A little progress
I have never built a bulldozer and am finding this a little complicated.
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I already made an error in adding the brackets to the back of the dozer blade instead of attaching them only to the main side arms so I’ll have to develop workarounds to add the remaining parts. Also I saw a pic of a finished build that tipped forward as the ripper was set too low. I plan to try and adjust the height so that the tracks rest flat on the ground
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Looks really good.
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Cool 
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Found another error. I completed the two brackets where the long hydraulic rams pivot at the bottom of the rear of the blade. I had to cut the mounting blocks at the end of the rams so they could fit over the spindles. (Doh!)
I painted the lower blade dark metallic grey ready for some distressed sinai grey top coat and dry fitted the blade lifting rams which need further parts and the centralisation of the blade.
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A little more progress.
Having seen a build of this kit where the ripper lifted the rear of the bulldozer I have adjusted the rams to enable the ripper frame to be lifted. The ripper will therefore be free to clear the ground level and the caterpillar tracks can sit flat. The lift rams can be seen in the photo where they are not yet connected to the frame.
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…and with the ripper connected and lifted.
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Started on the inside of the cabin.
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Is there a safe way to get fine parts off the sprue when they are joined at two points without snapping them? The d9 has some tiny grab handles and I already wrecked one. There is always wire but I want to avoid having to DIY grab handles.
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I tried sprue cutters but the plastic grab handles are too fragile.
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Razor saw - support the fragile piece between your fingers as close to the attachment points as possible.
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Too delicate for the Xuron cutters? I’ve got that D9 to build………. once I finish my ODS stash. I’ll bear that problem in mind.
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First coat of Vallejo Model Air Sinai Grey.
Not sure about the dark Grey on the dozer blade… Might repaint bare steel - jury is out at present.
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Pretty much any contact with earth, sand, rock would take the paint down to bare metal, so the blade’ cutting edge and “end bits” (inside and outside) would look good finished in that way. So would the rippers. Some discolouration of the main blade surfaces would help too.
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I will second Richard. Micro saw blades are the way to go. The more teeth the better.
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