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Looks Great!!!
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Fantastic work on that Demag, Janh. You turned an ordinary model into something special. Mike
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Great job, I think all models look better weathered
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jahn that customized Demag H55 was well done both details and weathering.
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Always loved the Demag H55.Possibly,my favourite excavator model,in my collection.Have since added ISM tracks,and a Liebherr 954b undercarriage.Just got to find a matching paint,and it will be finished.That looks great,with the added rails,and pipes.  What tracks did you use?
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Nice work. Weathering looks great!
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modelmaniac wrote:Always loved the Demag H55.Possibly,my favourite excavator model,in my collection.Have since added IMC tracks,and a Liebherr 954b undercarriage.Just got to find a matching paint,and it will be finished.That looks great,with the added rails,and pipes. What tracks did you use? Those are conrad 11mm double grouser tracks. The colour is RAL 1007.You can also take Revell yellow No. 310 
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Thought those tracks looked robust,like Conrad manufacturing.They look really good.Thanks for the RAL code.Now I have two reasons to get that particular yellow.It is the same yellow as IMC ballast trucks. 
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modelmaniac, when do we get to see your H55.
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Oh that's lovely! Bravo!
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janh wrote:custom fitted metal tracks,new hydraulic lines,new teeth on the bucket,front cab guard added,all new brass railings and plenty of details added ready for quarry work again  The model looks fantastic! I wish I had a fraction of your talent and patience. What tracks did you use? I see that you made some new idlers and drilled them so you could mount the tracks then tension them and put the axle pin in to hold them in place. I honestly cannot see how you covered the holes both inside and outside so seamlessly. Was it just filler material and then paint over it?
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Weserhutte wrote:
What tracks did you use? I see that you made some new idlers and drilled them so you could mount the tracks then tension them and put the axle pin in to hold them in place. I honestly cannot see how you covered the holes both inside and outside so seamlessly. Was it just filler material and then paint over it?
The idler is mounted inside a moveable frame.This is why you don´t see the pin.That frame does have a spring inside to keep the tracks under tension.Just like on any other modern excavator model with metal tracks.
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janh wrote:The idler is mounted inside a moveable frame.This is why you don´t see the pin.That frame does have a spring inside to keep the tracks under tension.Just like on any other modern excavator model with metal tracks. OK, thanks for the explanation. Very impressive!
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Very nice Build! Looks like it came right out of Pennsylvania
-Ethan Collection 8/2/2016For more of the Diorama and my collection: On Facebook or On YouTube
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Nice work, JANH, looks very realistic!! Max.
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Hi Jan,
I've just purchased a DEMAG H55 and your custom makes me curious. Just how did you do this trick with the track tensioners? I hope you have made any work in prgress photos. Same for the hydraulic piping.
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Max
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