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MiniArt: D7 with Towing Winch
SgtRam
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 02:13 AM UTC
Some exciting news out of MiniArt has a U.S. tractor on the way with a towing winch.
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Hisham
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 02:29 AM UTC
Nice addition! Is this tractor strictly WW II?
Hisham
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Paulinsibculo
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 02:50 AM UTC
Yip. The first turned up in 1938.
Jmarles
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 04:28 AM UTC
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Nice addition! Is this tractor strictly WW II?
Hisham
Hisham, it would appear although perhaps not used by the army , it seems many mining, construction, logging and agricultural types used them for a long time after that - I even found a few still in service in as far away as Tasmania, clearing a forest and one guy in the midwest using it as a farm tractor!
HeavyArty
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 08:23 AM UTC
I am assuming that they will also do the dozer version as well.
I don't think so. The D7 in one version or another, continually updated, is still in use w/the US Army.
It looks like this basic version was also used in Vietnam. OliveDrab.com shows this pic with what looks like the same basic version in Vietnam.
The caption reads. "D-7 bulldozer working a borrow pit, Vietnam, 1960s."
Any thoughts?
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Is this tractor strictly WW II?
I don't think so. The D7 in one version or another, continually updated, is still in use w/the US Army.
It looks like this basic version was also used in Vietnam. OliveDrab.com shows this pic with what looks like the same basic version in Vietnam.
The caption reads. "D-7 bulldozer working a borrow pit, Vietnam, 1960s."
Any thoughts?
panamadan
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 09:28 AM UTC
panamadan
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 09:30 AM UTC
SSGToms
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 09:32 AM UTC
Buy one as soon as they come out before Caterpillar sends Miniart licensing fees and a cease and desist order!
I'm not joking, Caterpillar did it to Meng!
I'm not joking, Caterpillar did it to Meng!
panamadan
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 09:37 AM UTC
Frenchy
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 12:01 PM UTC
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Any thoughts ?
The WW2 variant was used in Vietnam indeed, but not by the US Army AFAIK.... Here's a D7 dozer belonging to the ROK Army in action there :
I have a 1968 TM for the US Army D7 and I can tell you it's a different beast
Here's a civilian 1968 D7 dozer (I guess the Army one is rather close):
H.P.
Jmarles
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 04:33 PM UTC
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Buy one as soon as they come out before Caterpillar sends Miniart licensing fees and a cease and desist order!
I'm not joking, Caterpillar did it to Meng!
Yep, Caterpillar/Finning have thousands of licensing deals and take unauthourized things pretty seriously - and one of the few large multinationals with the clout to do do something about it!
wildbill426
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 06:34 PM UTC
This is orgasmic. Count me in, at the front of the line.
panamadan
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 06:45 PM UTC
What did cat do to Meng?
Biggles2
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 08:04 PM UTC
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What did cat do to Meng?
"Meee-owwww"! Nothing like a good cat fight!
Firecap4
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 11:45 PM UTC
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Buy one as soon as they come out before Caterpillar sends Miniart licensing fees and a cease and desist order!
I'm not joking, Caterpillar did it to Meng!
Some of the large Class 1 railroads have been doing the same for model railroading subjects too; It would be interesting to see how it would shake out since the word "Caterpillar" isn't in the model description or replicated as a decal on the model itself...unless Cat claims that they have rights ( and they may have) to "D7".
ziggyfoos
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Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 11:50 PM UTC
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If the CAD images from MiniArt are what the kit will be molded as, then they will have "CATERPILLAR" molded on the side of the radiator housing as shown.
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It would be interesting to see how it would shake out since the word "Caterpillar" isn't in the model description or replicated as a decal on the model itself...unless Cat claims that they have rights ( and they may have) to "D7".
If the CAD images from MiniArt are what the kit will be molded as, then they will have "CATERPILLAR" molded on the side of the radiator housing as shown.
ropeynz
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Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 02:43 AM UTC
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If the CAD images from MiniArt are what the kit will be molded as, then they will have "CATERPILLAR" molded on the side of the radiator housing as shown.
Perhaps it will be a CATERPIUUAR in the mould, like a certain brand of tyres has been done?
SSGToms
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Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 05:00 AM UTC
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What did cat do to Meng?
The Meng Caterpillar D9 kits on the shelves now may be the last we see of this kit. Caterpillar forced them to stop production and pay liscensing fees on each kit sold; Meng said we ain't playin that game and they're fighting it out right now.
Beastmaster
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Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 11:15 AM UTC
Great stuff. We need more construction vehicles like scapers and dozers. I hope they do civilian dozer versions as well.
1stjaeger
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Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 12:28 PM UTC
Hi guys,
Tank Workshop has issued an 1/35 D7 dozer AFAIK. It is a resin kit if I remember well!
Cheers
Romain
Frenchy
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Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 03:48 PM UTC
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Hi guys,
Tank Workshop has issued an 1/35 D7 dozer AFAIK. It is a resin kit if I remember well!
Resicast had released one as well, but it's OOP now...
Maybe Mirror Models should start worrying about their own D7 kits release
H.P.
RobinNilsson
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Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 05:01 PM UTC
This is a caterpillar: yellow caterpillar
Probably copyrighted by: http://keithlevit.worldofstock.com/index.php?m=inquiry&show=9&sv=&cu=NIN1348
maybe Frenchy can find an image of a caterpillar-lawyer somewhere
/ Robin
Probably copyrighted by: http://keithlevit.worldofstock.com/index.php?m=inquiry&show=9&sv=&cu=NIN1348
maybe Frenchy can find an image of a caterpillar-lawyer somewhere
/ Robin
Beastmaster
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Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 11:38 PM UTC
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Hi guys,
Tank Workshop has issued an 1/35 D7 dozer AFAIK. It is a resin kit if I remember well!
Resicast had released one as well, but it's OOP now...
Maybe Mirror Models should start worrying about their own D7 kits release
H.P.
That's what I was thinking. It's nice to see this from Miniart but I'm surprised they didn't do a different model instead of another D7 seeing as Mirror are doing one.
Okpik031
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Posted: Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 06:19 AM UTC
Well for my two cents just drop the cat name off the mold and resume production Caterpillar isn't the only construction vehicle company out there. Deer makes loders and dozers along with other companys theres a japanese or korean company out there making some pretty huge equipment in the real world so why cant we have some nice modern engineering equipment in the scales we build in besides the few items out there in 1/25 scale. Its good advertisment for them anyway. Maybe with the low oil prices the cost of plastic will drop a bit also we can always hope. 
Hisham
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Posted: Monday, December 22, 2014 - 05:05 PM UTC
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