MPE – 24M Motor Grader Build

[Espeefan]

Good to see this thread is still alive! It slipped through the cracks, and it had been so long since I posted in it, I wasn't even sure if this was a new build or one I had missed! Incredible is the best word I can come up with. The axles, the rear frame, the tires, the rims, the attention to detail! I think this is one of about 4 or 5 top builds on this forum! Seems you guys with CNC machines are all cranking out models of this top notch caliber! Makes me feel like throwing in the towel on my simple, modest builds. I feel like a 2nd grader, stacking blocks or something, compared to what you are doing! Truly amazing work. When the updates come, I'll be watching, and drooling!

Just had to note, you probably have more fasteners in just the axles and hubs then about two Tamiya King Hauler kits. Speaking of semi trucks, please, can you post more photos, or a build thread of your (Kenworth?) tri-axle truck, sitting in the background? It looks every bit as incredible! I'd love to see more of it.

[mpe]

Originally Posted by Espeefan

Good to see this thread is still alive! It slipped through the cracks, and it had been so long since I posted in it, I wasn't even sure if this was a new build or one I had missed! Incredible is the best word I can come up with. The axles, the rear frame, the tires, the rims, the attention to detail! I think this is one of about 4 or 5 top builds on this forum! Seems you guys with CNC machines are all cranking out models of this top notch caliber! Makes me feel like throwing in the towel on my simple, modest builds. I feel like a 2nd grader, stacking blocks or something, compared to what you are doing! Truly amazing work. When the updates come, I'll be watching, and drooling!

Just had to note, you probably have more fasteners in just the axles and hubs then about two Tamiya King Hauler kits. Speaking of semi trucks, please, can you post more photos, or a build thread of your (Kenworth?) tri-axle truck, sitting in the background? It looks every bit as incredible! I'd love to see more of it.

My apologies for the long delays on this build. There is a lot of work that is involved with this build from the design to the machining and everything else that falls in between. Dealing with vendors and machine shops - as we all know can be somewhat of a challenge at times... but besides all that just finding some time to be able to work on it would be nice!

Not to worry... this build is not dead. I will keep plugging away at it till I finish.

The semi is loosely based off of a peterbilt 365 daycab -another project that I have been working on in my free time. It still needs lots of work so at this point I am not ready to do a thread on the build but thanks for the compliments.