Re: deere air scoop mod
All looks aside, if this is a required factory update / campaign, paid for by the factory, and not a voluntary upgrade made at the cost of the school and/or the customer, Deere will probably have issues with it, especially if the machines are still under warranty. an by the looks of the decor of the shop, your trade school relies heavily on Deere funding.
The most sacred element of any consumer products manufacturer is its brand equity (i.e., name and color). Above all else, image comes first and products a very, very distant second and so on. Companies will jump through hoops to protect their image, going so far as to even patent color schemes and shades. There is even a legal way in which the Deere logo is to be displayed, not that it is enforced 99% of the time towards the general public, but the % of green pain proportional to yellow, proportional to the image of the leaping Deere is all part of a legal trade mark and if not depicted accordingly legal action can take place - this really becomes more of an issue with all of the clothing, toy, etc. manufacturers that Deere has zero affiliation other than these companies using Deere's logo for a fee paid directly to Deere. (Deere isn't in the toy, clothing, hat, tool or home accessory business).
The combine looks good, just make sure that the rep is ok with it and doesn't come in and have it changed back because it doesn't fit Deere's image. Remember, image is everything and perception is reality - Marketing 101! Interests wouldn't be as high in Ford automobiles if they didn't have the unique lettering in the blue oval.