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U.S. Tractor D7 “Tow Cat” by CDW - FINISHED - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
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To remove the small fragile parts from the sprue trees a razor saw as shown is an invaluable tool. Even then some breakage may occur. -
U.S. Tractor D7 “Tow Cat” by CDW - FINISHED - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
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I reduce Mr Surfacer at a ratio of approximately 3 parts levelling thinner to 1 part paint. -
U.S. Tractor D7 “Tow Cat” by CDW - FINISHED - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
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A model like this one has so much detail, assembling and painting it in subassemblies is a necessity. Otherwise I could not get paint on the subject. In this case I am using a very well reduced Mr Surfacer dark primer that will be covered in a Caterpillar yellow in the end. The primer is highly reduced to prevent the paint pigment from obliterating detail. -
U.S. Tractor D7 “Tow Cat” by CDW - FINISHED - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
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Did they have a side boom? This D7N would be the basis for a side boom scratch build if I had a good set of drawings to reference. -
U.S. Tractor D7 “Tow Cat” by CDW - FINISHED - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
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First page of instruction manual completed. Look closely and you might see some of those small parts. All were used in the assembly shown. -
U.S. Tractor D7 “Tow Cat” by CDW - FINISHED - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
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U.S. Tractor D7 “Tow Cat” by CDW - FINISHED - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
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Talk about some small parts… See part number c36 in instructions Here’s that part on the sprue with a #11 scalpel blade for reference. Where the part ends and the sprue gate begins is up to interpretation. -
U.S. Tractor D7 “Tow Cat” by CDW - FINISHED - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
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Before there were Caterpillar dozers, there were Belgian work horses. As a tribute to the men who mentored me and influenced my life, I intend to write a couple of short stories to go along with this build as for one, I need to write these things down while I can still recall them, and secondly as the building of this model has brought a flood of memories to my mind. -
U.S. Tractor D7 “Tow Cat” by CDW - FINISHED - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
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Dad gum spell checker doesn’t like “sprues” and changes it to spruce by default. Apple employs technocrats. 😊 -
U.S. Tractor D7 “Tow Cat” by CDW - FINISHED - MiniArt - 1:35 Scale
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MiniArt does a spectacular job on tooling the parts. Detail is astounding. It’s a shame that equal attention was not given to the sprue gates. The large size of the gates leaves a lot of difficult cleanup to do after the parts are removed from the spruces. The cleanup time required is considerable for most every part. Some parts so small, only the most precise tools should be used for removal and otherwise, broken and damaged parts can be guaranteed. It’s all good and a trade off for a finely tooled, seldom modeled subject. -
F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale
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I saw that too -
The biggest problem facing Ukraine is a decimated army with no replacements. Have you seen the video and photos of the older, middle-aged civilians they are putting out there to face the advancing Russian army? It's very sad to see. They have suffered heavy losses of their young men in this conflict.
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Next up is a Caterpillar D7N Tow Cat in glorious 1:35 scale. Reminds me of my younger days as a steel worker in West Virginia working gas and oil pipeline construction. We had more than a few of these machines around, used to sit as an anchor on top of a mountain while the “train” of equipment tethered to it hung tenuously on the side slopes of mountains while clearing rights-of-ways, digging ditches, and laying steel pipelines.
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I may add some streaking/staining on the side skirts, some small amounts of paint chipping overall, a few more detail painting areas such as the Uzi's, head and tail lamps, then give the overall model a flat clear coat and call this one done. Being as it is, I am about ready to move on to the next little project. Considering either something with wings or perhaps a "barn-find" for the next project. The barn find theme would allow for some interesting weathering experiments.
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P-51 "American Beauty" by Javlin - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/32
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Wow, that”s a real sharp-looking scheme. Great job Javlin! -
Now this is me just thinking out loud...there is no way the road wheel is mounted in any fashion on the battering ram as "a spare road wheel". it just doesn't make any sense to me given the fact a battering ram is meant to batter. The road wheel will get battered, too. I believe in a true combat situation where the battering ram was in use, the road wheel would be one that was probably already battered and not worthy as a spare and would provide some value as a battering tool. PS: I have not found a photo of an IDF Centurian (Sho't) carrying a spare road wheel. Don't think they carried spare road wheels. This further gives me the impression the road wheel on the battering ram if definitely not intended as a spare. However, I could be wrong. 😄
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