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This was started a few years ago and never got finished it a quarter scale Westwood so. As I was quite this week I pulled it of the shelf to do a bit on it

Thats awesome! During the summer I started making a 1/10th scale Cub Cadet, not sure it could be driven though.

Well, I was going to wait until I got a bit more advanced before posting but here is my 1/2 size D series Wheelhorse. The Showman and I have just had test runs which look promising although it was difficult to sit properly with temporary tiller steering and footrests. Hopefully it will be better when finished, but if not plan Z is to be towed on a trailer. Just roughly bolted together for now.

Good morning all I haven't posted much in the last couple of months been busy with my now young family and work so time is at a premium , for the last five years I've had my workshop in an old tram shed in Sheffield as this has served me well and my friends who restore busses it's time for us to leave due to our land lord wanting to expand his business in to our building which this has gave us a final push to go due to the roof been in such a bad state ( it leaks ) So we have been on the look out for a new building in view to buy so we have found our new home which is clean and dry and secure , since me Nathan and Sam started packing things away it's amazing what we have found things we thought was long gone . Any way I've being buying pallet racking to utilise space so we can have things in the air here is a few pics so far more to come

I'm looking forward to seeing the build thread, Alan. That goes for Nigel and Ewan as well.

The hammer on the bonnet shows it's size very well. No chance of you driving it then, Nigel.

That's a hell of a big space James, I'd need a golf cart or a Why Not to get from one end to the other!

Morning all, let's start this update with a very good reason to buy a decent Mig welder... As I've been going round welding up MT's frame there has been the odd weld or three to tidy up... This was gone with my old MigMate hobby welder, and even though I was welding from underneath it looks horrible and not very strong! But once it was all ground back and hit with my Murex TradesMig 165 it looked like this So there ya go boys and girls, bin the hobby Mig and get something more trade like but nothing new (Made in China) and cheap... My Murex is at least 20 years old and will outlast me I expect A heat shield has been made from some thick ally to stop the exhaust cans from melting the seat.. The rear mounts are just captive nuts welded onto the seat mounting plates.. The fronts were mounting brackets that I think used to hold the bodywork on.. Strong with a threaded hole.. That will do nicely Slowly the frame is getting weled and cleaned up.. Some more strength was added a the front where new tubes meet old... Yes the square plate is offset, but so are the lower tubes.. By this point I was starting to get bored with the "weld, grind, weld, clean off some rust, weld, grind, weld, grind" side of things, so I dug the fuel take out and bolted it in place.. Even with the bars, gauges etc bolted on you could see down inside the tank from the front which really bugged me.. So it had to be covered over but I still wanted some air to blow under the tank.. The last bit of my first (and very rubbish) mig welded came in handy once again, this time donating some louvers. Some cutting and welding later... Welded on the tank though a bit of trimming is needed.... The tank will fit in place as it should, you just can't get it on

NICE! Thanks for sharing

With the election going the way it is here in the states I might be asking if you could sub lease me a space for me and my 24 tractors, might have a wife coming too, not sure yet, lol

Here's my two, recently acquired...

Plenty of projects as well hoping to get going soon with them

Thats good, Makes me wonder how some of you have so mutch time on your hands for projects. I got a ton of projects & naff all time to do anything with & now the dark nights are here!!

You sure you'll all have enough room, James?