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Originally Posted by Rvjimd
Steve,
Is the scraper true scale of 1:25? In your pictures it looks pretty big. I always have a hard time with this because some diecast manufactures don't hold too tight to the scale and others do. Also, I just don't know most of the full scale equipment that well, so one dozer or crane or whatever may in full scale actually be huge compared to another of the same type, but designed for a different purpose.
Anyway, that scraper in 1:25 scale looks bigger than my 1:16 dozer? I guess I should go take some measurements of my dozer, and then find the actual dimensions of the 1:1 and see how it stacks up?
Jim
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A DW20 was a big machine in it's day.
Yes, It's 1/25th scale I measured it and it is; 21-5/8 long push block to grill guard. 5-3/4'' widest part of scraper, 4-1/2'' tall at goose neck,
Wheel center line on tractor; 2-5/16'' big tires; 3-1/8'' h x 1-3/16'' w
Front tires;2''h x 5/8''w
You can get an idea just how big it is. The OC12 is about a Cat D4 in size comparison.
Once you master that Oliver You should try to convert some of these CAT models. The ACMOC club has tons of these sitting on their shelves so I doubt they will be worth any large amount of $$ in the future due to lack of sales. So cutting one up won't be such a bad idea. One of their D9 models would look pretty cool push loading the DW20 with the right mix of dirt to work in.