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Thank you for your friendly comments…

Hi Nathan,

the servo has standard-size with a torque of 88Ncm. Perhaps you can see it on the upper pics that the servo has no rigidly connection to the blade. The whole blade-equipment has a weight of 700gramms and it is "hanging on the servos". Therefore there is no down force of the blade with the servos. The idea is to save to servos when there are obstacles on the way…

…if it works on my mind, I will see later...

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

Absolutely great precision work, you are a talented man. I really like your cnc build also, did you build it from a plan, if so I would love to know where I can get a copy.
Thanks
Terry

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

Hi Terry,

unfortunately there is no plan I can give to you. I build the cnc by myself and I created the single parts fitting to my machines. The main parts (like Recirculating ball bearing guide and spindle) I bought in the internet. I think, in the internet you can find a lot of informations, how to build a cnc-router by yourself.

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

Thank you for the reply.
Terry

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

now I added some paint:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8149/7...f69c5a5e_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8026/7...e5889e5d_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7250/7...f009000c_b.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8008/7...06826980_b.jpg

the next parts are engine cover and the control stand…

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

WOW that looks better then any dicast replica or even a real one! That is a top notch build for sure!

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

Work of art right there. Very impressive.

J.D.

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

Wow such a beautiful piece of art there and looks extremely good with paint on it now.

Tyler

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

Wow, that is an awsome job!

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

Absolutly superb! A true masterpiece, Can't wait to see it finished!
Congrats and thanks to share :)

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

Hi

That just looks real.
Great work.
Thanks for Sharing.

Regards

Mark

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

very nice model, looks real!
likes the way to hide all motors and servos
a 5 star model!
Dan

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

First class! ;)

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Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

Outstanding build:D:D Can't wait to see it finished!

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

I just had to page through all of you posts today at lunch and remind myself what a great project you have accomplished. Keep up the excellent work!

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

This is definately one of my favorite builds. I really like the fact that it's all mechanical and still looks very scale. You can tell that a lot of thought went into making things work without using bulky parts that would take away from the final look of it.

Thanks for posting this build!

Reg

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

FFFFFFing amazeing! Just setting up your machine is a master piece and to build a show stopper piece of construction equipment is just outstanding!

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

Hi,

just a small update: the control-stand is nearly ready and I added a little weathering (I don't like really new machines :) ):


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8034/8...0f06753184.jpg


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8182/8...2e8929eb9d.jpg


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8037/8...32e2499f08.jpg


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8312/8...134077a16e.jpg

Re: 1/14 Grader Caterpillar 12F
 

You are truley an artist. This machine is amazing. So often you see people attempt weathering, but it is easy to tell it is fake. Yours looks perfect. I would love to see some photos of this model outside working. With the proper camera perspective you would not be able to tell this is a scale model. As always, videos are always appreciated.