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Beautiful styrene modeling right there. 
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Very nice, as always Jason - an inspiration for me. 
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Thanks guys this has been a awesome project to undertake. Everything has been thought out and I am still designing and redesign parts for it. For example the cab arm is to short, will not allow full folding for transport mode. Another will be a new design of the radiator and I will be adding another one aswell. I am designing the long boom for it now. It will have 2 short boom sections and then will have long stick attachment. Pretty similar to the 3500d long boom design, but I am design them as I go. I am planning on making one and casting it to cut down on the overall weight. For being plastic the booms are solid and not hollow for added strength and weigh quite a bit. As for this weight the cylinders of the main boom had to be designed and redesigned a couple of times to deal with the weight for the short set up and the not built yet long boom set up. The cylinder housings are constructed out of butyrate plastic which has a nice soft plastic feel to it. This softer plastic allows me to take the aluminium rod for the cylinder ram and expand the bottom for the added friction needed to hold the heavy boom. If you have ever taken apart a norscot cylinder or any other manufactures cyclinder like this they use the same method for friction. I will be adding some pictures of the railing set up for the machine. I added full railings to the entire machine, can never be to safe, do not want anyone falling off the big beast  The railings were done out of 1mm rod. Once the model is complete I will probably go back and redo them out of brass Quote:Where did you find the walkway material? How are you making the hinge and latch details on the side panels? TM
The aluminium for the catwalks comes from a place in Holland great stuff, I will have to find the package to find the name of it. As for the paneling and hinge detail it is all hand cut out of .20 styrene hinges are just small square pieces, but from a short distance you can not tell and they look good. Handles are plastic channel cut thin to resemble handles. Now you know my secrets  do not tell anyone I thank you all for the kind words on this build I enjoy hearing them and I like to know I enspire others out there to build. I will be posting my 50ton demo build once I get the pics all uploaded Jason
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That is really amazing Jason. To scratch build an entire machine just blows my mind. Fantastic detail. I can only assume you are building that for me? just messin. Great job. Shawn
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Incredible work on that beast Jason! You are truly talented, just a thought, but have you considered a large shear for the short boom set up as well?
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if that machine was made whould it be the worlds largest higth reach ?
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A Cat 225 will beat a 320EL hands down
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Guys I saw this model in person when he delivered me some outrigger base plates and it looks even better than in the pictures, really an amazing job Jason . Hey Shawn he made it for me buddy  Jeff
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This would be pretty close to being the largest. It will not be the tallest though. Jeff is the only one here to have seen this in person he is right about it looks even better in person Here you can see the railings are started. These are adding some nice detail to the machine.   
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Got all the railings done on counter weights. I added a guy to pic to show size of machine  This is one area that will be redone the cab tilt and catwalks  The arm will be longer and the cab will tilt back longer  Here is some close ups of the house detail  The other side  Right now this side is torn down. I an redoing the cooling system for the I am adding another radiator for the machine
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Here is the last of it for now comparing the R300 to the 870    more to come jason
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Will you make a high reach arm for it? If so how high are you going to make it?
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I love it! Definately your best work!!
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Thanks Mark I have put a lot of work into this project. Maybe Liebherr will purchase this design from me. I wish I will be doing a long boom set for it. Not sure on final height but it will be really high I have redone radiator system today will post pics tomorrow. It has a new redign for the radiator. Look better then old radiator Jason
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Stunning work!!! Any plans on casting and selling?
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amazing piece of art !!
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Ok so I tore apart the machine this weekend and redid the cooling system. I have redesigned the radiator grills which I think looks a lot better and added another radiator for additional cooling    Next I am working on the long boom set up. I do not have an overall height So we will see what we come out with
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Oh yeah! Well done Jason Jeff
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Great build. Thanks for keeping us posted throughout the build.
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Once Again, Excellent job. I can't wait to see the high reach boom.
Sorry if you have already answered this, but have you decided on a color scheme?
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Ok time for some height, I have the 2 boom extension done   
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