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RowanH

Posted: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 5:09:26 AM

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Well I received an urgent call this morning from my mother at my family home (where the model currently resides) saying that the cat hand jumped up onto my workbench and knocked my model around. When I arrived I noticed some damage but it wasn’t too bad. One of the walkways had come lose at the rear, edging on the stick had come away and some of the track pads had come off. Thankfully, it was nothing a bit of glue couldn’t fix. Before I could get to putting it all back together, I decided to take some new mock shots.

I’ve updated the graphics file on my PC and it’s ready to be sent off to my decal printer. I’ve also purchased some new hydraulic hose piping and fittings that should look good. The final assembly will be difficult as I have to do it in a specific order but I think I’ve finally got my head around it. With some luck, she’ll be done by Christmas.

PS. She's all glued back together again.

The culprit!

Rowan.

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RowanH

Posted: Monday, February 03, 2014 9:25:23 AM

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Well I got some more work done recently, I completed the boom hydraulics and glued down the hydraulic crowd. I also glued down the exhaust and permanently fixed the boom pivot points. Enjoy.

Rowan.

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a Cutter

Posted: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 3:24:45 PM

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Continued

RowanH

Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 4:13:35 AM

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Time for my yearly update. Whistle

Since last time, some of the smaller things have been completed. Updates include...

- Mounting and adding lock pins to the boom hydraulic ram.
- Trimmed the boom lift cylinders and attached them at the boom pivot points.
- Mounted the body super-structure to the slew ring.
- Rebuilt the final drive external covers.
- Started on building the rear view mirror and hand rails.

Still to complete...

- Boom lift hydraulics locking pins.
- Boom top hydraulic lines and fittings.
- Boom to stick fittings and locking pins.
- Stick hydraulic lines and fittings.
- Bucket linkage and locking pins.
- Add interior controls
- Finish rear view mirror.
- Finish grab rails.
- Touch up body paint.
- Re-paint udercarriage.
- Add Decals.

Anyway, happy New Year DHS Smiley

Rowan.

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Basketball Man

Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 3:32:48 PM

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Can't wait for next years update. Teeth

Good to see the project has not been shelved.

-Ethan
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