A 1/25th Scale Payloader.

[dptydawg]

This much loved sandbox toy followed me home from a toy show. It was a 1/25th scale Ertl diecast Payloader. it had long ago lost its loader . I convinced the seller that $5.00 was a good deal for both of us.






After tear down an glass beading it looked like this:


I filled in the seams with body filler, then added some rad/grill details to the rear section.


I made up inserts to fill in the back of the wheels/tires from 1/4 inch Plexi. and added planetary gears to front side of rims.


Now comes a large gap in picture taking
I fabricated a new loader assembly from Evergreen styrene and an operator from assorted figure bits



And this is how it looks when finished.








I added clear styrene to all the windows. The Ford dump truck is a survivor from the early '70's It is my first big rig model.

thanks for looking
Carl

[jimb]

Great looking loader. Nice save & conversion.

[ap40rocktruck]

Fantastic rework of a classic toy! How about a set of log forks for the front?

Ap40

[Muleskinner]

Good save on the unit. This baby would look great as a loader. With a set of forks and fingers, it would look like it was made to log.

[ewaskew]

Very nice man.

[trailking120]

nicely done

[dptydawg]

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I had never considered putting forks on it. The change over would be a matter of pulling three pins. Does anyone have a source of forks/fingers that I could glean some pictures and measurements from?. I'm not familiar with logging industry suppliers. I can see a diorama building in my mind's eye, so stay tuned.
Thanks for the help
Carl

[Muleskinner]

Aug 19, 2013 5:27:31 GMT -8 dptydawg said:

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I had never considered putting forks on it. The change over would be a matter of pulling three pins. Does anyone have a source of forks/fingers that I could glean some pictures and measurements from?. I'm not familiar with logging industry suppliers. I can see a diorama building in my mind's eye, so stay tuned.
Thanks for the help
Carl

These are some pictures I got from Medford , Oregon for building a Cat 966 loader. They are for a c-966 but could be modified to fit the pay loader. The Medford Design is basically all the same for the fork/finger setup for all wheeled loaders.









Also attached is a picture of a 988 loader with basically the same type of Medford setup to show comparison between the loader and the fork/finger setup. Hope this helps. I can't seem to find the rear picture but from the looks of the loader you would have to design the main actuator unit from the loader to the forks. The finger actuators are shown in the photos. Most loaders used in the logging industry also would have Barred safety screen on the front window. You would also need to enlarge the counter balance weight on the rear of the loader to accommodate the weight of the logs as logs weigh a little more than gravel or rock.

[flattop]

Very nice, excellent job.

[gatorincebu]

Nice rebuild on the loader! And a real nice job on building the missing loader parts.And I agree some log forks would look good on it. Just remember they don't have to be perfect.As many mods were done in house!!!


Be Well
Gator

[alain]

Nice work Carl, I had such a 80 unfortunately Jetté ago some year in the trash, I but I have a John Deer 1/25 still and a grader John Deer still one day may be I'll the amended.

[Deleted]

Great job on an old classic die cast toy looks fantastic.

[enyawnow]

Really nice work !!!

[slurrydog]

That was a great save.
Dave