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Ed Kapuscinski

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Cat D7s
« on: November 10, 2022, 01:19:57 PM »
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Just came across these. Some folks might be interested.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5598329
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5601450

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Re: Cat D7s
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2022, 02:16:31 PM »
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Very cool. This showed up on the Milwaukee Road Modelers Facebook page this morning.

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Re: Cat D7s
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2022, 02:46:30 PM »
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  Thanks Ed, I've been try to find a STL file for one of them for a few years.
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Re: Cat D7s
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2022, 03:44:24 PM »
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Thanks Ed, with a little bit of extras and some weathering, it will look good as a small lumber tractor.

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Re: Cat D7s
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2022, 04:40:50 PM »
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My pleasure!

I was busy trying to find funny inappropriate things to print in low-res and these got in my way. Figured someone should get some use out of the thing preventing me from finding the triceracocks.

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Re: Cat D7s
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2022, 05:34:07 PM »
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Got my own.  8)

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Re: Cat D7s
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2022, 02:11:15 PM »
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I could see a flatcar load of them on the WP&Y...

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Re: Cat D7s
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2022, 02:44:12 PM »
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 Scaled close to N scale.     Just off the printer



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Re: Cat D7s
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2022, 05:33:52 PM »
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Scaled close to N scale.     Just off the printer




What did you scale them too? The originals from the description are 1/100, but when I scaled them 62% they still look wrong.

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Re: Cat D7s
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2022, 06:37:26 PM »
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  I haven't measured any of them yet, so I don't know how close they are. These are scaled to 55% and they look very close.
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Re: Cat D7s
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2022, 06:43:44 PM »
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these would fill in rather well for my old D73T, closest would be the ones in the older photo, but only a nit picker could tell the differences, lol
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Re: Cat D7s
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2022, 06:44:30 PM »
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Dimensions Length: 162.25 inches 412 cm Width: 97 inches 246 cm Height (hood): 80 inches 203 cm Shiping weight: 24,330 lbs 11036 kg Ground clearance: 15.5 inches 39 cm Clearance (drawbar): 17.25 inches 43 cm Gauge: 74 inches 187 cm

Source: https://agro-specs.com/tractors/4842-caterpillar-d7.html

https://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/002/9/8/2980-caterpillar-d7-dimensions.html


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Re: Cat D7s
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2022, 11:51:50 PM »
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I was playing with this dozer and I made a small scaling error.  Ended up printing at 1/320 scale.




The little hook on the bottom printed just fine at that scale.  I broke the one track and the one platform corner when taking the supports off.  I need to be more careful with the next one.


And the holes in the draw bar printed as through holes too.


N scale D7 with "mini D"!


Every detail in the bigger one is right there on the smaller one.  This mini 8k is impressive.
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Re: Cat D7s
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2022, 12:00:50 AM »
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Use the mini as a yard sign for a construction company or heavy equipment sales company

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Re: Cat D7s
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2022, 07:59:49 AM »
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Or a roof sign...