Question about custom farm toys
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Topic: Question about custom farm toys
Posted By: Claus
Subject: Question about custom farm toys
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 6:51pm
For the past few years I have been custom weathering and selling 1/50 construction toys. It is surprizing to see what people in the construcion hobby will pay for models. I have been thinking about trying it with a 1/16 Ertl Precision trator such as the WC, Deere A or Farmall M, do you think there would be any interest? Here is a small sample of som of my work.   
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Posted By: AaronSEIA
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 7:12pm
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Don't know if there'd be any interest in it or not, but that is some dang nice work.
AaronSEIA
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Posted By: JeremyHarmon(VA)
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 7:30pm
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That is the coolest thing I have ever seen. Great work show us more.
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Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 7:38pm
Thanks guys, here is a few more. My earlier ones are not as good as my later ones.   
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Posted By: Flyer
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 8:18pm
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That is awesome work. Are you going to weather the haulers too?
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Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 8:21pm
No way, can't do that! Trucks are suppossed to be pretty. I just bought a Precision WC, I'll see how it comes out.
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Flyer wrote:Posted By: codey lowe
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2010 at 9:01pm
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yea that is good work, toy collecting is very popular. there are auctual farm toy shows that you can go to. i dont know if you have ever heard of Sublette Illinois, but they close down the whole town for that weekend and fill all of the buildings including the school with farm toys and farm displays. i have a few displays of my own and have probably $4,500 in them ------------- if it dont blow black smoke, then it must be broke |
Posted By: Armand(AZ)
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 8:28pm
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Claus, those are as realistic as anything I have ever seen. Great work and a neat idea!!! Check out DonCampbellmodels.com to see the construction stuff he builds, and he makes a bundle doing it!! Armand |
Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 8:33pm
| Thanks Armand, your too kind. I'm familiar with Don Cambbell's work , His stuff sells for thousands and somethimes ten of thousands. I have no where near the talent that you and Don have. I just got lucky at screwing up models. |
Posted By: NCWC
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 8:54pm
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I wanna see that WC then it is done!! ------------- B,C,CA,RC,WC,Unstyled WC,WD,WD-45,B puller, WC Puller,WD Puller, WD-45 Puller |
Posted By: JeffHillNC
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 9:49pm
| Claus, thats a great looking model but it brings back bad memories of a broken pivot shaft on the day my daughter was born fri.5-14-93. Was at hospital with wife for labor inducment and bossman called saying the right side final drive was sitting on the side frame, we tore it down and flew a shaft in from a cat dealer via air emory express from washington state and had it back ripping monday night. Its curious that all the models of D-10's that I have seen only have one exhaust stack when the original had a pair of 8inchers coming of a twin turboed 3412. Still very nice weathering and wear all in the right spots. great looking work. jeff |