1:48 (CORRECTION) 1/43.57 Fordson

[Chuck Doan]

Came out nice! I think it compares well to the Mckenzie version. Like the wiring.

[marc_reusser]

Marty,

I think it came out nice.
Is there a way you can slightly set it into the ground though?....IMHO it's just floating a bit too much in top of the soil.




Marc

PS.  What the heck is with the fuzzy focus toward the picture edges??? .....talk about aggravating my already failing eyesight!

[marklayton]

Marty -

Marc has a good point.  The Fordson F weighed 2,920 lbs [1324 kg].  The traction cleats on the rear wheels would sink into the hardest ground, as would the flanges on the front wheels.  That's why steel-wheel tractors were generally banned from paved roads - they made a frightful mess of the pavement.

Check out this photo:  http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.tractordata.co.uk/fordson_to_1950/images/fordson.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.tractordata.co.uk/fordson_to_1950/pages/fordson/index.htm&h=461&w=700&sz=100&tbnid=oVadUf4xyJgLrM::&tbnh=92&tbnw=140&prev=/images%3Fq%3DFordson%2BF%2Btractor%2Bimages&hl=en&usg=__pV_p6EAGU4l_skCDf5BvnretsTg=&ei=2LcESrrfAsGDtgfa5rT4Bg&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=2&ct=image

Mark

[Henk]

I shot this picture last January in Shantytown New Zealand. It's a Fordson too but I don't know it's the same thing. I saw old pictures of it on wooden tracks.

Henk

[Ken Hamilton]

That's a nice detail piece, Marty. Very well done with just-enough weathering.