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1st prize: Tractor and Feed Wagon - Selwyn Bluett  

The engineering in this tractor is of a standard only Selwyn can seem to replicate time and again. All the functions are controlled from levers inside the cab, including gear changing, power steering, selectable four-wheel-drive, front and rear diff locks, PTO control, and auxiliary drives for the feed wagon.

The 'hydraulics' are all done with Bowden cables, driven from drums in between the rear wheels.  

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Builder's notes
Charles Steadman
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Feed wagon builder's notes
Charles Steadman
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Overall view
Charles Steadman
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Overall view including feed wagon
Charles Steadman
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Side view - right hand
Charles Steadman
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Side view - left hand
Charles Steadman

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Front view
Charles Steadman
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Rear of tractor showing PTO
Charles Steadman
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Side view of PTO
Charles Steadman
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Side view showing bowden cables fed from behind wheels
Charles Steadman
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Side view with bonnet removed
Charles Steadman
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View of front axle underneath
Charles Steadman

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View of gear changing solenoids inside bonnet
Charles Steadman
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View of inside bonnet showing steering microswitches
Charles Steadman
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Stephen Westmoreland      (at 7:57am, Sun 13th Jun, 21)

Hi Selwyn
Yes I found and are amazed at your Tractor with Feed Wagon model we discussed at the MWT club meeting yesterday! Superb realism and not 'cheating'(like most modellers) by having an external control box. I like the detachable wiring loom idea for ease of development of the design when building/fault identification and fixing.
Stephen Westmoreland


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