Another big one, Matchbox Caterpillar DH8
1April 15, 2017This is a kit i first layed eyes on somewhere in the early 80's, and I wanted it! About 5 years ago I found it on ebay!
2April 15, 2017It always seemed a little intimidating to me, and turns out, it is. A less experienced builder would probably have a lot of trouble with it. Instructions are not always very clear on where to place parts.
3April 17, 2017Overall fit is ok, but very loose on the moving parts so far. Some figures (in early painting stages) for scale reference.
4April 17, 2017
5April 19, 2017The blade assembly. Very fiddly! I Drilled out the holes for the attachement of the blade to the arms and made some pins, since the kitpins where way to short.
6April 19, 2017Dry fitting
7April 19, 2017Some added detail.
8April 19, 2017
9April 19, 2017
10April 19, 2017Priming the cabine parts
11April 19, 2017I replaced all of the controlhandles with scratchbuild ones from steelwire
12April 19, 2017
13April 19, 2017More priming and dryfitting
14April 19, 2017Coming together very nicely!
15April 20, 2017The grill is a decal, which doesn't look very good. So I started to drill the holes. The first one allready went wrong!
16April 20, 2017So, rather than trying to drill almost 1200 holes in the right place I decided to replace it with some fine mesh.
17April 20, 2017I made a frame from plastic strip and card
18April 20, 2017The frame in place
19April 20, 2017And glued with the mesh. Will add some bolts later.
20April 20, 2017The grill primed and in place. Much better than that decal! The paint clogged up some of the holes, I'll deal with that later.
21April 20, 2017Tracks!
22April 21, 2017Not very high tech driver protection cage.
23April 21, 2017Some lights from the spare parts box, I think from a Revell Unimog
24April 21, 2017Wiring always works great for bringing a model to life, although I haven't got a clue af where they are supposed to go. I'm pretty technical, just not with engines. But hey, as long as it looks good...
25April 22, 2017The big hook contraption that goes on the back
26April 22, 2017Starting to look like a dozer. Tracks in black basecoat, not properly fitted yet.
27April 22, 2017The blade construction
28April 22, 2017Engine in early weathering stage
29April 22, 2017Subassemblies, still some oarts to paint yellow
30April 22, 2017Engine in early weathering stage, part 2
31April 23, 2017Started weathering and detailpainting this monster. Think i'll need at least a week for that.
32April 23, 2017It is going to look like it had a good couple of years hard labour. Lots of dirt, grime and rust.
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