some of my collection in a much more realistic manner.
My conversions and scratch built models are not made to be perfect. I build models as a fun hobby and not as an expert to sell. I am always glad to share how I do things. Provided on this page are some contact details where one can source items, materials and purchase similar conversions. I generally scratch build from pictures and where possible I take overall measurements of the real thing. I hope that my scratch built farm machinery featured are of some interest to others as they are of an Irish flavour.
To all visitors I would like to say thank you for visiting the site. I only hope that the site will be both enjoyable and useful to you and to enthusiasts and collectors alike. To contact farmmodels.net simply click on the contact us button at the top of the page telling me what you think of the site.....
SCRATCH BUILDING AND SPARE PARTS
A variety of materials like K&S Brass and polystyrene plastic structure are used while parts are sourced from the breaking of other models and specialist websites or from people like Brain Holmes and Brian Norman in the UK. I have provided various contact details on this page for sourcing parts and the purchasing of conversions. Finally I make my own decals using standard Desktop Publishing applications which are printed out on a commercial digital printer. There are a number of websites that can provide water transfer decals like Henry Walker or you can purchase water transfer paper from Karen Harris at farmmodels.co.uk and do it yourself. Finally please be patience as some larger images may take a few extra seconds to download for those on dial-up modem. Most of all enjoy your visit to farmmodels.net
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CONVERSIONS
MODEL TRACTORS, MACHINERY,
ACCESSORIES & CONVERSIONS
Diecast Heaven
Online model shop & accessories
diecastheaven.net
Walker Parts
Borgweg 6
9794 PB Lellens
Netherlands
tel. 00 31 50 302 2760
E-mail: walkerparts@planet.nl
NEW MODELS and ACCESSORIES
Minitoys
18 rue Nicolas Clémangis
51130 Clamanges
France
Telephone: 03.26.63.48.51
mini-toys.net
The Model Centre
Waterford City
Ireland
Tel: 051-876262
Baerny Online
http://www.baerny.de
Contact: Bernd Rick
Pinnertstrabe 60,
47608 Geldern,
Germany
Email: Blume01@t-online.de
Scaledown Models
Wayside, Whatlington Road,
Battle, East Sussex,
UK TN33 0JN
Contact: Nigel Ford
Tel: 01424 772361
Brian Holmes
Marsh Top Farm,
Oxenhope, Keighley,
West Yorkshire BD22 9RN,
England. Tel: 01535 642184
(after 6pm only)
COUNTY CONVERSIONS
David Purdue
DBP Model Tractors
Tel: 0044 1677 427980
Email: dbpmodeltractor@aol.com
ROW CROP
& TERRA RESIN WHEELS
Robert Peters
Hasseltse Steenweg 302
3700 Tongeren
Belgium
Tel: (0032) 12 394464
TOOLS, K&S BRASS, PLASTIC
Expo Drills and Tools Ltd
Unit 1 Barn Hill Farm,
The Ridgeway, Lamphey,
Pembroke, Wales. SA71 5PB
Tel: 01646 672440
expotools.com
email: expo@pembrokeshire.co.uk
Marks Models
Hawkins Street, Dublin
Tel: 01 6715809
CONVERSIONS
US TOY DEALER
Binkleyhurst [US website]
133 Rothsville Station Road,
Lititz, PA 17543
Tel: 800-414-4705
binkleyhurst.com
email: info@binkleyhurst.com
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