Another big one, Matchbox Caterpillar DH8

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April 15, 2017
This is a kit i first layed eyes on somewhere in the early 80's, and I wanted it! About 5 years ago I found it on ebay!
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April 15, 2017
It always seemed a little intimidating to me, and turns out, it is. A less experienced builder would probably have a lot of trouble with it. Instructions are not always very clear on where to place parts.
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April 17, 2017
Overall fit is ok, but very loose on the moving parts so far. Some figures (in early painting stages) for scale reference.
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April 17, 2017
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April 19, 2017
The blade assembly. Very fiddly! I Drilled out the holes for the attachement of the blade to the arms and made some pins, since the kitpins where way to short.
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April 19, 2017
Dry fitting
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April 19, 2017
Some added detail.
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April 19, 2017
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April 19, 2017
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April 19, 2017
Priming the cabine parts
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April 19, 2017
I replaced all of the controlhandles with scratchbuild ones from steelwire
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April 19, 2017
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April 19, 2017
More priming and dryfitting
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April 19, 2017
Coming together very nicely!
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April 20, 2017
The grill is a decal, which doesn't look very good. So I started to drill the holes. The first one allready went wrong!
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April 20, 2017
So, rather than trying to drill almost 1200 holes in the right place I decided to replace it with some fine mesh.
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April 20, 2017
I made a frame from plastic strip and card
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April 20, 2017
The frame in place
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April 20, 2017
And glued with the mesh. Will add some bolts later.
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April 20, 2017
The grill primed and in place. Much better than that decal! The paint clogged up some of the holes, I'll deal with that later.
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April 20, 2017
Tracks!
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April 21, 2017
Not very high tech driver protection cage.
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April 21, 2017
Some lights from the spare parts box, I think from a Revell Unimog
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April 21, 2017
Wiring always works great for bringing a model to life, although I haven't got a clue af where they are supposed to go. I'm pretty technical, just not with engines. But hey, as long as it looks good...
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April 22, 2017
The big hook contraption that goes on the back
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April 22, 2017
Starting to look like a dozer. Tracks in black basecoat, not properly fitted yet.
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April 22, 2017
The blade construction
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April 22, 2017
Engine in early weathering stage
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April 22, 2017
Subassemblies, still some oarts to paint yellow
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April 22, 2017
Engine in early weathering stage, part 2
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April 23, 2017
Started weathering and detailpainting this monster. Think i'll need at least a week for that.
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April 23, 2017
It is going to look like it had a good couple of years hard labour. Lots of dirt, grime and rust.

Kommentit

15 April 2017, 18:26

Spanjaard
looking good, nice detail

19 April 2017, 04:31

Daan Baars
Thnx. The detail is ok, but outdated. All the bolts are too shallow and too small, and panel lines are all raised. So i'm rescribing and replacing some of them, which is a first for me.

19 April 2017, 08:07

Roger Pothier
Wow! I built it 30 yrs ago and will hopefully again soon. Great Job! I will be keeping an eye on this build. I work as a heavy duty tech and love to see these types of builds. Keep up the great work.

20 April 2017, 14:43

Daan Baars
Thnx, Roger!

20 April 2017, 15:15

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
When I was still a child (well I'm still one), I wanted to have just about all AMT kits and this one was one of them. I see the picture in the matchbox catalog still before my eyes.Very nice to see it building!👍👍

22 April 2017, 04:26

Daan Baars
Thnx Markus

22 April 2017, 08:11

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