TRACTOR PART III - BASE

Now that you’ve completed both boxes that will form the tractor’s body, a base needs to be prepared shaped something like this:

Tractor base

Use a piece of 11 mm thick OSB3 board that measures approximately 1 metre x 50 cms to make the base.

The easiest way to mark out the base is to put both your completed boxes on top of the OSB sheet then draw round using a thick pencil.

Marking up the shaped base

Inset the smaller front box around 7 cm from the outer edges of the larger box. Cut out the inset sections.

You should now have an OSB shape that looks like this:

Shaped base

Add small blocks at each corner underneath your base to act as feet. 

Cut small square blocks to use as feet for your base

Screw from above, remembering to use short screws that won’t poke through the other side of the feet.

Screw feet into position

Underside of base

Paint with 2 coats of black paint and varnish all sides.

Decorate base with paint & varnish