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I finally got the decals done and did some of the last detail items and she is done. It only cost me a Norscot 365B, Ertl 5080, some styrene, and two fingernails.  The weather has been very mild here in Indiana this winter. Usually you don't get 60 degree days to take photos in the winter. So here is the finished product among the brown plants.   
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That looks great. Nice weather too!
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Looks good, Nice clean work! Just need a shear for it 
Eric W. Pioszak, Operating Engineers Local 701, Portland, OregonMETAL TRACKS AVAILABLE AGAIN! Cab guards Available again! Grapples Available again! Industrialscalemodels[at symbol]Gmail.com
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Nice work.
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Eric Pioszak wrote:Looks good, Nice clean work! Just need a shear for it I appreciate the offer, but EFC Excavating has limited funds due to the economy and the next major capital investment may include this: http://dhsdiecast.com/shop/product_detail.cfm?product_id=7412It may take a couple more months to save enough money to make a down payment  (Sniff) Is that cookies....?
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Looks awesome, great job on it 
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What, to cut up for scrap? you need a shear first before you can cut up that crane.
Eric W. Pioszak, Operating Engineers Local 701, Portland, OregonMETAL TRACKS AVAILABLE AGAIN! Cab guards Available again! Grapples Available again! Industrialscalemodels[at symbol]Gmail.com
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Eric Pioszak wrote:Looks good, Nice clean work! Just need a shear for it I would say a shear and some metal tracks! (combo deal discounts from the distributor!)
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Thanks all. I would have more money for this hobby except I am forking over $5000 a semester for school
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Beautiful job !
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That looks spot on Ethan, one of the best 350's I've seen and probably the most detailed too. Fantastic work! Rowan.
1:25th scale CAT 375L excavator
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Thanks. I want to do some more customs but I don't have the best decaling skills and I wonder if anyone has any suggestions to get better results out of a color ink-jet printer? Right now many of my color decals that I print end up as little dots on the decal sheets and not solid colors.
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contact Shawn at Buffalo Road, he can print up any water slide decals you need
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Looks good man.
I have always been kinda partial to the 350 Cat. That was the first excavator I ever got to operate. I think it was about 1995 or 96. Company I was working for had bought a brand new one, and I was the oiler on that job. I spent more time greasing and triple checking that one machine than I did the rest of the iron on the job!
One Saturday I was doing a 500 hour sevice on it. Got it all done and spent about 3 hours digging the face of the cut and piling it off to the side, and moving it back again. Monday morning the operator couldn't figure out how come he had so much easy muck to dig! The boss was sure impressed with the production for about an hour untill the operator got back into the hard digging!
Are you an enviromentist, or do you work for a living?
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Really nice custom you got there! I like it alot! But the rubber tracks dont make it justice, you should get a pair of Erics metal ones. Would make this model even more fantastic!
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Very nice custom! You would never know it was a custom just the way they should all be. And metal tracks would make it look great!
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Thanks guys. This model joins my growing lineup of customs: -5110B L -321C LCR -365C L -744H demo loader -IT28G -320D L rr -D10N pusher -330B L -365B FS -416E -200C LC low-drill I think that that is all of them. This is my collection as of now:  It is getting to the point where it is time consuming to remove them all from the shelves and cabinets.
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looks like Ritchie Brothers auction! This must've been taken before the PC1100 went MIA. I did see one around, is this it?   possibly already being parted out..?
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kokosing Const Co wrote:looks like Ritchie Brothers auction! This must've been taken before the PC1100 went MIA. I did see one around, is this it?
possibly already being parted out..? Yes this photo was taken shortly before the horrible catastrophe. EFC's PC1100 is very clean almost like new, and you might have spotted it. ...thinking of it, that little Komatsu next to the 1100 looks like one that a competitor of mine reported missing. 
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