Farview Farms progress

[PAChad]

Last year I started working on building a new display. Farview Farms was built on a 6' x 8' table and I began working on buying/building all the tractors and equipment.

If you're interested, I have a write up of the farm here. It's a TTT link, but you can view it without an account.

pachad.toytractortimes.com/mywebsite/news.php?story=1261

In January I got most of my buildings assembled and started contemplating the layout. 2 weeks ago I put down the foam and started carving. This past weekend I had some friends over to motivate me and the gravel and grass are now down. Here's some pictures of the progress.

With the grass and gravel done, now comes the long process of details. I have a full 2 pages of notes on things to do for detailed landscaping.

Please also note that some of the equipment and most of the buildings are not completely done yet. Things like doors, detail paint etc... I have a lot left to do before it's journal ready.









































Questions and comments are welcome.

[CRFarms]

Coming along nicely since I talked to you last. Should be about ready for spring tillage I'd say.

[steiger9330]

Very nice display! I can't wait until I get to start a new display someday and build it right for once lol.

[lawlev]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lawlev]

did you take down Garber dairy or what ever its called?

[PAChad]

Mar 6, 2013 14:58:24 GMT -5 lawlev said:

did you take down Garber dairy or what ever its called?

No, I still have it and take pictures on it from time to time. It's in the other corner of the basement. This picture is after I touched up the stone driveway. My children tore it up a bit so i had to do some patching.

[duplin97]

Can't wait to see the journals, there is always a sense of supreme quality associated with your displays.

[wetjohndeere52]

I have a serious problem, i put down a gavel driveway, and it won't glue down, how did you do it? it looks so nice!

[PAChad]

Mar 6, 2013 15:13:21 GMT -5 duplin97 said:

Can't wait to see the journals, there is always a sense of supreme quality associated with your displays.

Thank you very much!

Mar 6, 2013 15:53:51 GMT -5 wetjohndeere52 said:

I have a serious problem, i put down a gavel driveway, and it won't glue down, how did you do it? it looks so nice!

I use white glue mixed with water and spray the surface before I put anything down. I let that dry, then spray the top at least 2 times to get it to seal.

I tried something different this time. I mixed my own and put a heavier content of glue in it. I got a spray bottle at walmart with a larger diameter hose in it and sprayed it down. That seemed to work very well.

The answer is multiple applications of glue. Spray it until it sticks!

[70ds]

That looks really good. I am going to have to apply more glue to mine. I am having some gravel come loose.

[shawntelaak]

I like how the you have the skidsteer loading the manure into the spreader from the barn. Reminds me of a few small dairy farms around here that push there manure from the freestalls into the spreader.

Thank you for some good ideas too.

So what is the tractor and equipment line up or haven't you gotten that far yet?

[PAChad]

Mar 6, 2013 20:56:43 GMT -5 shawntelaak said:

I like how the you have the skidsteer loading the manure into the spreader from the barn. Reminds me of a few small dairy farms around here that push there manure from the freestalls into the spreader.

Thank you for some good ideas too.

So what is the tractor and equipment line up or haven't you gotten that far yet?

Thanks Shawn. It's common in my area to have a loading dock for chicken houses. You can't get much more than a skid loader in the bottom and they often times don't have the lift to get into the big spreaders so a dock is required.

Just out of curiosity, what good ideas did I give you?

Pppsstt! Shawn, look at the link in the very first post. The link has the full lineup acreage and all the good stuff.

[shawntelaak]

Like the were you put the chicken barn and the manure loading dock.

Again looks great.

[dodgeram]

It looks great! Cant wait to see it done, always love to see your displays. Great story behind it too. Jared

[Olson Farms]

I really like your shed across from the house. Nice colors to it and looks very clean. Maybe some more pics of it? I'm a building geek. I also appreciate your lighting above the display. It makes it hard for me to be interested in a display journal when the pictures are horribly dark or blurry.

You are making me miss my basement in my old house for sure.

[rickscustoms]

smoking cool, lov the display, now i really want to set mine back up even more just need to find the time, keep the pics coming they are great

[lane1486]

man that looks cool!!!

[Reese]

Looks good. Seems to be a lot of options for journal ideas. Where did you get your stalk chopper and v rake from?

[jcg10]

Great work as always. Really like the chicken house, never seen a full sized one on a display. Can't wait for the journals

[pittsburgh]

Where is the real farm located?