Hi Stefan!
Welcome here - I haven't seen the full CAD images before - cool
30 functions? Is that including light and sound?
I have "only" 16 in my grader.
Are you going to do a floating position of the main lift cylinders, too?
> MPE
> Why did you decide to build in 1:8 scale and why Stainless?
I can't claim to speak for Stefan, but 1:8 is fairly common in Germany and often considered to be the "premier league". (Larger than that, the scales start to become inconsistent.)
Stainless - why not? You get the necessary weight, no worries about rust and when the main chunk of your model is laser-cut, the price differential and machining woes are less of an issue.
Cheers
Jens