My Mruder (bruder cat320 something look alike)

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Finished the turntable, mounted the motors. I feel i nailed the speed and torque this time around.

Added a reinforcement plate to eliminate any main floor twist during stress on the carriage

Redid the mount on the body section. I decided i needed to simplify the way to separate the 2 halves since it was a complete nightmare when i went to pull and reattach last night. Too much weight, too many hoses in the way etc. Now the whole gear and shaft pull out.

In my quest of making this serviceable, i noticed i will have to rip off vario and make a riser plate for the hydraulics on top of the floor. this way i can remove that instead of going under the body and unscrewing each component.

Still deciding on what method to use to make the hoses detachable from the block. those quick disconnects at 8 euro each i dont really trust. looks like leaks waiting to happen. might just go with the hose couplers; those dont have the sharp barbs so you can pull the hose off them easily.

ordered a few liters of oil and some other stuff the other day. atop of my tracks still being in the mail. german post is taking their time after breaking all records and getting here in 4 days the other time.

might also be a good time to order my premacon wide bucket. they say 2 weeks lead time but i dont know if i want to trust that.. also if anybody knows of better options let me know. im new to the whole contruction thing so my sources are limited.

now that i have it all apart i can do some painting on those parts i didnt get to before and then photos.

i started on the body panels but scrapped that as im still changing the height. i thought of making it out of metal, and even bought some parts but... i dont know. i'll probably just stick to styrene. i doubt i have the desire to drag that out any longer. already put my other toys on hold and with summer coming fast down here, i need my offroaders working.