an old D8 cable blade

[dptydawg]

These are some pictures of the conversion I did of the AMT D8H kit. It has been back-dated to about 1958. The engine is naturally aspirated with a gasoline powered pup starter motor.
The blade has been converted to a type 8 angling cable lifted blade. The winch was scratch built.









I was fortunate enough to pick up 2nd place in Heavy Commercial at both the London IPMS and the Toronto Megacity shows for this model
Thanks for looking
Carl

[crashalot2]

That old cat looks good . I know a man that has one like that , only thing is his has no paint left on it.

[signature600]

Now that is a great looking machine, love the detail and weathering, and such a great idea to rewind the clock and build something a little earlier than the kit was, Great Job

Tony

[Rustycab]

That is one sharp Dozer- Very nice work!

[dptydawg]

Thanks Guys
Dan ...I used the kit track but I shaved about 2mm off of each grouser plate. I used a dremell witha milling bit that looks like a saw blade. They still look out of scale but not quite as bad as the original
Here's a shot of the winch before it got mounted on the dozer

Thanks
Carl

[DoubleBarrel]

Great work on the conversion and the weathering. It has been many years since I have seen a cable blade dozer thanks for posting..............

[phoneguy]

Carl--I must say you did a great job on the dozer.

[roadtrain]

Hey Carl, top build son, I love the winch, is it one you made??? every time i look at it i find something different, well done
Alan

[dptydawg]

Thanks agian guys

Alan,
The winch is scratch built mostly from stuff in the parts box. Here is a exploded view picture I did up during the build phase. It sort of shows were the bits came from.

If I had been a little sharper I would have extended the axle through the hub so that I could adjust the cable tension without having to reach inside the drum with a dental pick.


This is a shot of the pup starter motor and the main engine block

This dozer was probably the most challenging model I built. A large portion of the build time was devoted to researching the subject. It is apart of the hobby that I enjoy doing. Time well wasted.
Thanks
Carl

[dptydawg]

And here is a shot of the blade conversion in the early phase on construction.

The yellow plastic is from the amt while the white stuff hs been added. It is mostly Evergreen sheet and rod
Thanks
Carl

[phoneguy]

thanks for the breakdown. very interesting indeed.

[b s express]

AWESOME BUILD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! VERY CREATIVE.

[Oliver]

Looks great. On a tipper meeting here in Germany there is every year an old Caterpillar like your model. It sounds like hell and if he´s driving, you think an earthquake is coming.

Look at my albums: www.arcor.de/palb/thumbs_public.jsp?albumID=3433983&pageNr=2 picture 15 > 18

and

www.arcor.de/palb/thumbs_public.jsp?albumID=3804296 pictures 7 > 11

[dptydawg]

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

Oliver ,
Those are great photos. That old Cat looks like it may have done some time with the military. What a great study for weathering it is. Thanks for sharing. Those shows where the old boys play with their old toys are lots of fun. We have a couple here every year when we get to see, hear and smell the old iron in action.

Eventually I plan to have this D8 in a diorama with a Bantam swing shovel and a scratch built gravel crusher. As it progress over the winter I will post some more pics. Here is a shot of the bantam. It is a spec cast diecst that I have weathered and added an operator. I relaced the cables with braided fishing line.

thanks for looking
Carl

[ssgkh]

WOW a amazing job. Great work.