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Tow Truck

January 6th, 2009 8 comments

Big tow truck. Features full suspension, V8 piston engine, 4-speed manual gearbox, functional lights, openable bonnet and doors, pneumatic outriggers and towing hook, pneumatically raised 2-section boom, pneumatically lifted second axle, motorized dual winch, internal electric compressor and custom stickers.

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Telehandler Mk.2

January 6th, 2009 5 comments

My second telehandler. Features 4×4 drive & steering, crab steering mode, full independent pneumatic suspension, pneumatically raised boom with a self-contained extension mechanism, pneumatically tilted fork, internal electric compressor and a high precision remote pneumatic valve.

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Excavator

January 6th, 2009 4 comments

My first excavator. Features chassis driven by the motors inside the superstructure, three pneumatic circuits with an internal electric compressor, and full freedom of the superstructure rotation.

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Cat 990H

January 5th, 2009 4 comments

Model of a Caterpillar front loader. Features 4×4 drive, suspension, internal electric compressor and two pneumatic circuits, plus a 2-section arm with a progressive geometry.

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Cat R2900G

January 4th, 2009 No comments

Model of a Caterpillar underground mining loader. Features 4×4 drive, suspension, internal electric compressor and two pneumatic circuits.

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Faun SLT

December 31st, 2008 11 comments

Model of an 8×8 special truck designed to tow tanks. Features 8×8 drive, 4 wheels steering, full suspension, drivetrain with an adder, pneumatic carriage outriggers and remotely raised carriage ramp.

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S Tank

December 30th, 2008 22 comments

My second model of an actual tank. Features a drivetrain with a subtractor, pendular suspension with possibility to tilt the hull pneumatically, pneumatic front dozer blade, detachable side skirts and rear fuel tanks.

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Pallet Jack

December 30th, 2008 1 comment

Very small and simple model making use of the closed pneumatic circuit idea.

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Liebherr T282B

December 30th, 2008 4 comments

The first model I’ve built entirely on my own. Features full suspension, 4×4 drive, 2-speed manual gearbox, rear differential lock and pneumatically lifted case.

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Pneumatic autovalve

December 28th, 2008 14 comments

A mechanism that blends an electric compressor with a pneumatic valve, so that a single motor can drive the compressor and control the valve at the same time.

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