These Model Tractors Are Made Of Paper

These Model Tractors Are Made Of Paper FARM HOME Toys/Games Photos of model tractors made mostly from scrap paper recently caught our eye The 1/8th scale 1934 John Deere A and 1918 Waterloo Boy tractors were donated to PHARM Dog USA for a Sept 9 auction to raise money for the nonprofit The artist is an offender with the Crossroads Correctional Facility who made the models through the Restorative Justice Organization as a way to make amends and give back The detail is amazing says Jackie Allenbrand founder of Pets Helping Agriculture in Rural Missouri which has paired 22 dogs with farmers with disabilities in several states FARM SHOW Vol 39 No 6 With children’s scissors nail clippers and emery boards the artist glued paper and thin cardboard together then shaped each part The John Deere tractor seat is 25 layers of paper for example Only a few parts are not paper Empty ink pen cartridges are shafts and rods The chain on the Waterloo is tiny pieces cut from a plastic hose and pieced together Inspired by his grandfather’s farm the artist spent 3 mos and 350 hrs on the John Deere and 7 mos and 500 hrs on the Waterloo Boy Another offender/artist used wood scraps to build the display cases for each tractor “This is one-of-a-kind art ” Allenbrand says and she is honored that the model tractors will be part of PHARM’s Sept 9 2023 fundraising for a facility to train dogs for farmers Information for bidding on them will be online and on Facebook sometime in August Contact: FARM SHOW Followup PHARM Dog USA Jackie Allenbrand P O Box 161 Albany Mo 64402 ph 660-582-0694; pharmdog03@gmail com; www pharmdog org; Facebook: P H A R M Dog USA

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