BrunsFarms Posted December 31, 2025 Posted December 31, 2025 I want to build a 1/64 scale farm toy display for my county fair. Any pointers or tips would be appreciated. I am basing my build off of a small steer farm in rural Northwest Ohio. My equipment line up, IH 3688 hooked up to a Case IH Grinder Mixer, IH 1486 hooked up to a New Holland Manure spreader, Alis Chammers D-21 hooked up to a John Deere Bush Hog, Case 1845C skid steer White 60 which is hooked up to the wheel rake, Red livestock trailer, 2 flatbed trailers, and a New Holland Round Baller. Quote
IH1975 Posted January 1 Posted January 1 Here’s a few pics of mine but I use the old Ertl International stuff from the 80-90s and some new but not the high end stuff. I like keeping it nostalgic. I also custom decal my International trucks 4 Quote
BrunsFarms Posted January 1 Author Posted January 1 Looks really nice! What did you use as the manure? Quote
Alan Dinan Posted January 1 Posted January 1 42 minutes ago, BrunsFarms said: Looks really nice! What did you use as the manure? Real, for the natural aroma!! 😂🤣😂 2 Quote
Mark (EC,IN) Posted January 1 Posted January 1 10 hours ago, IH1975 said: Here’s a few pics of mine but I use the old Ertl International stuff from the 80-90s and some new but not the high end stuff. I like keeping it nostalgic. I also custom decal my International trucks That is nice, you did a good job. Dioramas are my favorite thing at the National Toy Show. 1 Quote
BrunsFarms Posted January 1 Author Posted January 1 Thank you, You have been very helpful. Where did you get some of your equipment? 1 Quote
BrunsFarms Posted January 2 Author Posted January 2 This is what I am thinking I want my farmyard to look like. If you have any questions, feel free to ask! 1 Quote
IH1975 Posted January 2 Posted January 2 9 hours ago, Alan Dinan said: would use potting soil for manure. That’s what it is. I was cleaning my wife flower pots out one day and got the idea 1 Quote
IH1975 Posted January 2 Posted January 2 11 hours ago, Mark (EC,IN) said: That is nice, you did a good job Thank you I appreciate it Quote
IH1975 Posted January 2 Posted January 2 6 hours ago, BrunsFarms said: Where did you get some of your equipment? The buildings was my Daughter’s growing up as well as some of the implements and tractors and some of them are mine and some I bought off of eBay. I might start a thread about this Display. It’s called “ Turkey Branch Farms” that’s where my dad was raised at a place called Turkey Branch. 1 Quote
IH1975 Posted January 2 Posted January 2 1 hour ago, BrunsFarms said: This is what I am thinking I want my farmyard to look like. If you have any questions, feel free to ask! Looks good Quote
IH1975 Posted January 2 Posted January 2 9 hours ago, BrunsFarms said: Thank you for your help! No problem hope to see it soon Quote
BrunsFarms Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 Fair isn't until August 1. But I will surely be putting together a "rough draft set", without gravel, dirt etc. I will also keep you updated on buildings I am building. I plan on making the steer barn, shop, and manure storage all from scratch. 2 Quote
Alan Dinan Posted January 3 Posted January 3 1 hour ago, BrunsFarms said: Fair isn't until August 1. But I will surely be putting together a "rough draft set", without gravel, dirt etc. I will also keep you updated on buildings I am building. I plan on making the steer barn, shop, and manure storage all from scratch. I will try to get some pictures of my building this weekend. I used model railroad “steel” building kit and cut the doors bigger to match 1/64 scale equipment. Quote
Alan Dinan Posted January 3 Posted January 3 I looked up the kit, and I think it was this one. I bought a grain leg and several bins in HO scale also. 1 Quote
BrunsFarms Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 Nice! I like that barn. You said I could cut the doors bigger, that would work nice! That would make for a good shop, but I think I still want to make my steer barn by scratch 2 Quote
IH1975 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 You can get this one if the one Alan posted doesn’t work out Quote
Alan Dinan Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Toy show in St. Louis, MO The end of January and 1-2 of February Quote
BrunsFarms Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 I have that set already! Only problem I found with that barn is the door is too short for some of my equipment. 1 Quote
BrunsFarms Posted January 4 Author Posted January 4 Does anyone has any suggestions on feed bins. At first I was leaning towards this one (top) , but now I am thinking about having a friend 3d print me one like this (Middle/Bottom). Not sure what I want quite yet. 🤷♂️ Quote
BrunsFarms Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 Been tinkering around with the idea that instead of gravel connecting the shop, bins, and steer barn, I would make it into Concrete. I'm hesitate however because I don't know if putting concrete in place of the gravel patch would draw back from some realism of a dirty lower income farm I am looking to present. I also redid the steer barn and got rid of the weird L shape. The old Idea has green next the the lane. Any color that is the same as the lane is a "driveway". Also any light gray is what I am putting as a gravel base. The lane will be naturally built up a bit higher. 1 Quote
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