Apparently, meng are already out of stock! Was listed at luckymodel but now it's gone until meng can re-supply luckymodel.

Try at Hobby Easy or Hobby Space

Cheers!

Marco

Pier...thank you!!

Marco has it right Matan...Hobby Space (I have had great service with them) and Lucky Model for starters!

A little follow up from a day or so ago...

I played around with a couple of light washes.



After the quick wash(s), a little dusting was in order...









Once a little weathering goes on and the walls start going up things start blending together nicely I think.



Still working on the masking for the windows here, but the walls should still be attached later on today. I plan on leaving the roof off for as long as I can. I have a nice little IDF stowage set coming where I want add an item or two plus some other eye candy maybe.



This shows how tight it gets with the walls in place. Obviously will get a lot darker with the lid, but things are still visible. The tinted glass will really make things pop in the end I think!!

As always, thanks for playing along!!!

Very nice work on the interior there, T.

Great Great Great!!!!can't wait to see the exterior!

Ciro

Thank you Bob and Ciro!! I might get lucky here today...not working and it look as if it will rain....Ohhhh Boi!! LOL!! Bench Time!!!

Nice job Todd! I landed at the interior painting part as well. it slows down my build as well

Thank Boris!! It may slow you down a bit but it sure is FUN!! LOL!! What a nice little interior to paint!! I poped the cover on with the windows in last night and with the hatches open you can still see all the goodies!! Good luck!!

OK, time for another little update! Finally getting 90% of the operator's station worked out I buttoned up the walls and began adding some of the add-on armor! Step 14 though 17 show the bulk parts as being:









These are all pretty much straight forward. There is one application of PE on a grab handle to the left of the door, the rest being small handles and such but these larger pieces make up the bulk of the exterior of the cabin.









These parts really start to bulk out the look of this beast. They also bring up the weight a bit too...things are noticeably heavier which is not a bad thing!!

Here is a shot with the roof installed. There is a nice snug fit here so I may of may not be leaving this one as an option...time will tell!



Moving forward, it is all about the running gear now! I cleaned up the rollers and idlers along with the elevated sprocket and bogies.



All of the wheel sections go together like a dream! As for the bogies, not too bad. I have seen some horror shows as this is one area that a lot of people have a problem with or get frustrated over due to the fit. I can only tell you what I observed and worked on. Yes, the connecting mold edge is a little less than desirable. Is it workable..Yes!

For the purposes of this debate, I have one sanded and one not sanded.



The not sanded is the one on the top in the picture. All I needed to do was take a course sanding stick and lay the stick flat along the adjoining pieces and clean them...that was pretty much it. Before hand there were some gaps but these were dure to cast of from the mold and are removed really easy.



The joint was not too bad after gluing as in the one on top again. A needle file and some fine grade sandpaper, it was done in a few minutes.

Please Note: In regards to the rollers, the installation instructions ask that the wheels and the two halves of the running gear go together at once!...LOL I did manage to do one this way. I would submit that you try the second way I went at this. I placed the two idlers, which do not get glued and then glued the two halves together. Then fit the rollers, also not glued, after the glue dries on the two halves. Put one post in and then slightly and gently bend the two sides out until the part slides in and locks into the corresponding inset. This method took about 3 minutes whereas the first took 15 to 20. Just food for thought!!



The elevated sprockets have a Poly-cap to be installed allowing full movement of this part when done....I really like the way these look!!



After these sections all came together I am still able to dry fit all of the larger components of this Dozer together and still be able to break it down for ease of painting later! So of course I needed to dry fit and I figured I would toss up a perspective shot. This is a figure I grabbed off the bench to show the collective size of this one!! This one keeps getting bigger and bigger!!



Off to fit some track I think and keep putting on some of the smaller peripheral items I neglected along the way...like handles, lights and what not!!

As always, thanks for dropping in!!

lookin good Todd
is there anything in the kit for the hydraulic hoses?
it looks like the fittings on the actuators are set up for some vinyl tubing,but I havent seen them mentioned anywhere.

I will be picking mine up next saturday

Hello Dylan!

Yes, there are two lengths of hose for the hydraulics and I can assume that there is enough for the job at hand. This is actually one of the upcoming jobs this weekend I think. I have been building to dismantle for painting so I wasn't in a rush! Will show how it goes!

Your catching up, and before long you'll be finished before I will with mine, not that I'm racing you. I got as far as geeing mine painted and then I end up have to do some other projects and having to do some drawings that I was asked to do. Hopefully I'll get back to it soon

LOL...your right there Vince, no race...just moving along when I can here! You will find the time to get back to yours. Small breaks are a good thing! I fit the tracks earlier and now I too am taking a break working on a smaller project I got going!!

Its good to take a break, Since I am disabled, I have all the time in the world to build, But I have to take a break and do other things so I don't burn myself out. I'm a volunteer for the Civil Air Patrol also and I've been working on our new meeting room that the local airport gave us. I also do alot of drawing and have been asked by people very high up in CAP to do some artwork for them.

Sounds like you don't have all the time in the world...busy busy!! Man of many talents and uses his time wisely!! Nothing wrong with that!!

Hey Todd,great work!!!!
just a question....are you going to study a good solution to mask all the windows?!this to avoid paint over the clear surfaces...if you would use the tinted one you can use the clear set as mask and the you can apply the tinted ones..if this is possible without gluing anything...

Ciro

Lots of progress since the last time I looked in... which wasn't that long ago. Building up a storm there, T.

Thanks Ciro! I was able to make some masks fairly easy. I think the picture below shows what I did all in one!

Bob, thank you!! Just trying to keep busy!!

Since Ciro asked about the masking, I shot a pic of what I did to maybe help someone else with this build and maybe another.

I too ordinary painters tape with the sticky side up, taped it down to my mat. I traced one of the loose fitting lower windows (knowing all the windows are the same size on this)onto a piece of styrene flat stock. I cut out the small template and stuck it to the tape. This works excellent because it holds the template and picks the piece up when I am done cutting. Using a sharp #11 I cut around the template and voila...insta-masks for the D9R!!



These fit like a charm I think.





As you can see, I fit the tracks last night and I am working my way around the tiny add-on pieces and then onto the blade!! Almost there!!

Oh...it's easy...I haven't the kit in my hand so I've thought that it was more tricky.I'm glad that a think like this can be done.Nice work!Can't wait to see the next steps!!!Great work Todd!!!Cheers

Ciro

LOL...sometimes the easiest approach does work the best...not always...but sometimes!!! Enjoy that kit when it get there!!!

Looking great Todd. I enjoyed this one coming together.

Outstanding work Brotha!

wooow tod great job so far on the site from
voyager more photo's from the slat armor

http://www.voyagermodel.com/productdetails.asp?itemid=PE35604

http://www.voyagermodel.com/productdetails.asp?itemid=PE35607

henk

ps have the american version also slat armor or only the idf version??????

henk