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Old 01-11-2018, 01:23 PM
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Hi everyone I am excited to share my new build with everyone!! I am new so bear with me as I get all the pictures posted. First off I want to thank a user on this forum If someone knows who I'm talking about please let me know (all I can remember is he converted his 4200xl into a Hitachi and also owned a KAT from China). I cant seem to find his build thread but I would like to give him credit for inspiring me to do this build! I converted a 4200xl into a Hitachi 870 and it has been the most fun I have ever had! Here are also some videos of my excavator running. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8d..._as=subscriber












































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Old 01-11-2018, 04:15 PM
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Ilike what you've done to the machine!
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Old 01-11-2018, 04:21 PM
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Super! Great work! What is that in approx scale now?
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Old 01-11-2018, 04:32 PM
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Its now approximately 1/16 the tracks and boom are a tad bit off but I plan on changing them some time in the future.
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Old 01-11-2018, 07:06 PM
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Fantastic work! Very impressive.
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Old 01-11-2018, 08:09 PM
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WOW looks like I got nailed by photo bucket I will try and re upload the album.

Edit: Fixed it

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Old 01-12-2018, 06:34 AM
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Hi

Great work
I like what you have done to your machine looks great.
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Old 01-12-2018, 08:33 AM
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Nice job on converting the excavator. I think your talking about Andy, here’s his company http://rctruckandconstruction.com/showthread.php?t=9415
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Old 01-14-2018, 06:02 PM
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That turned out great.
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Old 01-15-2018, 05:37 PM
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Yes!!!! That's Him! Thank you for finding this.

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Old 01-15-2018, 05:47 PM
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A few decals





my current setup

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Old 01-15-2018, 07:12 PM
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That's what this hobby is all about. Great work!!!
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Old 01-15-2018, 08:21 PM
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That was nicely done , what would that machine weigh now ?
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Old 01-16-2018, 05:06 PM
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That was nicely done , what would that machine weigh now ?
maybe 5lbs surprisingly it wasn't as much as I thought
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