Scotties Miniart US Bulldozer

[scottie3158]

Time to start on this Miniart US Bulldozer a birthday gift from the Mrs.




On opening the box You are faced with a plastic bag containing 33 grey sprues, 1 clear, 1 small etch fret, 1 decal sheet and a length of rope. The detail is a little soft and there is a bit of flash here and there. Typically for Miniart there are a lot of small parts and given the sprue gates are bigger than the pieces cleaning up will not be fun.

On cutting the plastic it is very soft and is time consuming to clean up. The instructions have you building the engine first it is very detailed with some tiny parts to add. It has taken 47 parts to get this far which is only about half way.




Hope you can join me again and keep me on the straight and narrow.

Cheers
Scottie

 

[minitnkr]

Can't wait for the rigging, should be fun.

 

[scottie3158]

Can't wait for the rigging, should be fun.

Paul,
Looking forward to your input on this.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Absolutely not my kinda thing at all normally Scottie,....DAWG !!......
......These things just make me think of Farm machinery too much,(Don`t forget i`m from Devon!!)
.... HOWEVER ,as it`s you,(and i always like to see what you`re getting up to!!),i`ll be looking in along the way mate,
Andy

 

[scottie3158]

Absolutely not my kinda thing at all normally Scottie,....DAWG !!......
......These things just make me think of Farm machinery too much,(Don`t forget i`m from Devon!!)
.... HOWEVER ,as it`s you,(and i always like to see what you`re getting up to!!),i`ll be looking in along the way mate,
Andy

Andy, I know what you mean. It will be good to have you along hopefully I can keep the interest up.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Scottie
Typical MiniArt judging by your description. Built with care and patience I'm sure it will be a great model. I have no doubt this will be another Scottie masterpiece
Jim

 

[minitnkr]

Dual winch & elaborate pulley system allows for many pose opportunities.

 

[scottie3158]

Hi Scottie
Typical MiniArt judging by your description. Built with care and patience I'm sure it will be a great model. I have no doubt this will be another Scottie masterpiece
Jim

Jim,
I'm glad you have faith in me mate lol.

Dual winch & elaborate pulley system allows for many pose opportunities.

Very true but gotta get it built first.

 

[outrunner]

I built the Mirror Models version which looks very similar to that but does not have the cab roof, have fun mate!

Andy.

 

[Wookie2486]

Scottie I built another version of this bulldozer from mini art and the plastic snaps easily but good on Miniart I broke a couple of the thin pipes and they sent me replacements I will follow along if that's ok

 

[Lee Drennen]

I’m definitely in Scottie

 

[Allen Dewire]

WOW!!!....Paul's off and running again folks. That sure is a bunch of parts just for the start of the motor Buddy. Looks like you have your hands full this time. Eyes front and center for this one!!!..........

Prost
Allen

 

[outrunner]

Good stuff Paul, I have just started my US Crawler 60 and it also has about 70 parts for the engine which looks very much the same as yours. mine is made by Thunder Models and is perhaps a partial rebox?

Andy.

 

[scottie3158]

I built the Mirror Models version which looks very similar to that but does not have the cab roof, have fun mate!

Andy.

I built a Mirror models kit before their Diamond T wrecker that like this had a lot of un-necessary tiny parts.

Scottie I built another version of this bulldozer from mini art and the plastic snaps easily but good on Miniart I broke a couple of the thin pipes and they sent me replacements I will follow along if that's ok

Martyn, good to see you fella and your very welcome.

I’m definitely in Scottie

Chair saved for you mate.

WOW!!!....Paul's off and running again folks. That sure is a bunch of parts just for the start of the motor Buddy. Looks like you have your hands full this time. Eyes front and center for this one!!!..........

Prost
Allen

Allen, this will be a challenge for my sausage fingers. Not running on this one as the tiny parts need some serious clean up from the large sprue gates..

Good stuff Paul, I have just started my US Crawler 60 and it also has about 70 parts for the engine which looks very much the same as yours. mine is made by Thunder Models and is perhaps a partial rebox?

Andy.

Andy, are you going to blog it? I for one would love too see it. Not sure about the history I will have to have a look on scalemates.

 

[Mini Me]

Nice looking model Scottie.....appears to be a D7 Cat. I'll follow along if there are any seats left

 

[outrunner]

Andy, are you going to blog it? I for one would love too see it. Not sure about the history I will have to have a look on scalemates.

Yes Paul, I will post up shortly. Looking again at what I posted before I must have got confused as I meant to say my Mirror Models dozer is very similar to the one you are building. The one I am doing now is a Thunder Models US Crawler sixty which I think is the first crawler that was made under the Caterpillar name after the merger of Holt and CL Best.

Andy.

 

[scottie3158]

Nice looking model Scottie.....appears to be a D7 Cat. I'll follow along if there are any seats left

Yes mate I believe it is a D7. Always a seat for you mate.

 

[Mini Me]

Thanks Scottie......I'll cozy up next to Misters Eberle and Dewire and take my chances with Matron in case she shows up to calm these two down!

 

[Jakko]

appears to be a D7 Cat.

It is, the only tractors/bulldozers of this kind you can get in 1:35 are Caterpillar D7s, from a couple of different makes. Why they all picked the same one, I have no idea, but a D6 or D8 would be welcome

 

[minitnkr]

Even a D4 as I've seen pics of them at work removing rubble & being transported in the bed of an engineering Corbit.