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My immediate thought upon seeing the photo, was that you were going for a sound suppression set-up like we've seen on some excavators. Who knows why NZG only detailed the top angled panel? That series of 6 side by side grills continues down the flat panel beneath it. Also; have you thought about how you will do the panel on the other side? The grills are the same size on both sides of the machine, but the right side panel (below) has only 4 vertical rows instead of 6.  It looks like you already took a stab at the original crawlers?
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I have used the PC1100 grill for both sides. I have been cutting and filling over the past couple of days. I used the PC1100 grill because I was having problems sourcing something to replicate the 4 and 6 section grill.   I will post up more photos later once they are in and sanded down.
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Looks great Martin! Keep up the good work! I really like the use of the grill from the 1100 being used. Can't wait to see the finished product.
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I want to see what's left of the 1100... Lol, great work!
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Cheers fella's. Not much left of the 1100 Dylan  Grills now stripped of paint, in there and filled. Just need to do a touch more filler.  
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Fits like it was meant to there
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Mmm.. That's smart!
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So you've got the grills covered; excellent! What's next on your agenda?
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Sweet project.... Very nicely integrated.
What do you use as glue?
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Excellent fit! Looks very good
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Thanks for the comments all. They do fit in there really well, I'm happy with how they went in. I didn't use any glue, I used milliput filler and lot's of it! It might look nice from the outside but you don't want to see the back of it http://www.milliput.com/I'm not too sure what's next, I have a couple more jobs to do on the bucket and the stick and boom are hollow so I'd like to fill them with something (suggestions welcome) With having the back end apart I see there is plenty of room for a battery, so LED lighting could be a possibility.
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This is the filled stick and boom, it was originally hollow! It still needs a bit to do on it before it goes for priming. The filler needs bits adding then sanding down, it's just a long slow process to get it smooth. While part of me thinks sod it, nobody can see it under there I know it's not right.  
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Have added some wear plates to the outer edge sides of the bucket mouth. Still need sanding down to a better shape but happy with them.  Been thinning down the PC1100 tracks tonight. I took about 1mm of each side. I broke the tracks down into 6 lengths and found these m6 100mm bolts that fit in there just nice and tight keeping all the pads aligned.  That bolt held them all in a nice straight line in the vice and left about 1mm sticking out to be filed down.  This is one of the filed down sections next to the original track.  All the filed down sections are staying on the bolts for now to clean them up, I may also need to file a little bit more off and straighten them up a bit.  All in all it seemed to work ok with no major issues.
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I like your project. Looks like it will be quite a success the way it goes.  S.
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It's good to see you're back working on this project!
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It's been good to have some time out. I think it's good practice to sit back and look at a project for a while without doing anything to it.
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Great project, Martin, very interresting and well made. And i really like the idea of using a screw to hold in a straight position the tracks whan you narrow them down. I am just about to do the same on one of my projects and i am gonna use your technic. That's amazing what we can learn on this forum sometimes!!! Max.
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I managed to put a coat of yellow primer on the bucket yesterday. I gave it a rub down with some wet and dry today and gave it a second light coat. I think it looks pretty good now with a coat of colour on it.  All going well it will get some CAT yellow on it tomorrow.
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It's looking good! Some Esco green would really highlight the teeth, lip shrouds, etc..
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Weserhutte wrote:It's looking good! Some Esco green would really highlight the teeth, lip shrouds, etc.. I had thought of highlighting the teeth and some of the wear plates. Stick done tonight. Lifting eyes and hydraulic lines done. Just needs a good clean up and it's ready for priming. 
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