Not exactly Chuck D quality, but here goes anyway.
I just finished my McKenzie Fordson 0-scale grader kit with a little sprinkling of customs details. (The "Cabin", toolbox on the front and the fueldrum at the back).
The model is painted with Tamiya metal primer grey and weathered with Mig washes and pigments.
(https://www.finescalerr.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.folk-rovere.org%2Fmj%2Fbilder%2Fgrader_fini_02_W.jpg&hash=68d73f561501a94c88b6a3b2fd4f7e878589afba)
(https://www.finescalerr.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.folk-rovere.org%2Fmj%2Fbilder%2Fgrader_fini_03_W.jpg&hash=c9ec9c39bd0247edb5412f1d4cd5bd77eca9b614)
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Well, nice to finish something every once in a while.
By the way, does anybody know where to buy McKenzie kits now a days? Peter at Creativ Works (http://www.creative-works.ca/mckenzie (http://www.creative-works.ca/mckenzie)) thinks that they have gone out of business, and unfortunately it seems that he might be right.
Your title sure got my attention! I seem to recall you started this a long ways back? Nice to see it done. I like your extra touches.
Quote from: Chuck Doan on May 11, 2010, 12:27:42 PM
Your title sure got my attention! I seem to recall you started this a long ways back? Nice to see it done. I like your extra touches.
Yep, it was longer ago than I care to think about...
There is an under construction image in this thread:
http://www.finescalerr.com/smf/index.php?topic=543.msg7659#msg7659 (http://www.finescalerr.com/smf/index.php?topic=543.msg7659#msg7659)
That was just over a year ago, but the model had been sitting on my shelf a while before posting!
It is an excellent model. Stop being so modest. -- Russ
Looks great! I like the roof.
Nice job ! I especially like the contrast of the red wheels.
The Back Shop has some of the Mckenzie stuff:
http://home.onemain.com/~thebackshop/index2.htm
Great model - nice additions!
-Marty
Nice model. I especially like the pitting wheels!
Philip
Hauk
You can order direct from Bill Roy by Emailing him at Bill Roy / McKenzie Iron &...
E-mail Address(es):
timberbeast@softhome.net
He is really good at getting back to you. Plus he still has some of the early things he came out with. And has some new wagons he is coming at with.
Jerry
Havard,
I like it! Very nicely done, and subtly weathered. These are not easy kits to build.
Marc
I too like this a lot. Somehow it just seems to hit my spot!!
............... You know when you just hit that spot behind a dog's ear and it madly scratches fresh air with its hind paw - well, looking at this build makes me want to do that!! - weird huh?
Works for me on so many levels - Great job.
Thanks a lot for the positve feedback, it really is an inspiration!
Hauk, very nice model indeed. But... pimp my Fordson are three words I would never imagine used together! Gary
Great!!!! Wheels looks so real, so heavy!!
Goodness what a cool model! Your photographs are what really make it appealing on line. Then looking at the details and finish the model appears reasonable, realistic and very comfortable to contemplate. It is a very interesting and unique model.
John
Again, thanks a lot for all the kind response!
By the way, Bill Roy is indeed still in business, I just placed an order for Fordson farming tractor directly with him.
Regards,
Håvard H