This set was originally commissioned by my father-in-law. His father used to drive a grader in his former years, and it was kind of a tribute to him and myself, as well, to get started building. I designed it about three years ago on LDD, and made all the current modifications while tinkering with excess yellow parts.
The particular one you see is Version 3.2, as I've made several changes:
- the central beam is more structural and it doesn't fold
- lateral articulation points behind the blade are stronger and have a greater range of movement
- the carriage holding the blade and turntable have been lowered to give a more disengaged feel.
The whole body would fit under the 6-Wide category for the most part, although the front beam is 2-Wide and the engine compartment is 4-Wide. The entire Grader is 28 studs long (and true to form) the blade is almost half that length, at 12 studs wide. As a realistic detail, the turntable is positioned in such a way that the blade can be up, and turned to stay within the wheel-base, 9 studs wide.
Feel free to check out the rest!