Metal Excavator - Magom HRC MG1.4

[Rvjimd]

Looks like fun and should be great fun when you get it running! Thanks for the pics!

Jim

[Digger_Bear]

Well rained tonight so no chance of any more painting :TD

But I did make some progress.

Put tracks back on the base



Installed a better slip ring





And here's the new along side the original slip ring



The excavator base attached to the track body.
At this point I decided to add some lock thread to the bolts holding it all together.



Reconnected the motors



Quick test of the wiring



And thats all for tonight.

[headers]

Good looking machine

[avel]

Hey, thanks for posting!
Magom has really upped their game since about a year ago.
I've completely forgotten about them.
They have a beefy looking hydraulics kit for the Carson LR634 crawler loader. I've been looking to upgrade the cylinders in my model.
That's a nice excavator! Thanks for sharing.

[Digger_Bear]

Originally Posted by avel

Hey, thanks for posting!
Magom has really upped their game since about a year ago.
I've completely forgotten about them.
They have a beefy looking hydraulics kit for the Carson LR634 crawler loader. I've been looking to upgrade the cylinders in my model.
That's a nice excavator! Thanks for sharing.

Agree looking on they Facebook page they have a lot of new toys in the pipeline. And the hydraulics seem to moved over to brushless motors and oil instead of antifreeze. The pump in the excavator kit is jung hr7 so i'm happy with that.

[Lil Giants]

hr7 - what is that in terms of ml/revolution?

[Digger_Bear]

Not certain. On the Premacon website the hr7 pump States 900ml per minute.

[daddycool75]

I hope this helps !!

http://www.magomhrc.com/en/hydraulic...ess-motor.html

[chris1210]

Wow nice, any updates on the build?

[Digger_Bear]

Originally Posted by chris1210

Wow nice, any updates on the build?

No didn't get chance to do any work on it over the week end. Need some decent weather to carry on painting the boom when that's done I can start to put back together and hook up the hydraulics.

[mcCracken15]

so by chance can you tell us where you purchased that nice slip ring from?

[Digger_Bear]

Originally Posted by mcCracken15

so by chance can you tell us where you purchased that nice slip ring from?

Bought here

http://www.dx.com/p/wind-turbine-6-w...4#.VdWRXH3i92Y

[Digger_Bear]

Started to put primer on other bits now



went back to the base and painted a bit orange





Added the vibration mounts to pump



Whilst waiting between paint coats, started setting up the electronics.

[mcCracken15]

thankx much appreciated. loving the colors to. i will be going to the local tractor dealer for hitachi orange! love it!

[Digger_Bear]

Originally Posted by mcCracken15

thankx much appreciated. loving the colors to. i will be going to the local tractor dealer for hitachi orange! love it!

Yeah its a lovely orange and heres some more

[chris deacon]

Out of a matter of interest. Did you get all the plastics in the kit too? Windows and interior??

[Digger_Bear]

No it was just the metal shell. Can buy the interior separately but I didn't see that until after I ordered. Going to have a go at making my own interior.

[Digger_Bear]

Tonight been doing more painting.

First I wet and dry the bits to remove some of the roughness etc, then assembled the boom and bits



Several more coats of paint



Next.

Made a bracket to hold the slip ring in position and help keep pipes and wires out of the slew gears



Added servos to the valve unit



Pump & valves secured to the base



Played around with internal setting out

[mcCracken15]

ive got a bit of a problem with mine cause i built it from scratch and i have alot of support brackets going threw the center which took up all of my space. right now i am debating on switching to m5 fittings from m3. my rc4wd valve is all m5 the rest of my stuff is m3.

[Scottyboy436]

What controller and reciever are you using as im looking at buying one ?
Is the quality good for being cheap compared to the other models out on the market ?