Caterpillar 990H - 1:14.5

[Doggy]

Wow, great project, I am thinking about starting to design my loader too. Your tire looks great. Is it soft or hard rubber?
Also, love the planetary setup on the hubs. Do you have a solution for this? Will you buy small gears or build them all?

[AbelVincze]

Originally Posted by Doggy

Wow, great project, I am thinking about starting to design my loader too. Your tire looks great. Is it soft or hard rubber?
Also, love the planetary setup on the hubs. Do you have a solution for this? Will you buy small gears or build them all?

Thanks. The tires are made from soft Polyurethan (not as soft as you may think). The gears will be produced for order, as the whole drivetrain.

The tires are almost all done, i will post a few pics soon.

[Rvjimd]

Are the tires cast in one part or two? Two, then glued together?

Looks very nice!

[AbelVincze]

They are cast in one part.

[550166681]

Can I buy your plan?

[AbelVincze]

Hi, i know there wasn't any update since a while, but this project is still active. I have worked too much with the plans to sell it now.

[Zahrma2o]

hi,,
can you please give us the drawing???or sell it??pleaseeee.
abo.omar.s.m@gmail.com

[Lmackattack]

LOL^

[AbelVincze]

Originally Posted by Zahrma2o

hi,,
can you please give us the drawing???or sell it??pleaseeee.
abo.omar.s.m@gmail.com

Thanks for your interest, but as i mentionned before, the project is still alive, and in progress. I do not want to sell it, i have too much work in it, do give it away. If everything is going well, this year finally i will be able to start building it.

[AbelVincze]

The tires are done since a while, but i didn't posted it yet, as i think they are not good enough, but at least i will have something to use when building the chassis.

[doodlebug]

Originally Posted by AbelVincze

The tires are done since a while, but i didn't posted it yet, as i think they are not good enough, but at least i will have something to use when building the chassis.

Don’t beat yourself up! The tires look great! They won’t stay pristine in the dirt.
Cheers, Neil.

[AbelVincze]

Originally Posted by doodlebug

Don’t beat yourself up! The tires look great! They won’t stay pristine in the dirt.
Cheers, Neil.

Thanks i like the look too, but while i cleaned the tires, i find out that the tire's two sides can be separated by force. It seems they wasn't molded correctly.

[AbelVincze]

Hi All! There wasn't any update since a long time, but now finally i have my first CNC machined metal parts done:

[Jared]

I was trying to figure out how the lock ring on the rim works because I couldn't see any retainers or split in it to allow it to come off. Then I realized the rims are two halves sharing the planetary bolts. It looks great!

[Lil Giants]

Great to see you're still trying to make this model a reality, great progress so far.

Your written english is very good, there's been nothing not understood.

[skeeter]

FANTASTIC build project! Your English is fine, I get what you're trying to convey.