Miklos Bute shares with us pictures of his Caterpillar D7 from Mirror models in 1/35 scale.

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Amazing look like the real on

Excellent work.

That would have gotten my vote in last months contest. If I coulda voted.

Great build!

Excellent work!

Really nice job Miklos

Miklos, this is one of the best kits I have ever seen ! It looks like it's been on the job for years ! Great weathering and a real pleasure to see it built up as a civilian bulldozer.
Thank you for sharing with us. What's your next project ?

Tom

I think we need to reconsider voting... because it will be different from what the jury decides.

Miklos, your filth and decaying rust...is beautiful! Superb representation of a hard working CAT! I would like to know what products you used to weather this dozer?

Wow! Great build!

now that my dear friends is "weathering".

Great work Miklós!

Amazing work.

JOB WELL DONE ! ! !

Really nice.

Magnificent !! This requires a tutorial.

Hey Miklos
What a beauty! Hope you bring it to Randers in April. Just please don't enter the competition, because then we won't have a chance of winning
Jacob

I live in Upstate New York, about 12 miles from the Pennsylvania Border- Miklos' Cat D7's weathering is remarkably similar (and REALISTIC) to the kind of NORMAL weathering I see on the REAL Cats, John Deere Crawlers & Loaders, Excavators, Log Skidders, Internationals, Cases, Timberjacks, etc, in this "ice-box" of an area that I live in!

BTW, "Crawler" is actual John Deere terminology for a "Dozer"- I worked for a John Deere dealer that sold and serviced just about every kind of John Deere piece of machinery made during my tenure there, from the Autumn of 1986 to the Spring of 1993. I worked as Parts Manager, and Service Writer. Boy, did I learn A LOT!!! You'd be surprised how much technical knowledge I picked up from working so closely with the Mechanics in our shop!

We had several Master Mechanics, one of which was so GOOD at his trade that the Service and Engineering people at John Deere ( Columbus, Ottumwa, Des Moines, and Waterloo would call Donny to get technical information when they had problems that stumped everyone else! I could tell you stories! But back to the subject at hand-

You wouldn't BELIEVE how quickly the weather takes it's toll on Construction, Industrial, Logging and Farming Equipment in this area, and by the hard, every day-work that all of this varied machinery is subjected to! Miklos' careful attention to detail, and the weathering that has "taken place" on this Caterpillar D7, is OUTSTANDING!!!

Keep up the GREAT WORK!!!

PS- A side comment; This kind of weathering is entirely appropriate in a civilian environment that is subject to extremes in weather and rough usage by the Owner/Operators. Even in battle conditions, military vehicles seldom see this kind of weathering, except if they have been destroyed and have been lying derelict in a field or partially submerged in the Ocean for quite some time. No self-respecting Motor-Pool Sergeant would ever let his Equipment get this dirty or rusty!

Once Again- BEAUTIFULLY DONE!!!

Great work Miklos! Spent zillions of hours around equipment like this in the Greatland and I have to say you nailed it. Excellent work and done in the just right proportions in the right areas. Very tricky that but you pulled it off amazingly well.

Jim
LSA

All said. Kudos!

Does someone knows what yellow Caterpillar puts on their Dozer?

The paint chipping, lite rust and edge wear is amazing! Great Work!