Chuck Most

Nice! I've got a 9N (all gray) out in the shed... mine looks a little more complete than the one you've got.

You're exactly right Bill- but you just know somebody is going to try massaging one of the Fergies into a Ford. Regarding the hitch- even that differed on the later Fords- Ford changed it just enough in an attempt that it wouldn't violate Ferguson's patent, after he and Henry's famous falling-out.

Food for thought, if you're messing with the idea of somehow converting the Ferguson to an N-Series Ford. And yes, swaps like these are more common than you might think...

Maybe I'll get some new pics... now that Heller is bringing out a 1:24 Ferguson tractor I might have to build one and park it on the back of this, seeing as how he also owns a Ferguson 35.

Yeah... I had to come back just to convince myself the Ferguson wasn't some kind of hallucination. At least one is going to end up as a "project" tractor being hauled home on the back of a Ford C-600.

I didn't notice much of what was shown, because my brain sort of shut off once I saw the Ferguson. That's on my "gotta have" list.

Drool...

Hobby Lobby won't carry Moebius kits because HL takes offense to their line of "monster" kits, or some nonsense along those lines. Moebius has tried time and again to get their products into HL, and HL continues to refuse. One more reason to avoid that place like the plague.

A couple of years ago a friend of mine told me when he dies, he wants to be preserved by taxidermy rather than buried. After I saw this video, I told him I'd do him one better and turn him into a Cory-Copter. He didn't object.

Well, there goes some more of my money...

New shoes... Factory Ford alloy wheels with lockout hubs on the front from an AMT Bronco, and Firestone ATX radials from an AMT/Ertl '93 Ranger 4x4 promo.

I've managed to jab and slice myself more than a few times. It seems like no matter how careful you are it can still happen, and if you aren't careful to begin with... One time I was using an Xacto blade to strip some insulation from some wiring. Somehow, the blade slipped and went into the side of my leg, just beside the kneecap. Actually had to go to the ER and get stitches for that one. Other than that, I've been lucky- when I get cut, I just clean the wound and grab a tube of superglue off the work bench to seal it.

At one time somebody (Scale Squads?) did conversion parts for these kits to do different variants/model years, but I don't recall if they had the proper taillights or not.

Bed has had the wheel openings "rusted", the rub strips have been removed, and it's been hosed off with inauthentic MDOT Orange...

Home of the Mackinaw.

The decals are a huge improvement over past versions. A shame I didn't use them on mine- As soon as I unearth a proper set of Work Equip wheels, this one will be finished.

Thanks guys! I realize there's one other thing I didn't do- his truck has a bench seat, but I left the buckets in this one.

Yeah... ship design just ain't what it used to be. Just take a look at Coast Guard cutters. Here's the first Mackinaw, built in the 1940's The new one looks like a salvage barge with some superstructure slapped on...

I'll give it credit for looking better than it should, but, yeah....

I'm a Yank, so I know next to nothing about the 1:1, and I've never even seen one in person, much less had the chance to examine one at length. I just like the kit.

Nah- she's a bit lanky for my tastes.

I've never built anything with such precise parts fit. Tamiya better be taking notes. The separate side trim pieces are the only things with no real positive means of location.