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Posting on behalf of "footloose52":- “ I received my 2x CCM Cat 992C Loaders with a variation of chains on the tyres, these are exact replicas of the Leighton livery machine # LW803 with chains just on the front tyres and # LW804 which has chains on all tyres.     I hope you enjoy the photos, all the best from down under Peter ( used to be member “footloose52” until booted off )
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footloose52, Please provide more detail regarding the tire chains ! Perhaps where a collector can obtain them, perhaps a price, etc. Thanks! Randy M. Smolenack RMSmodels@aol.comrandy.m.smolenack@us.army.mil
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If you dont mind me asking why was footloose booted off?
Nothing runs like a deere with a cat on its back but the link belt ate both of them
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Those look fantastic Peter. Care to elaborate on what other modifications were done? There appears to have been some work done on the rear engine ventilation. As far as I'm aware, not even Peter knows why he was booted and has tried a number of times to rejoin without any luck, going as far as trying to contact Chuck himself. It's a shame, he has some of the most amazing pieces to share. Rowan.
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Must be a logical reason why Pete was removed because he would not put down or harm anyone, i met him for the first time last year and he opened his place up for me to view his collection and boy it is quite the collection and nicer guy you won,t meet.
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Gentlemen, I felt the same way all of you did regarding "footloose52", I contacted Chuck on his behalf and this is the reply I received: "I have corrected this - the account looks like someone hit an incorrect key while in his account." If someone could please contact "footloose52" and inform him, that would be great. I miss his contributions to this forum. Thanks! Randy M. Smolenack RMSmodels@aol.comrandy.m.smolenack@us.army.mil
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Great, the chains are from Dr. Fowler. Very nice conversion, at one point he offered a limited few to collectors for sale. It is an amazing casting and incredibly detailed.
Graham
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They do look familiar! The chains are 3 pass etched nickel silver. Here is a close up showing the detail. They are specifically for the beadless with the end bars glued to each of the pads.  The louvres on the rear are for noise suppression and sometimes they are fitted to the rear rad as well. These 2 machines are 42X prefix. I have also done 49Z prefix machines, which involves considerably more work, with changes to the rear engine cover, side doors, exhausts, air cleaners and their locations, different rear deck, rear radiator etc. Also done the inside of the cabs and heavily modified the bucket. Here is the first one, Abigroup with the two Leighton 42X.  Comparison clearly showing the changes to the rear and the bucket.   And here with another Australian 49Z. An original CCM is on the left. Note differences in rear grill.    And the 49Z together. Note the jewel work lights.     There is another later variant 49Z in the works at present with different side doors and hence has the full exhaust detail added inside as it is all visible! Enjoy! KR R
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RPFowler, My God, it's been a while since you posted! I'm taking this as a sign that this forum has the potential to make it's way back to what it was in the past. As always; very impressive work on modifying the CCM 992s. I do have two questions though. First of all; can you post any photos of the real machines you modeled these after? The reason I ask leads to my follow-up question; did they not apply the same to protect the inside sidewall of the tire? You can't see it in your photos, but in the others you can see the chains are not mounted on the inside. I am sending you a PM, so please check your e-mail account?
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Thank you for sharing these beautiful models,especially red & white one,really stands out .
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WoW, beautiful models.... very nice collection 
OLD STYLE MANUFAKTUR
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Great to see you back with a fantastic post Richard! Those conversions look amazing and full of detail, as to be expected from you!
Hope to see you back again soon.
Paul R
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Richard still has the best modifications out there, not afraid to take apart any model and make it 100 times better!!
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Thanks for the compliments. To answer the questions, I do still have some etch chains available, so pm if interested. Regarding the original machine pics, these were not mine to share I am afraid, but to answer the question no, the protection did not go on the inside of the tires in the pics I have. Here is the next variant, note the different grills and the additional details through the grills on the engine, which has required the same changes to the model as the real deal to the pipework to the exhausts and silencers.  Enjoy! KR R
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Very nice Richard! Seems you've been busy with modifications recently.
Paul R
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RPFowler wrote:Regarding the original machine pics, these were not mine to share I am afraid, but to answer the question no, the protection did not go on the inside of the tires in the pics I have. Understood. Thanks for the info. 'Seems strange though, does'nt it?
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Shovelman wrote:'Seems strange though, does'nt it? Not really, think about it for a minute. The chains are there to protect from sidewall cuts. The inner sidewalls are running in an area where the bucket has already swept away any rock that would pose a threat.
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Greasemonkey wrote:Shovelman wrote:'Seems strange though, does'nt it? Not really, think about it for a minute. The chains are there to protect from sidewall cuts. The inner sidewalls are running in an area where the bucket has already swept away any rock that would pose a threat. This is a different animal than a conventional tire with Pewags, etc., and that's why I'm asking. The conventional chain systems protect both inner and outer sidewalls by their nature and logic seemed to dictate asking why when the same wasn't done here. I completely agree with your assessment that a good operator is going to keep his area clean, but I don't know what application the real machines RP's models are based on and are working in so all I can do is hypothesize and seek clarification. Particularly the machine fitted with this arrangement at all four corners Once again; RP, it's nice to have you contributing again!
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By design the PEWAG go on the inside due to how you have to secure the whole chain around a tyre, same applies with them in that the inner sidewalls when the machine is used properly will never see a rock go near them.
With the beadless tyre you have somewhere to mount the sidewall protection chains on and you only need the outside done
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