1/25 AMT Bulldozer **FINISHED**

I painted my dozers with "Old Cat Yellow" rather than "Cat Yellow" I'm not sure of the exact year they changed colours but I beleve it was after this kit represents. 

The kits with the lowbed trailer are the only ones with chrome trees. The individual reissues do not have any chrome parts.

Keyserj

The re release of the amt dozer kit has been on my to do list for quite some time now but finally I have started it.

 

First thing right off the bat is the parts on the sprue are not numbered so I am gonna have to go slow and double check that the parts match up with the instructions. The kit itself has gone together pretty well so far. Only complaint I have is the torsion bar and blade arm assembly is very complicated to glue together.

 

Not sure if this is very important,but I have the exact same cutting mat.Got mine from Hobby Lobbby.

Keyserj

Don: Glad to have you aboard.

Sauron: The Cat yellow paint was exactly what I was going to use for this. Thanks also for the help with the part numbers and advice on striping the chrome. I ended up just hitting the chrome parts with some rattle can primer and it went on well.

Jeff: Good to hear the kit is a lot of fun. I needed a bit of a break from military stuff.

Planning on doing some hydraulic lines for the blade hydraulics along with the ripper. Any advice on whether I should go with wire or if I should try to find some more vinyl tube like the one included in the kit?

 

Just get some black solid (not stranded) copper conductor wire for the hoses from your hardware store.  It will bend very easily and look like black hose.  I picked mine up at the AMT Christmas Walmart display in December.   Maybe Walmart will re-run it this year.

Hi John;

    Saw this earlier, but thought I would let it put on some meat before I responded. That is a great Kit when you get past the flaws. I went to whole route with that when it first hit the Mkt. years ago.Even so far as to use brass and aluminum tubing for the hydraulic equipment.

    The aluminum can be polished to a high shine and slid into the Primable-Paintable brass for all the hydraulic units on board. The larger ones can actually have a piece of twisted wire slipped inside to give resistance.

    I displayed mine( As dirty and filthy as one can get) mounted on a Low-Boy and Peterbilt Cab-Over tractor  as a prime mover. I took the whole thing and put two screws Hidden, of course so they would cause the trailer tires to flatten some and the trailer to bend a little from the Dozer's weight.

    Now that was fun. And I got all the dirt from right down the street from the Hobby Shop at the time!

Don: Glad to have you aboard.

Sauron: The Cat yellow paint was exactly what I was going to use for this. Thanks also for the help with the part numbers and advice on striping the chrome. I ended up just hitting the chrome parts with some rattle can primer and it went on well.

Jeff: Good to hear the kit is a lot of fun. I needed a bit of a break from military stuff.

Planning on doing some hydraulic lines for the blade hydraulics along with the ripper. Any advice on whether I should go with wire or if I should try to find some more vinyl tube like the one included in the kit?

Don Stauffer

I will be following this thread.  I see that kit every time I visit my local HL.

 

 

I noticed in the ad Sunday, even though the 40% coupon is gone, they had kits at 40% off.  Will probably show up every month or so.

I did mine last year and it went well but there are a few instances where having only two hands isn't enough. It's a fun build and great to have something construction related that isn't a military item.

Just finished mine about a month ago.  If you want the Cat yellow paint, look for Krylon Farm paint.  I used Super Clean to strip off the chrome but those parts have a clearcoat that you have to remove before the stripper will work.  I used Taniya air brush cleaner for that.  Lots of minor part fit issues, mold seams, and some guessing on the assembly order.  The part numbers for the sprues are on the bottom of the kit box for reference.  Good luck with your build.

I will be following this thread.  I see that kit every time I visit my local HL.

Endless weathering possibilities with this one.