2 Shades of grey and now with a bit of colour - The Fergie story continues!

2 shades of grey is probably about the best that I can get to in my Fergie story but I am talking about painting the Fergie tractor and not about anything of a literary and naughty nature! I would normally have undercoated the model with some black primer but this time I went for a dark grey.

Once that had dried it was time to top coat it with a light grey! It may look just like the model before it was primed, but the light grey paint actually brings a realism to the model rather than the raw light grey plastic that the model was mainly moulded in.

With the paint dry it was time to paint in some of the details such as the fan belt, steering wheel and seat as well as finish the wheels. The painting was fairly straightforward but the wheels had a few issues with the tyres needing thinning with my Dremel so fit on the rims properly.

Both the rear and front needed thinning.

With the wheels added and the bonnet on and some more colour the whole thing comes together. Only the decals to add and some small bits to detail and it will be finished. Its not going to get weathered as I have plans for this to be a Show Tractor but more of that another time!

I was disappointed with the hood/bonnet that promises to be able to be opened but in reality it cannot! I tried shaving away plastic on the inside of the bodywork but the radiator is such that if you open the hood/bonnet it will never close and if you close it, it will never open. Given the limited options it remains closed!

What I wasn't disappointed about was to hear from loyal blog reader Mr. Beecham, he of cycling proficiency and model making skills far beyond mine who let me know that the 'contraption hanging off the back' as I described it is actually the Three Point Linkage that these tractors came with and was used to attach implements such as ploughs. It is good to have knowledgeable friends and even better that they read this blog!