Caterpillar D7 Armoured Bulldozer

[matt77]

It is not the same thing, but may be of interest: Russian DT-75M Tractor



link: ???????? ??-75M / DT-75M tractors

bye matt77

[charleswlkr54]

see kazings's post on page one

[nebeltex]

This is on our list of "things to do". So far though, few have expressed an interest in it..... at least in comparison to other subjects.

[jaffro]

Originally Posted by kentyler

? what's the url

Here's a link to a D9 that looks like a D7 on 3D warehouse, if you search "caterpillar D9" a few more will come up but there's nothing there for a D7

I did find an Israeli D9 though so I'm tempted to try unfolding it in sketchup

Caterpillar D9 Bulldozer by SKΣTCHUP CUЙTY SHΣЯIFF - 3D Warehouse

[matt77]

Originally Posted by jaffro

Here's a link to a D9 that looks like a D7 on 3D warehouse, if you search "caterpillar D9" a few more will come up but there's nothing there for a D7

I did find an Israeli D9 though so I'm tempted to try unfolding it in sketchup

Caterpillar D9 Bulldozer by SKΣTCHUP CUЙTY SHΣЯIFF - 3D Warehouse

I had found it two days ago, armoured bulldozer: Armoured Bulldozer by Nuk3r - 3D Warehouse

bye matt77

[Perry]

I'm glad to hear that someone is already at work with this model. I have not such abilities to create a 1:25 model so better to leave it to the experts :D

Anyway I'm still interested in this subject so, probably, I'll try to design a smaller version. I've just downloaded sketch up and found a way to extract 2D "3-views" from the 3D model.

Also thank you all for the various links (e un grazie in italiano a matt77 ).
Did you find some photos of a particular unit model that you like most? Up to now I think I'll add at least a D-Day version and a John Wayne's one (If it's a D7 in the movie, need to check).


PS: I don't think to start it very soon cause now I'm in a "64-wheels madness" to finish my M29 weasel, then instructions etc. Maybe 1-2 weeks XD
PPS: sorry for picture quality, it's 2 o'clock in Italy

[Kazziga]

Perry, smaller version sounds great! D-Day one would be perfectly OK, IMHO.

The "Smoky" looks interesting, but it's not a D-7 or at least looks quite different.
[TMP] "Armored bulldozer Saipan" Topic

[kentyler]

the plans have not arrived yet,
but i've started thinking about the problem of the tracks

here is a place where scale matters

i have one scheme for "small" scales...which is to have the track links be a single band of paper with pieces glued on the top to represent the part of the link that goes up and over the next track

for this kind of tracks the bottom of the links, the part that the track pins go thru, will just be 2 strips, cut to the shape of the tracks

(there is probably an even simpler version... where the whole track is a single shape with all the detail printed on, maybe for 144)

you can see (maybe) my freehand drawing below

the next level "up" of detail would be to have separate links... the links would be glued onto a strip of thin paper that would join them together but that would not be visible when the tracks are finished

on that paper a series of wooden (or paper) pins would be glued at the correct intervals to represent the track pins

the sides of the links would then be glue onto the pins (rather than gluing the sides to the tracks and then linking the track together with the pins) after the track was mounted on the boogies

the last version would assemble the tracks the way they are on the real tractor, gluing them together on a jig and assembling the track with the track pins

this approach should be better for the folks to don't get a thrill from assembling a whole tray of little parts and for the smaller scales

[jaffro]

I've never done anything with tracks before but having planned to take on a tracked excavator in the very near future I'll be watching this part of your design process very keenly. Looks like some good ideas there.

[Don Boose]

And all of these vehicles are consistent with the theme of this year's International Paper Modelers' Convention in Sterling, Virginia, USA:
*2013* International Paper Modelers' Convention in Sterling VA

Don