Wiffy M6 High Speed Tractor

[Wardukw]

That's some quality work! Carry on!

Agree wholeheartedly!

And I like the reuse of runner sections - an often overlooked resource. 

Thanks mate   
And sprues ,, i always keep the thick ones ,,well the small to medium ones with plastic around the 3mm thick or i cut em up ..those corners are mega helpful for exhausts as i've done here ,, its free and the corners are sweet ,,having many different radiuses is always nice to have too ,,,it makes jobs like this bloody simple 

I'm seeing insanely detailed perfection happening here!   

Yep ,,yes Sir that you are and it's not over yet     
More nutbarness will be taking place today i suspect 

That's some insane work there. Are those green pipes made of sprue?

That they are mate ,,i'm picky as hell about what i keep and what i don't ,,some look round but ain't and even these are not dead round ,,there slightly out but its not noticeable so i stuck with these ...i'll bet there will be more going into this thing at some point along the way 
A few companies now are coming out with what i call a flat pyramid shaped sprue ,,,Games Workshop  were the first many yrs ago but man those kits were never cheap so blokes getting those spruces was very far and between ,,but others now are doing it to .. Takon is one company i remember ,,i think Das Werk do to ..this shape sprue is super helpful for mounting armour plates or for making a stand off frame for anything you want lifted ..like spaced armour ..keep an eye out bud ..once you've got it ..you'll want more 

That is some beautiful work, Phill! How do you cut the styrene so cleanly? How did you make the curced sections of the roof edges? They're so smooth and even.

Thank ya Franky mate 
Ahhh the corners ,, oh thats a trade  secret mate and i'll happily tell ya 
Evergreen strip styrene No 250 2.5mm quarter round ...which i've got to get more off in fact ,,its made in a few different sizes as you'd expect from these guys ,,down to 1mm or 1.5mm at the smallest ,,no quote's tho 
Mate it makes life ten times easier and  when done well ..makes it look a master built it when it's this wally at the other end 

Wow ! This is looking amazing ! So much detail.

Thank ya Cap'n mate ...oh much more detail to come bud ,,so keep a weathered eye open eh   

[buzzbomb]

There is so much to like here. As a scratchbuild piece just awesome then there is the off the side choice of subject matter that is inspired..
Super nice Phil.

[Wardukw]

There is so much to like here. As a scratchbuild piece just awesome then there is the off the side choice of subject matter that is inspired..
Super nice Phil.

Thanks Brian mate 
This one is one of my fav subjects really ,,i do love my tanks but i have a thing for support vehicles ,,ARV's ,,tractors ,,the things which ya just don't see models of all the time ,,they can be more interesting in my opinion alot of times ,,so i'm going mental on this one 

Specking of which ,,been playing again ,,this is how she's sitting at the moment lads ..the engine unit is complete and in place along with the cooling system and winch is plumbed in along with it's drive shaft ,
,,heres a pile of pics of the engine compartment and winch ,,with some other pipe work thrown in good measure 
DSCF5423 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
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DSCF5430 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
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And like usual ,,more to follow laddies     

[Old Wombat]

F___! I thought the previous images were crowded!     

[PR19_Kit]

Ye gods Phil, that looks REALLY good, so detailed! 

[zenrat]

And here was me thinking I was being a clever so-and-so putting an overflowing ash tray in a 1/25 car model...

 
 
 

[Wardukw]

Thank you muchly guys     
Don't forget now that i've gotta paint this too 
Thats going to be interesting i will bet     

Now its to the arse end ,,towing mount ,,air and electrical connections and what ever else is needed there ,,then the ammo locker which should be quite easy compared to the rest of this thing 😁

[Rick Lowe]

And here was me thinking I was being a clever so-and-so putting an overflowing ash tray in a 1/25 car model...

You were, but then someone always sees that kind of thing as a challenge and raises the bar yet again...

Phill; that is, as has been said, an insane amount of detail - and I love it as well!  

What are the red wire handles attached to the winch? Some sort of kill-switch?

[NARSES2]

            

[kerick]

It's going to be a shame to put a cover over all that awesomeness. I hope it will be removable. 

[Captain Canada]

Soooo much detail ! Just love it. The cooling system looks spot on.

[Wardukw]

And here was me thinking I was being a clever so-and-so putting an overflowing ash tray in a 1/25 car model...

You were, but then someone always sees that kind of thing as a challenge and raises the bar yet again...

Phill; that is, as has been said, an insane amount of detail - and I love it as well!  

What are the red wire handles attached to the winch? Some sort of kill-switch?

Yup ..those rods are a manual brake and winch cutoff ..the one on the left with the T shape is the brake..right now it's in neutral..the right kills the connection with the gears inside the winch. 

It's going to be a shame to put a cover over all that awesomeness. I hope it will be removable. 

Thank ya Ken mate  ..and yep ..the engine cover and storage box will removable 
Don't want to hide all the goodness 

Soooo much detail ! Just love it. The cooling system looks spot on.

Cheers Cap'n 🍻...glad ya like it and you'll happy to know it's built 👍
Finished the building part and hour ago and took pics .then a was going to post em and then a thunder storm hit us and the power went out   
Happens every fecking time get something like this damn it 😒
So I'll post pics tomorrow.

[Wardukw]

As i said yesterday lads ,,here's pic's for ya ..
First off the cargo/ammo locker ..
DSCF5442 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
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The back end is now complete ,,at last .
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And now she's all together as one large chunk of plastic ...i'll build the M4 HST to give you guys some idea of the difference in the sizes of these beasts .
DSCF5453 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
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DSCF5456 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

Next is the painting ,,which will be just OD but a nicely weathered one ,,different shades and a gruby under carrage but not clogged with mud and dirt ,

[PR19_Kit]

How the HELL do you do those straps and buckles Phil?     

[Wardukw]

How the HELL do you do those straps and buckles Phil?     

This is exactly how i did those matey 
One of the many tablets i have to take is called Galvumet 50/1000 ,,or my horse tablets as i call em cause they is huge ,,so the packet they come in has quite nice sized pieces of foil on the back ,,took a few of those and just cut them into strips of about 1.2mm wide ,,its flexible as hell but surprisingly strong so it's great to work with but yep you can brake it as i did more than once ,,you'll see in the pics that one is missing .. i'm gonna leave that like that ,,it broke out in the field and they haven't bothered fixing it 
To get the buckle affect you just loop it like your going to tie a knot but you just pass it behind the front and then pull it over itself ,,a little dab of CA and your done ,,it's small enough to look the part and man it's many times easier than trying to knot it which be like your GB build with the curse of the disappearing micro parts .