4200xl into a Hitachi 870 Excavator

[Downstairs Digger]

Hi everyone I am excited to share my new build with everyone!! I am new so bear with me as I get all the pictures posted. First off I want to thank a user on this forum If someone knows who I'm talking about please let me know (all I can remember is he converted his 4200xl into a Hitachi and also owned a KAT from China). I cant seem to find his build thread but I would like to give him credit for inspiring me to do this build! I converted a 4200xl into a Hitachi 870 and it has been the most fun I have ever had! Here are also some videos of my excavator running. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8dq1Sq25-z8Gkd7JYkSK2w?view_as=subscriber

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[skeeter]

Ilike what you've done to the machine!

[liftmys10]

Super! Great work! What is that in approx scale now?

[Downstairs Digger]

Its now approximately 1/16 the tracks and boom are a tad bit off but I plan on changing them some time in the future.

[TheBennyB]

Fantastic work! Very impressive.

[Downstairs Digger]

WOW looks like I got nailed by photo bucket :mad: I will try and re upload the album.

Edit: Fixed it :)

[Hofabooz]

Hi

Great work :):)
I like what you have done to your machine looks great.

[Northern Farmer]

Nice job on converting the excavator. I think your talking about Andy, here’s his company http://rctruckandconstruction.com/showthread.php?t=9415

[markturbo]

That turned out great.

[Downstairs Digger]

Yes!!!! That's Him! Thank you for finding this.:)

[Downstairs Digger]

A few decals
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my current setup
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[liftmys10]

That's what this hobby is all about. Great work!!!

[bigpipespete]

That was nicely done , what would that machine weigh now ?

[Downstairs Digger]

That was nicely done , what would that machine weigh now ?

maybe 5lbs surprisingly it wasn't as much as I thought