Wich one did you get??
Theire are 2 versions, the yellow and the orange one.
In my case, many years ago, i got a 41B in yellow with many paint chips here and there.
I did small touch-ups using new Cat yellow and you can barely see the diference.
If you do any work on it, make sure you post some pictures......having seen your D11's, i do have high expectations about your work!!!!!
Hope this helps.
Max.

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Cat 245.....Now and Forever

I am looking for industrial auction brochures from Ritchie Bros, Miller & Miller, Forke Bros, First Team Auction, Max Rouse, etc from the 70's, 80's and 90's.I am a collector and heavy equipment enthusiast and these pamphlets are loaded with nice pictures of cleaned and freshly painted equipment.Thet don't have much value once the sale is over but they are a great help to me in preserving the memory of machines that are no longer being built.Please, help my hobby by looking in your old storage boxes and file folders for these old auction sale brochures.Your help is much appreciated.

What’s the deal with the rip blade on the d9? I had never even heard of it unitl ccm anounced that model

That’s really interesting. Seems like the idea of cats 9r blade never really caught on. I sure wish ccm would’ve made a more general version, maybe an angle blade with a winch version

Yes!!! A u-blade and Kelley would’ve be great. But oh well, I love my 1/25 first gear d9. The detail on it is out of this world. The details looked a little sparse on the ccm’s in my opinion

Hi Cody,

yes, the D9Ds and Es by First gear are wonderful! Im a big fan of the flat hooded D9E, since this was the first D9 I saw aged 14. Detailwise Im satisfied with my CCM G, especially the tracks are very detailed for a 1/48 model. All aggregates of the engines seem to be reproduced - all, but the pony engine. We find an exhaust pipe for it on the hood, but so far Im still searching the actual pony an the model. All the control handles are made of plastic, thats a drawback since they look very brittle. Probably I will replace them by some made of brass wire.

Something disapointing were two missing track rollers you only see when you lift the tracks, second pair from front is missing. A friend of mine has the same model, he checked - two missing track rollers as well. Ok, you dont see it, but still, for this price.... hmm.
A detail missing in my eyes is the oil line for the turbocharger bearing, thats something I want to add. I see that the 1/48 will loose in comparisson to a 1/25 model, but for now, Im satisfied with this CCM model. When the tractor has recieved its australian canary cage, most details will be covered nevertheless...


Cheers,
Max

BAM! Here is the plan...

Cat D9G Canary Cage (5) by FatCatGotHot

Thanks for the feedback Steve,

now here my first steps in soldering something. Doesnt look perfect, but was alotta fun.

Cat D9G Canary Cage (6) by FatCatGotHot

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Thanks Ken,

I use an iron. Many modelers use a soldering gun, which is safer, very handy and absolutly sufficient for 1/50 and even smaller. Got the iron from a hobby mate and am quite happy with it. Youre right, still some finish-up-work left! thanks for the tips,

Max

Hi Steve,

So this explains my 21-ish feeling when I was looking on the small HD41. But what can I say? I just traded the HD 41 for Proxxon saw!

When youre chaing trees and match a D9 with a D8-class machine, the operator on the bigger dozer must be alert to not damage the smaller tractor. So I think, for safety reasons and such, Ill let the G roll with the E.


Which I wanted to do for a long time.:d/

Thanks for checking the HD21 data sheet. On my side of the pond, its a really rare bird nowadays.

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Max that is a bunch of protection going on there, what type of weight does that add to the machine. If you pick up another 41B and you want the specs between the 3 of them, 41, 31 and 21 just let me know and I will email them to you plus pictures.
Steve