He is at it again! 1:50 Dozer Conversion

[SmallHaul]

Jim, your 1/16 conversion runs nice. Nice job.

On my cable excavator i had to "sharpen" the cups between each tooth so that basically just about a knife blades width actually touches the tracks so that dirt doesn't bind it up.

[Rvjimd]

Scott,

Ya, I remember you telling me that about the cog wheels, I'm probably going to try that at some point.

Rcp, the machine is made by SpecCast. Is is labeled as 1/16 scale, Oliver OC-12 crawler with blade. They make a version without the blade for about $5 less. That one comes with an umbrella.

Here is a picture of the SECOND one I just bought today along with a few build pictures I took.

http://youtu.be/zWuuw7ka4qE

Jim

[SmallHaul]

Here is a nice small forward & reverse esc:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ESC-20A-Brus...3255a6&vxp=mtr

[Rvjimd]

Scott,

Do you have a pic of the knife edge on the cog wheels? When I read the last post, I made me pause. I would have shaved off the points? Now I'm confused...

Jim

[Rvjimd]

Got the blade control working. I'm happy with the overall function of blade and tracks. I need to see if I can find some metal crown gears to use in place of the plastic slot.it crowns, they are not going to take the abuse.

And I need an operator! Are there 1:16 scale figures that would work for me as an operator? Would I find something like that at walmart or a toy store?

http://youtu.be/JG2plmeSXEo

Jim

[SmallHaul]

It runs great Jim, good job.

Bruder people are 1/16 and look ok.

i tried to take pictures of the drive sprocket teeth last night and it just doesn't show how i modified them.

Give me a call today and i'll try to explain it better on the phone.