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Hey kilrathy Yeah my birthday (Halloween) colors. The engine is basically just a square block right know but it will look just like the actual Revell model with all tge detail. Ron G

Hey guys I've done a little more work on the 359 Pete Cad model. Here are some pictures for you to look at. this view shows the grill mesh andPeterbilt emblems added. this view shows the air cleaners, rivet detail and chrome trim around the door openings added. this view shows the rear tri-axle fenders added. rear isometric view. front isometric view. this view shows the radiator, engine and transmission in there preliminary stage and the hood tilted up. side view with the hood open. side view with the hood closed. Well that's it for know be back with more soon. Ron G

Hey all I got my RC Caterpillar 336 excavator today. I'm pleasantly surprised and disappointed all in one. First it's really nice, detailed well and it runs good, basic movements but nice. Secondly it is NOT! 1/24 scale it is closer to 1/20th scale. looks really nice and runs good. more of a side view. this view shows It next to a drafting scale and you can see that it's not 1/24 scale. I went on the internet and downloaded the specifications for the Cat 336. The center to center distance of the tracks on the 336 is 13' 3" and the model measures 15' 5.52" the track gauge on the 336 is 8' 6" and the model is 9' 6" the width over the outside of the tracks on the 336 is 11' 5" (with 34"tracks) and the model is 12' 6" (with 36"tracks) the overall height on the 336 is 12' 0" and the model is 16' 6". As you can see it is to big for 1/24 scale, maybe I can say its a 390 (largest Cat excavator) well that's it for now be back soon after I figure out how to use this model. Ron G

Hey Reduit Do you have any plans of marketing this for all of us...yes, yes, yes...please! Great work and check out my build of the Revell Peterbilt 359 4 axle heavy haul tractor, it has the big 475 twin turbo in it, and I added a whole lot of oil, air, water and fuel lines to it based off of the old Model Car magazine articles on how to detail model trucks. Have some pictures posted of it, if you need more let me know. Ron G

Its almost that simple right know. Pretty close that is. Ron G

Hey all Some more pictures of the trailer and the hydraulic power pack. 13 hp Honda motor, hydraulic pump and tank, I still need to plum it. here is another view of the power pack. this view shows the Bridgestone R244 285/75R 22.5 tires and Alco 10 hole wheels. better view of the tires and wheels. this view shows the Michigan license plate that I made for it. Well that's it for now be back soon with more. Ron G

Hey Mopar I'm using UG NX 11, my wife works for FCA (Chrysler) and because of the Covid situation she is working at home on a UG laptop, so I've been using her setup to create all this, problem is when its all over she goes back to work and I loose my system ? but thats the way the ol' cookie crumbles...lol Ron G

Hey Mopar I still have to convert every part into individual files and convert them to stl files before I can print anything. Thats a lot of work!!! Ron G

Hey all Here are some more pictures of the trailer. I added a hydraulic power Pack to it and also incorporated the nose support mechanism from the 4 axle trailer to the nose assembly. . front view looking aft. side view. rear view. top view. front iso view. rear iso view. Well that's it for now be back with more soon. Ron G

Thanks Gator I have the AMT lowboy also. Bought it to help with scratch building the drop nose lowboy trailer. Ron G

Hey Gator If your talking about the 1/24 scale 336 RC excavator from Diecast Masters there there they just came out this month and are $92.99 plus shipping. They also have a Cat front loader, Cat six wheel drive offroad dump truck and a DT6 dozer all in 1/24 scale RC! If you are talking about the Newray excavator they are actually listed as 1/32 but are closer to 1/24-1/25 scale. With a little work they would make a proper load for the lowboy trailer. They are listed under there truck stuff. Around $40.00 with a truck and trailer. Ron G

Hey Gator I found them on Shapways, I forget the guys name right now, but if you look for 1/25 scale Cat tracks I belive they will show up. They are pricey $230.00 per set for them printed in the ultra detail resin. He won't print them in anything else now after I talked to him about how mine don't work. These are printed as a working assembly, that's why they are only available in the expensive resin, the other stuff wont work. I paid $120.00 for my set. But if you hold them out straight there stiff as a board, if you you try to bend/ move them they start to move but they break at the pins. They work really good in the proper material, it's just expensive. Maybe if you contact him you can work out a better price. It's not him but Shapways that sets the price. Ron G

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Hey Reduit Any updates on this build. Your doing a great job and I really want to see that big Cummins finished and painted.? Ron G

Hey guys I have the Cummins NTC-370 engine just about done and it's almost ready for paint. I added most of the oil, fuel, air and water lines to it, at least as many that I know of. So here are some pictures for you to look at. this view shows the oil lines to and from the turbos. this view shows the main fuel filter, built from scratch,and the two auxiliary fuel filters from the parts bin that I added. I added the oil pump at the front bottom and the oil line to the block. I also added the fuel and air lines the engine. this view shows the cooling lines from the water inlet housing to the air compressor. front view of the engine. I added a connecting hose from the water inlet housing to the water pump. You can see the cooling lines better in this view. view of the passenger side of the engine in the frame. view of the driver side of the engine in the frame. Well that's it for now be back with more soon. Ron G

Thanks guys I have the Cummins NTC-475 twin turbo just about finished. I'm almost ready for paint. Here are some pictures for you to look at. this view shows the alternator that I had to add, wasn't one in the kit, the sediment filter from the parts bin, and all the oil, fuel, air and water lines I added. this view shows the made from scratch starter moter, fuel and air lines and fuel fittings at the rear of the block. I added the pipe at the bottom of the engine from oil pump to the oil pan. this view shows cooling lines from air compressor to water inlet housing at tge front of the engine. view of the front of the engine view of the passenger side of the engine in the frame. view of the driver side of the engine in the frame. this view shows the big Pete engine top left next to the Kenworths NTC-370 on the right. I put the Cat D8H d352 engine on the bottom for size comparison. Well that's all for now be back soon with more updates. Ron G

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Hey all Here are some pictures of the D352 engine in the Cat Dozer. this view shows the kit parts and some that I modified. The brass wires are for the fuel lines. this view shows the exhaust manifold, the intake turbo and exhaust stack. The small aluminum bolts are from a guy that does stuff for formula 1 cars in different scales, but I forget his name. this shows the bolts added to the exhaust turbo. this view shows the exhaust turbo and exhaust stack mount. this view shows the exhaust stack in place. this view shows the fuel injection pump, the fittings and the fuel lines. another view of the fuel injection pump. this view shows the fan belt and the bolts I added to the alternator. this view shows the intake manifold and the fuel injectors I added to the head. closer view of the fuel injectors. this view shows the fuel injection pump added to the engine. I added this bracket/mount for the fan belt. view showing the fan belt installed. this view shows the fuel lines added to the injectors. this view shows the fuel lines added to the fuel injector pump. And here it is painted. intake/exhaust side of engine. this view shows the wing nut I added to the air cleaner. And oil line from turbo to block. fuel pump side of the engine. another view of the fuel pump side of the engine. I added a line from the exhaust turbo to the oil gallery. and here it is sitting in the Dozer. I still need to give it a coat of gloss and then weather it. Thats it for now be back with more soon. Ron G

Thanks Jeff I have the 4 axle stretched out to a 27'0" well now, it still needs some tweaks but it's getting there. Ron G

Hey all Brief update, I have the NTC-475 Cummins twin turbo engine assembled ready for paint. This Revell Cummins engine is pretty nicely detailed, but it was missing two pipes one oil one fuel, it was missing the oil dip stick and it didn't come with a stater moter!!! really Revell, big no no. Right now I'm waiting on wheels and tires from Scenes Unlimited so I can finish up how the wheels and brake drums will mount. I need to know this so I can finalize the frame so I can paint it. I need some 0.014" diameter brass rod so I can make the door hinges (I have a set of piano hinges from Model Garage). I'm debating weather I should have the sleeper top removable to display the interior detail or not, I'm still up in the air with this. This is the NTC-475 turbo side view. This is the fuel pump side view. Ron G

Hey all Here's what I plan on making as soon as I get the Michigan gravel train, Peterbilt 359 Heavy haul and the Loadking 3 axle 55 ton trailer done. This is only in Cad right now, although I do have a 1/32 (actually it's more like 1/24 scale) Newray excavator. I used this and pictures and info off of the internet to model this up on UG NX11. Here are some preliminary pictures of the excavator. this view shows the Newray excavator that I used to model up the Cat 336E on Cad. this view shows the excavator sitting next to the cab of the Revell Peterbilt 359 cab and you can see it is way closer to 1/24-1/25 scale then it is to 1/32 scale. this is the excavator at this moment. It needs some reworking to make it look more like the Cat 336E. view from the rear looking forward view of the other side view of the cab with the operator in place. this is a view of the 1/24 scale RC die cast Cat 336E from Diecast Masters (I ordered one of these, there around $92.99) there pretty cool and from the videos on YouTube they work real good. another view of the Diecast Masters 336E side view of the Cat 336E, as you can see I have alot of Cad work to do to accurize my Cad model. Thanks for looking in and follow along for more info. Since I modeled this in full scale, I can, if I can get the files organized print some of this on my 3D resin printer. Thats it for now be back with more soon. Ron G

Hey all Here is my build of the 1/25 AMT D8H Caterpillar bulldozer. I'm basically building this OOB, but I'm adding a lot of details to make it look more realistic. Things like the tilt cylinder on the left side of the dozer with it's hydraulic lines. I remade the lift cylinders and added the hydraulic lines. I added a hydraulic manifold on the tube between the two lift cylinders that all the cylinders plumb to. From this I added the lines down to the hydraulic pump. I added bolt detail to both the intake and exhaust turbos. Added oil lines from the turbos to different areas on the block. I added the fuel injectors to the cylinder head and the fuel lines from the injectors to the injector pump. I will be adding more detail as I progress on the build. I found some 3D printed tracks from Shapways. I couldn't afford to get them in the fine detail resin (almost $200.00!!!) so I got them in the regular white plastic material and that process made the tracks not very movable. Let ne explain, they were printed assembled into individual side assemblies that if printed in the better material are movable. Mine are very stiff, I'm probably going to have to drill out all the pivot pins and replace them with scratch built plastic rods. All 42 per side?. Well here are some pictures for you to .ook at this view shows the dozer partially put together for pictures only. view looking from the rear forward. view from the front down. top view. view from the front of the blade. this view shows the 3D printed tracks and the modifications I made to the track slides at the bottom. I have more pictures of the engine, cylinders, and the detail I'm adding that I will post soon. Ron G

Hey all This is my 1/25 scale Loadking drop nose lowboy trailer build. I started this as a drawing on paper of a trailer that I wanted to build for the AMT D8H bulldozer that I'm in the process of making. While I was scouring the internet for pictures I came across a 3D model of a 3 axle 55 ton Loadking drop nose trailer for a free download. It has air ride suspension, flip up rear axle has all of the out riggers and "D" rings. I also came across a 4 axle 100 ton drop nose lowboy trailer 3D model that I downloaded. It has spring suspension and flip up rear axle. It only has a 14' well, no out riggers or "D" rings. I plan on modifying it into a 27' well with air ride suspension, out riggers and "D" rings. It does have a better front nose set up, it has a hydraulic mechanism for supporting the drop nose on the frame of the tractor when not hooked to the trailer, and bigger hydraulic cylinders for lifting the trailer deck. My plans are too combine features of both trailers to make both a 3 axle and a 4 axle drop nose trailer with air ride, out riggers and "D" rings. Here are some pictures of the Cad models. this view is looking from the front aft of the 3 axle 55 ton Loadking drop nose lowboy trailer. this view shows the rear of the trailer looking forward. view looking down at the deck of the trailer. this view shows the bottom of the trailer. this view is of the 4 axle 100 ton trailer Cad model. this is a view from the rear looking forward this is a side view of the trailer. this view shows the front nose and mechanism for supporting the nose on the tractor frame. this view shows the bottom of the trailer and the spring suspension. That's it for now be back soon with more updates. Ron G

Hey all This is my Revell 1/25 Peterbilt 359 4 axle heavy haul tractor. I'm making this from the Revell "can do" wrecker kit. I started this by assembling the frame and suspension. I also stretched the frame a scale 2 feet so that I could add two extra tanks, 4 fuel tanks in all. I also added a step in between the two tanks on the drivers side. This rig will have Scenes Unlimited 10 hole Alco wheels, Bridgestone L375 445/65R 22.5 front floats, Bridgestone M710 285/75R 22.5 drive tires and Michelin "X" 445/50R 22.5 super singles on a lift axle. this view shows the frame. this view shows the frame and front steerable front axle. this view shows the frame next to the frame of my Kenworth W925 gravel train tractor. this view shows the whole thing just temporarily put together for pictures. view from the other side. another view showing the headache rack. view from the front looking aft. view from the rear looking forward. I have a aluminum fender kit that will cover all three rear axles. this figure is from the 1/24 Airfix Mosquito kit. I modified him by removing his officers hat and turnig it into a baseball cap. I also turned his shoes into cowboy boots. another view of the driver figure for this big Pete. this view shows the Pete heavy haul that I modeled up in NX 11 (Unigraphics). this view is from the aft looking forward. this view shows the rear of the rig this is a side view of the 4 axle Peterbilt 359. I also have a 3 axle 24' well Loadking drop nose trailer with flip up rear axle, a 4 axle drop nose trailer with flip up rear axle, a Caterpillar 336E excavator and I'm working on a Cat D8H/K and D8T bulldozer. These are modeled up in NX11 and I my be able to 3D print parts of them on my 3D resin printer. Since I modeled them full size I should be able to print them to any scale. Well that's it for now be back with more updates soon. Ron G

Hey ReduitRetro Sweet build! Hey you should turn that Cummins into a NTC-475 twin turbo! A lot of Petes ran those back in the day, and you can get them to put out 800 hp! they sure look wicked! Ron G