The left & right outside arms looking from the bottom.

The small holes in P20 & P21 need to be drilled out.

This should be obvious they only fit one way.





That's all for now.
Donald

a million thanks for your building report. I am waiting for you to finish before I am willing to start on mine . I knew that this section would be the real difficult one .
good luck gb

Here's one of the critical building areas.
First off if you follow the instructions exactly, you are in for a lot of head aches.
They are only good for showing approximatly where the parts go.

The following is how I did it.

There's not much to fasten the parts that go on the ends of the arms together. I glued a small piece of strip slightly larger than the arms to the ens pieces then installed them on the arms and glued them at the strip piece as shown.

ive just done this. it does not matter whether this part is movable. once the dozer blade is affixed it will be in a fixed position.

basically i glue this two part to the main spine of the dozer blade and affixed them to the hole,

kenneth

I will get to that shortly

Make shure you have the small parts as shown.

I am building the mount first , then I'll add the plow parts.
Here is the back of the mount .

The Front, I installed the parts as shown.

I didn't glue the end parts yet, that'l be glued once the plow parts are installed.

Here's the top view.


And the Bottom.


That's all for now.
Donald

I have the Left & Right Blades finished except for the Bar Railing that goes on top. I'll work on that after I get these installed on the arms.

There's a screw up in the instructions , they have Braces # N5 for both sides. #N5 only goes on the left Blade, the Right Blade uses #N4.


I glued parts P8 P10 & P35 for the right blade together first, using the braces to get the angles right. Then added the braces.

That's all for today.
Donald

It looks nice Yes?







I'm Sorry Guys, but I'm not going to be finishing this build.
Either I screwed up big time or there's something really wrong with this kit.
Donald

That kinda sucks. Wonder what happened. Sure hate to see you give up on this.

Bummer. I was looking forward to your directions to help me through mine. Sorry it didn't work out. We still appreciate your sharing everything good, and bad, with all of us who have been following the build.

Americans really do seem to struggle with metric measurements

A real shame to have progressed so far. Can you mount it on a base 7mm high so the plough assembly will then sit flat?

Gary

I suspect that glueing all the moveable joints before it was fitted to the vehicle may have had a lot to do with it.

What if you soften the joints with some glue and try to set the dozer on the right level?

Was the length of the suspension arms ajustable?



from the looks of it, if you shorten them a little you might be able to correct the position of the dozer.

Hope you resolve this issue and thank you for sharing your work.

Surely it the three forward 'skids' that are the culprits? The plough itself looks like it might be OK as it is raised up off the ground already.

Well you made it to the end congrats . Take a day off, walk away and get your mind off it. It looks fantastic, how about trying to take the unit off the tank body and realign it anew . I know it was a difficult just by looking at the instructions and difficult to explain the built by the manufacturer, more drawings maybe ??

I have to agree with the others. You should be able to soften up the connection points and adjust the height of the three arms though.

I always enjoy following your builds, they are so informative with plenty of pics and helpful hints. Keep up the GREAT work helping us other builders negotiate the pitfalls of these kits!

When I built the DEF conversion, I drilled and pinned the main arm joints as well as the skid arms and whatever else I could. Not only for positioning but for disassembly for painting/weathering. Looks like this kit might benefit from the same treatment.

Jim

Sorry to hear about the issue! Hopefully a bit of time away from it might soften the disdain for it. It sure looks like a lot of work to make it fit and look good and your work is great!

Tim

First, thanks for all the postings Donald. Hope you don't give up on the build yet. I am sure you can fix it.

Hey Guys I'm back.
After a lot of thinking and examining I have found that RFM screwed up,
The Braces parts # N36 and assemblies H42-H51 & H48-H52 are too long.
O the 2 # N36 I removed about 2 to 3 mm fron the center and glued it back together. On the H42-H51 & H48-H52 assemblies I removed 2 to 3 mm. from the extension shaft .
You really have to do the N36 parts if you don't you will not be able to raise the plow.



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