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The record snowfall has been preventing me from using my spray booth. Not being able to prime and check the sanded parts is a real pain.

 

New front and rear idler wheels have been fabricated. The fronts are 1-1/2” CPVC, cut to 17 scale inches wide, the rears are 1-1/4” CPVC, cut to 17 scale inches wide. All wheels are wrapped with (2) .020” X .250” styrene strips. .080 styrene is used for all centers:

 

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The inner radius was made with Bondo glazing and spot putty:

 

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Here’s a quick mock-up:

 

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Modifications to the undercarriage have been made (not completed):

 

 

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Here’s some pics of the blade before any modifications:

 

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The inside of the blade has been re-lined with .030” styrene to achieve a radius, and scored on the back and bent to simulate original:

 

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After the addition of the wear plates at the base of the blade, a piece of .015” styrene was installed above them and will be blended in:

 

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Posted

Nice work Dennis. The wheels look good. The mock up pic looks great, its lookin more like a D11 now. That sucks about the weather. Great progress even with wild weather.

Posted

Great to see an update, looking really good.

Don't forget to add the hard facing to the wear plates and wing tips ;)

Diamond patterns were standard in the places I worked.

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Posted

Any progress worth posting yet? I know your on the trailer at the moment.

Actually I'm back on this project for the moment. I'll have some updates in 3 or 4 days :) Thanks for asking!

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Well it’s been about a month since the last post. I’ve managed to get a few things done. I purchased these at the local CAT dealer:

 

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A coat of CAT yellow primer was applied and new track rollers and supports have been fabricated:

 

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Here’s the modifications to the blade arm and slam locks installed:

 

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The cab received a coat of primer and grab handles have been installed. Here’s a quick mockup of the exhaust stacks and air intakes:

 

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Here’s a couple shots of the ROPS:

 

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Posted

Lookin good man. It's startin to look like a CAT.

Thanks...the more I work on it, I find more things that still need to be done.

Posted

That's just fantastic work Dennis . Will it be brand new or used and abused ?

Thanks Dave. I'm not sure if I'll keep looking new or used. Definitely not abused...I've put too much time into this build to beat it up :lol:

Posted (edited)

I know nothing about heavy equipment but I do know a thing or two about model building and this is a great project. Nice work so far Dennis.

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I know nothing about heavy equipment but I do know a thing or two about model building and this is a great project. Nice work so far Dennis.

Thank you JC :D

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