Now, the idea for this diorama is, the armor version was sold to a private owner, who decides to a major overhaul on it, after being used heavily for a long period of time. The owner is a fan of the original CAT bulldozer and always wanted this version for himself. He made a sweet deal with the army, who had one lying around, dilapidated, due for major heavy repairs. So now, he has decided with the help of a private heavy machinery workshop, to put some life back into this beast. It’s a very costly effort, but if you have the money and a big collector, then it is worth the cash, instead of buying one, which this version, I doubt, is not readily available to civilians.

So that is the back story. Hope it makes since. The Basic version of the D9R bulldozer, does not have the second seat. These were first modified by the Israeli army. Then the U. S. bought a version with small alterations to the exterior.

I’ve added a scratch built steel truss with an overhead crane. The overhead crane is a kit from Walthers. Yes, it is a HO scale railroad kit. But within the parameters of this scale, its usage was perfect. I had to cut and splice the kit to fit the space I needed. I also incorporated some scratch built parts to give it some UMP!

  • Melnikov Ivan "Nakatan"

    man, you’r easily one of my favorites in that style!
    gold!

    • Charles King

      Thank you very much. I appreciate the warm support. :) Coming from you, its truly an honor.

  • John Delamere

    Charles! I should have guessed this was your work. Fantastic as usual!

    • Charles King

      Hi John. Appreciate the vote.

  • Eduardo Garcia Lope

    Great work very impressive.

    • Charles King

      My humble thanks to your comment and your vote. I am honor that you think so, as many of the artist here are so amazing and 10 times better than me.

  • Holger SchwarzPLUS

    Was Du in diesem Bereich machst ist Extraklasse !!!!!!!!!!! Gold von mir

    • Charles King

      Glad you liked the results Holger. :)

  • David Batista

    Gold!