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Forum: Construction Equipment 10-28-2025, 09:47 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,438
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 RC Tracked Conveyor

Great info Don.

I did experiment with building my own belt. I was never happy with it. I'm sure it's partially skill based. Also looked at gravity molding my own, but the required mold size is...
Forum: Construction Equipment 10-27-2025, 11:00 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,438
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 RC Tracked Conveyor

Screen machine has some cool stuff. Mobile Crusher is too ambition for me, but I'd love one. Same with the mobile shredder. Too cool.

Glueing on some ribs or scoops is exactly plan B. Hope I...
Forum: Construction Equipment 10-26-2025, 08:29 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,438
Posted By Blender
1:14 RC Tracked Conveyor

A couple years ago a local guy built a really nice trommel. Only issue is the feed is too tall for most machines to load on flat ground. This device will solve that. Will pull double duty as being...
Forum: Construction Equipment 10-26-2025, 07:24 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

Thanks Zabco. We operate at a slower pace around here.

Occurred to me i never uploaded a video, so here is a quick one. Color is a little washed out. Stickiness of the stick cylinder is...
Forum: General Discussion 10-26-2025, 12:04 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,297
Posted By Blender
Re: So are we still alive on this forum?

We always want more builds!
Forum: Construction Equipment 10-16-2025, 10:44 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

I'm calling the c308 pretty much done. Leaving the twitch and slightly sticky stick cylinder as is. Going to tidy up the wiring and get some paint on the last few parts.

Getting ready to start my...
Forum: Construction Equipment 10-14-2025, 11:14 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

Only thing behind the camera was a pit area. We had an urban driving experience: Heavy traffic, rough roads, tight corners. Accurately mimicked LA in 1:14 scale.

I skipped RC expo last year. It...
Forum: Construction Equipment 10-13-2025, 09:46 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

Show was fun but I only took one picture. Layout was very full. Many of us left some trucks out.

https://i.ibb.co/ZpM3zjtY/california-trucking-show-2025-2.jpg (https://ibb.co/DHRNfJs8)
Forum: Construction Equipment 09-28-2025, 10:17 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

Tried out a ferrite on the offending channel and the resulting channel. Did not improve. Swapped the motor caps for wherever else I had on hand. Might be a little better, but it's hard to tell. I do...
Forum: Construction Equipment 09-21-2025, 10:23 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

They are Fingertech TinyESC (https://www.fingertechrobotics.com/proddetail.php?prod=ft-tinyESCv3) from Canada. Super simple forward and reverse. No setup needed and very reliable. I get them from...
Forum: Construction Equipment 09-21-2025, 02:55 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

https://i.ibb.co/8nzDHFGS/cat-308-65.jpg (https://ibb.co/wZJNfD8x)
https://i.ibb.co/m58QFQPD/cat-308-61.jpg (https://ibb.co/zVJKHKtn)
https://i.ibb.co/WvTyYzBB/cat-308-62.jpg...
Forum: General Discussion 09-21-2025, 02:28 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,297
Posted By Blender
Re: So are we still alive on this forum?

There's a few of us here! I'm hopeful that people will trickle back as the site is stable. A great collection of knowledge and builds here
Forum: Central Plains Mini Truckers Club 09-06-2025, 07:28 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 8,116
Posted By Blender
Re: Warsaw IN Truck Meet

Lots of really nice trucks there. The mobile crane looks great as well.
Forum: Construction Equipment 09-03-2025, 09:38 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

The one here is 12MB. Pretty big, but OK. Ideally under 4MB and I'd consider 15MB an upper limit. Also depends on the image host you're using.
Forum: Construction Equipment 09-01-2025, 08:56 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

Also all my Sunday work was for nothing. The dual ESCs regularly go into calibrate mode and lose settings. Blink code doesn't match the instructions although I was able to reset one correctly. Not...
Forum: Construction Equipment 09-01-2025, 08:51 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

Record a video on my phone. Email/transfer to PC
Upload video clip to https://www.freeconvert.com/convert/video-to-gif and fiddle with settings until it looks ok and not a huge file.
Host on imgbb...
Forum: Construction Equipment 08-31-2025, 05:47 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

Thanks for the kind words.

Plumbed everything. New hardlines worked great. No leaks and I can tell the cylinders are a little faster.

Been dreading the electronics on this machine and the...
Forum: Construction Equipment 08-24-2025, 07:45 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

https://i.ibb.co/MDPrbzy8/cat-308-49.jpg (https://ibb.co/Z6c53QRH)
Rebuilt all the hard lines with thinner wall brass for better flow. Surprisingly the soldering iron did better work than the torch....
Forum: Construction Equipment 08-18-2025, 12:01 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 39,881
Posted By Blender
Re: TH407C Telehandler 1:14 scale

Thanks guys. I'm really happy with this machine. I've been slow to start painting since it's too much fun to play with.
Forum: Construction Equipment 08-17-2025, 06:38 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

Boom and stick are machined aluminum as two pieces each. Left and right are a press fit together with no external fasteners. Mostly hollow.
Forum: Construction Equipment 08-17-2025, 04:43 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
Re: 1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

https://i.ibb.co/gFtt0cdr/cat-308-41.jpg (https://ibb.co/x8zznrY2)

getting rid of the yellow paint took weeks. Livery will be Sunbelt Rentals to continue my theme. Boom bracket was rebuilt to...
Forum: Construction Equipment 08-17-2025, 04:28 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 8,152
Posted By Blender
1:14 BMG C308 Excavator improvements

Been eyeing the modest priced, poor performing excavators for years. Using just the shell has been my plan as an economical way to build an excavator without making every single part myself.

Last...
Forum: Construction Equipment 08-09-2025, 01:48 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 39,881
Posted By Blender
Re: TH407C Telehandler 1:14 scale

Progress dump one what I've accomplished while the site was down:

https://i.ibb.co/r2YvJMZF/progress-107.jpg (https://ibb.co/fdfQ7tCq)
https://i.ibb.co/dwhpbs5j/Progress-108.jpg...
Forum: General Discussion 08-09-2025, 01:21 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 75,788
Posted By Blender
Re: What happened?

Bumping this relevant thread.

We're back. I'll admit I was surprised to see the page load.
Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers 06-05-2025, 10:44 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 27,720
Posted By Blender
Re: ~1:12 Miller Century M100 Rotator wrecker

Very nice build. That is a lot of custom electronics. Is everything connectorized to get it reconnected in the right spot, or are most jumper wires that need to be correctly placed?
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