Jandel47

Hi, I like the overall shape of the tractor and the proportions look to be at the right scale. The characteristics of the tractor, such as the mudgaurds, heat vents and front hitch, looks very nice. However, I think you could make it look (even) better. There are still quite some gaps in the hood, especially close to the cab. The tractor screems for adding 2 1x1 trans white dishes as front lights . But I understand the difficulty of building a tractor at this scale. Its big enough to show te details and the imperfections, but to small to use proper parts. Anyway, thanks for building and showing your moc. A valuable asset for the lego agriculture mocs. Greetings, Jan

I really like it! I dont have many knowledge about trucks but the grill doesnt stand out to me and doesnt look off. A very smooth and clean build. At first glance, it doesnt look like lego, apart from the studs at the side of the cab, but somehow that makes it look better. Do you mean the real life model or yours? Greetings, Jan

Looks awesome and very recognisable! Am I seeing this right that the panels on the top of the hood have a little horizontal angle? Im not sure, but maybe the hood is a little too low? And maybe you could use grey system tiles instead of grey liftarm for the IRL sticker? I really like the use of the bionicle tooth as vents. It looks spot on! Nice work!

The diecast model is probably a 6480 or 7480? Either way that is a 6 cylinder tractor. The 6400 serie has been produced in roughly three scales; small 4 cyl frame, medium 6 cyl frame and large 6 cyl frame. It depends on how realistic you want it to be, but ideally you need to sqeeze in a 6 cyl engine. I dont have the measurments of your build but looking at your build, the overall size and wheelbase and size of the cab compared with the rest, I think a 6465/80 or 7465/80 comes closest to your build, so the mdeium 6 cyl frame. In this case the wheelbase may be a little too long but the overall shape is very recognisable! The wide fenders are spot on! They look really good. Im not sure how wide the 45mm wide lego tractor tires would be IRL, but I know that IRL it will take 710 mm wide tires in order to stick out a few centimeters from under the fenders. Our 6480 had 650 mm wide tires and being on the widest track with, both wheel and fender were evenly wide. I believe the 6499 from Farmer Phil has 710s. But, as mentioned before, the 6499 is a large frame and your diecast probably a medium frame. Although visual differences on photos etc. might seem little, a 6499 is considerably bigger than a 6480, while the cab remains the same size. Obviously it is up to you, but I would go for a 64/7480.

Im a farmer IRL and in the past 15 years we had 5 different models of the 6400 series and today we still own one of them. I have spent thousands of hours in these tractors and it really makes me happy to finally see someone creating this, IMO, best tractor ever made in Lego. If you need more information about the real life model, like specific photos or info from the owners manual, feel free to ask me. Are you planning on making a tier 2 or 3? Keep up the good work! Greetings, Jan