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fan mount
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A...6+14.54.29.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1...6+15.06.32.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-a...6+15.15.41.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-S...6+15.20.29.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c...6+15.16.46.jpg

printed out a grill, didnt think i needed to spend the time making this in the mill...however it would have been good paractice for when i do mill the vents in the sides of the hood.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-o...6+15.21.08.jpg

Playin around with some magnets ( Nate :D )

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-r...6+13.01.43.jpg

Going to spend some time on the side platforms this weekend maybe. I remembered I had some perforated sheet from when i had to make some filter baskets for the coolant canister filters for some of the cncs. Should work fine for the steps.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-c...6+15.56.30.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L...6+15.57.47.jpg

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Looks fantastic.....no pun intended:cool:

Reg

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Thanks Reg, and congratulations on your April Build of the month WIN! Really Nice work.

Widdled up a roof for the cab this evening, Its 1/2" thick alum...lol. And got my speaker mounted. Figured maybe i can use the cab as the speaker enclosure.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h...6+18.34.05.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-M...6+18.35.21.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-n...6+17.00.25.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-e...6+17.00.48.jpg

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Left side steps made from steel all welded and sandblasted. Test seat printed to hide the speaker in cab. Ill be looking for some smaller chain.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-V...28HDR%2529.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3...8+17.24.22.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Z...8+17.29.07.jpg

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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-D...8+17.47.26.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-d...8+17.39.17.jpg

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wow awesome build!.. This thing is way cool!

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JDH:

Want a source for some finer perf-metal? Look inside the door of any sh*tcanned microwave oven. Thats the only place I could find the really fine stuff. And I'm sure its steel, not aluminum (would be easier to cut if it was aluminum!)

I've got about 4 sheets of it, awaiting a chance/opportunity to cut it in strips, and have the edges bent up-&-down on either side so that they can be used as sand/traction-ramps. Three pieces would make quite a few... depending on which way they were cut.

And the build looks really great... only thing holding me back from a loader like this (or a Volvo articulated dumper) is my fear of hydraulics. Oh, and saving enough. Then again, the same savings could get me one of Peter Muller's Faun SLT2-50's 8x8 w/ heavy-transport trailer.

WhiteWolf

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Nice work it looks way better with the newer look.

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This thing looks sweet! I love the rear grill and counter weight!

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Lmack, thank you

White wolf, the perf steel is 18 ga and I don't have any problems bending or cutting it. Cutting it is a breeze being it has relief holes in straight lines. Anything thinner would be difficult to weld with my mig. Thanks for the suggestion tho.

Rctech, and RCP- thanks fellas. Havin a blast seeing it start to resemble what I hoped. I printed another grill with smaller horizontal bars which looks more scale and did the same to the drivers seat....

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You have done an excellent job of reproducing the model. I am the one who originally bought and assembled the model an it was much more work than what you have done putting it together and taking it apart and re assembling it again many times. The instructions are in German and the pictures are that detailed enough to use for putting it to gether. Keep up the great work it looks very nice. Ed

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Ed, Thank you. You had more time in building the kit than i do scratch building it?

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M...9+06.53.35.jpg

new grill

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-u...9+06.45.41.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8...9+10.20.47.jpg

Smaller seat in the cab

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-x...9+10.20.17.jpg

Building right side steps

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x...9+09.22.24.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-K...9+10.12.10.jpg

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Looks great Jason! Between your printing skills, with the detail parts, and your metal fab skills, there is nothing you can't do!

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Yes I dod have more time in building the loader than you do what with missing parts and German instructions and very little pictures to go by. I would have to assemble a piece and if it was wrong witch it was most of the time and reassemble until it was right that why some of the parts are broken and patched or replaced with angle aluminum, it was a nightmare. Ed

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This is becoming one of my favourites right now. Very fast progress to!

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Printed a few light buckets for the rear end. Lenses are from PMD. Also a cool pic of some chased threads on a wheel hub. Thats all for now.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-J...0+15.02.55.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-W...0+13.04.22.jpg

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Update-

Preping some parts for coating. Using a metal based body filler which works with powdercoating. Withstands the heat in the oven and is conductive for powder adhesion...Then I couldnt help but assemble some parts to get a look. Still a work in progress. Waiting on some parts for wiring, and a new S20 which got shorted out...:mad:


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v...5+10.31.19.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-j...5+10.40.56.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H...5+10.41.42.jpg

Assembly

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-a...5+15.34.07.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-v...5+16.14.46.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f...6+07.56.50.jpg

rear axle

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-h...6+18.21.57.jpg


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-u...7+14.36.52.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-G...7+14.32.52.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-z...7+14.34.14.jpg


The taillights are upside down as the set shown is for the other side.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-E...6+21.01.14.jpg

Printed the mirrors and dash. Lexan came out nice.


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-a...6+21.01.57.jpg

Really happy with the look. Now, if I can get it to run as good as it looks.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-C...7+14.36.19.jpg

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Wow !!!!! I like the transformation!
Cheers, Neil.

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What a machine you made here buddy :drool:. It is simply Epic!! Congratulations on a job well done!

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Awsome.....simply awsome.. This is really a nice jobb.
Almost scratch built.:jaw:

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That looks great! Now you gotta make a new bucket so that those screw heads are gone. Can't wait to see it in action. You shouldn't have a traction issue now with all that added weight.

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Jason, my jaw hit the floor when I checked the updates to your thread on my phone. How much better the view is on my laptop. All I can say is wow! You've definitely overhauled this WA500, and turned it into a masterpiece. It looks a lot like the Fumotec WA500 now. Very cool.

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Great job, get it dirty.

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Thanks fellas, I've still got some work to do, mostly wiring for the lights and going to make a few more detail parts before I can get it dirty. Ill be sure to post some video when its rolling.

Nate, thanks! I hadn't looked at the Fumotec loader in a while.. Ill have to see that and compare now. I was basing my build off a few 1:1 pics of a wa 500-6. I'm sorta at a stand still now due to the s20 burning out. While i was trying to organize the rat nest that is the wiring, the previously poor soldering of the deans battery connector caused a lead to short and then emit the infamous blue smoke from the esc which is never good. Its done...I've had an s20 on order now for maybe 3 months from ric for my w900. hopefully that's coming in soon so I can proceed.

RCP thanks, the weight difference from stock to now is night and day. Didn't get a weight but as it sits now its all of 35 lbs I'm guessing.

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Amazing build here.This build is top notch. It looks like you have done this a before. Chop cut rebuild.

Ed

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Oz, Thank you!

Ed, Thank you, Chop, cut , rebuild...I like that. First time building anything of this detail.

Need to make a correction. I over estimated the weight of the machine. Dry weight is 23 lbs.

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Btt.. :rolleyes:


https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/an...=w1398-h857-no

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZI...=w1338-h969-no

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Looks great!

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Looks fantastic!! Did you not end up selling her a few months back? Any videos? Thanks!

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What a transformation! Well done! :)

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Thank you!

I did end up holding on to it as you see and did a bit more finishing work
on it. Glad I did because I needed to post some final shots to end the build thread.

Working out a few bugs now, will be sure to post some video when it's running.

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Hey the work you done is absolute top class. love it and don't you dare selling that baby.

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Thank you, Ya know the more details I finish, the cooler it gets, and less chance I'd let it go. ;).

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ALMOST......Close enough in my book to be scratch built.

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A truly awesome job you've done with this build, sir.

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Thank you