Jeff

You can 'MILK' a horse????????????? Who knew

Awesome..... I told Cathy what I had done to you and she looked at me and rolled her eyes.... isn't temptation a bitch?

Cuz it's fun !?? Did you order one........................ or two??

Sprue Brothers, extra 20% off Miniart stuff this weekend... Civilian D7 ordered !!

Losing weight is highly over rated !

That's FAKE news !!

Has, there been a BITE taken out of that patty by the Mustard???

I am ashamed to say, I haven't got there yet.................... model building at Glacial Pace? ..LOL, good to know the types of paint you use, I can't even remember where or who told me about the enamel paints not actually drying on 3D stuff....... and that it could 'eat' it....... I hope they are wrong, because 3D stuff is so detailed and cool.....

SHIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is where Cathy and I were going to go just as this damn virus thing hit........................... aarrggghhhh !!!!

Carl, that's brilliant !

Thanks for that reminder Rob, I will see if the son in law has any papers, and will try that on my 'crawler' version of this same tractor being built here. I had forgotten you did that..... that would look good on Axeman's great build....

Geez................... keep that up and you will look like a Greyhound,................ All Balls and Bones !!!

HA ! I didn't even notice the seat !!! Yeah, I am the same way, and love old iron, and my back and my knees can tell you I do !! Yes, old classic iron is where it's at.... I am glad some model companies are making civvie stuff, just a nice light change , this build is really great.....

The Cat dozer is a beautiful kit....

Yeah............... that's the 'bright' yellow I was referring to, not at all like Cat Yellow of today, and as far as I am aware, Cat Yellow is a specific special mix, I know the guys at work tried and couldn't come up with it, and used School bus yellow, in which case they may as well have used chartreuse ! That Cat in the pic, is what I'm thinking of doing mine like..... great pic, thanks !

That could be, maybe using any and all old paint? That's interesting , Carl... certainly I bet it would have been lead based eh??

What paint and what yellow did you use..? And , Rob, back in the day, the yellow used on Cat's were actually quite 'yellow', I seem to recall that the 'Cat' yellow is rather somewhat 'new', by that I mean roughly the 1950's or so, BUT I could be VERY wrong, a fellow told me not long ago, some of the first Civvie Cats were in fact quite a bright yellow, as I said the same as you, I was certain the bright yellow was incorrect, but he said no it isn't, and I was pressed to find some pics, but all the pics out there are of faded paint....... but appeared to have been quite 'yellow'.................. someone Please correct me..... I was going to go with a brighter yellow too.......

HA ! You only broke TWO !!? wow, I have the original release of the "crawler" version, and the plastic is SO brittle, just looking at it the parts break............ it sat partly done in the pile for a LONG time, then every once it a while I get a wild hair and try to get it going again just to be frustrated with the shitty parts.......... so a little research, well actually a LOT of digging, and I found that the first issue of the Dozers, the military ones, and crawlers, had plastic that was sourced from Russia, and was very brittle and most unforgiving to any sort of handling........ so................. bear in mind I have had this kit a VERY long time.................. a quick email to Miniart as suggested by a fellow on another forum, made contact with Customer service at M/A, and communication was FANTASTIC, and I offered to BUY a couple new issue sprues, as the 'new' plastic is now sourced from Belgium, and is much more modeller friendly, and Ben from Customer Service, just wanted a pic of what I needed and of my kit, and he has sent me TWO replacement sprues FREE of charge and NO shipping costs !! Absolutely incredible customer service, and they have cemented me as a life time customer now for sure.... so the civilian D 7 is on my list as well as the fuel barrels and one or two other items..... Miniart, came through in SPADES ! I will follow this build with GREAT interest.............. so as you have only broken 2 pieces, I take it the plastic is very good, and it is a good time in the build? Jeff

Oh YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just can't believe Bev , left you on the loose..............

Now, THAT is cool..... I could even get my fat ass up there with that set up...... Wumm, cabovers ares till a big deal in Oz, I see, and I have never really heard why they went out of style here in Canada, and I have been around a LOT of trucks and drivers over the years and no on can answer that for us here in North America.... that door step is a slick idea, very cool !

Yes, Danny, according to my sources 8.3 litres, 506.5 cubic inches, 660foot pounds of torque, @1300 RPM and 250 horses...... I always wanted to operate my engines, when hauling at their peak torque and fuel efficiency , one can go PAST the peak torque range on a higher RPM thus making the engine less efficient, so it was sort of good to have a look at the specs.... I know guys used to run the trucks to the 'pin' and burn way more fuel than some of us other guys, and were always running hot in a different gear......

Man............... that 'wood' looks REAL, awesome results !