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Here is a picture from today showing me just finishing scaling up the drawings for the upcoming Liebherr R-996 Excavator Model . I also plan to scale up the drawings today for the second excavator model to build this winter of a Cat 385C L Excavator . I have never built a excavator before so these are two cool machines I really like.Monday I will get back to work on the Euclid Heavy Haul Lowboy as I have been two weeks on vacation. 
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Wow Don,I find it fascinating the size of the projects you choose,but then again if I had your talent I would be doing BIG things too.Really enjoy seeing the fruits of your craft and Thank You for being a part of this great hobby of ours.Have a great day.
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Thanks for the kind words.
I guess the larger the model is , the more realistic it seems to me .
I know that very few collectors are interested in large scale models, but I am just hooked on building them. And if you ever seen one of my monster models in someones collection, they do look pretty unique.
Plus it has to be fun for other people to see something out of the ordinary .
Wait til tomorrow when I post the picture and you get a look at the size of the scaled up plans for the Cat 385CL Excavator in 1/6th scale !!! VERY IMPRESSIVE !!
Maybe we can make this one really work !!!
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Don
That is awesome. I look forward to seeing your 385CL. The company I work for just got a new 385CL, which I help put the deal together at the dealer. What a fantastic machine. We double shifted the machine and it moved 500,000 cubic yards in 43 days with only one night of down time!!!
Always enjoy seeing your postings and work.
Regards, Randy
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Hi Randy,
WOW !!,
That is pretty impressive ,
Maybe you can help me if I have any questions when it comes time to build my 1/6th scale model of it . Wait til you see the drawing of the scaled up plans tomorrow, it is going to be a good sized model. Thanks for the nice comments,
Don
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I cant wait for this one, no more vacations! 
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I got it almost done , just to give a idea of it's size, the exhaust stack will be 1-1/2 " dia. steel tubing !!
Now that is some serious sized exhaust for a model, ha,ha.
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1/6th !!!!!! You're going to need a bigger garage. Holy Smokes, thats going to be awesome.
Regards, Randy
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Here is a picture of the scaled up drawings for the 9 foot long Cat 385CL Excavator Model. 
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Hi Don, unfortunately I have some bad news for you. The image you have scaled up is actually of the CAT 345CL, not the 385CL. I understand why this has happened too. When CAT changed all their paint schemes to the new Power Edge logo's, the CAT 385CL brochure was for some reason left with the dimensional image of the 345, no idea why, and it is still like that when you download it. I saved these a while ago and are the actual dimensional PDF files for both the BL and CL. Hope this helps. To download just follow the links and scroll down toward the bottom of the page, there is a link next to the flashing arrow. CAT 385BL - DOWNLOAD PDF CAT 385CL - DOWNLOAD PDF Rowan.
1:25th scale CAT 375L excavator
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first saw the 996 in the topic and first thing that came to mind was porsche, anyway back on topic these look to be another set of excellent models from the master Don Campbell, keep up the goodwork can't wait to see the finished Eulid either.
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Hi Rowan,
That's very interesting,
Thanks !
Looks like this Sat. I will not be building the bucket after all, ha,ha. Instead I will spend the time scaling up the right 385cl ?
Thanks very much for your help with the right drawings.
Don
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Don, I reckon you should do the 345 anyway!
 The Caucasianaasian
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Wow, can't wait to see the stages of it Don!
-Justin "Everyone's Goal Is To Mine More Coal!"PAmining http://www.youtube.com/user/PAmining
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I am very excited to cut out the first bucket parts, if all goes well, I still may cut out the first bucket parts this weekend.
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