42157 - Skidder John Deere 948L-II

[msk6003]

45 minutes ago, SNIPE said:

 

And watch out 2L pin which connect 3x3 biscuit and 5x7 frame. When I disassembly mine, those pin is little bent.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

Soon.

 

Edited June 29, 2023 by Ngoc Nguyen

[Johnny1360]

On 6/12/2023 at 4:53 AM, msk6003 said:

And watch out 2L pin which connect 3x3 biscuit and 5x7 frame. When I disassembly mine, those pin is little bent.

If you mean the common black pins 2m with friction, those come pre-bent from the factory. Something that seems to bother no other person than me. 😂

[M_longer]

On 6/29/2023 at 6:10 AM, Ngoc Nguyen said:

Soon.

How does the tilting of the bucket works? And where's rear arm? ;)

[Ngoc Nguyen]

14 minutes ago, M_longer said:

And where's rear arm? ;)

42157's biggest tragedy is that it has enough functional parts (cylinders, etc) for a backhoe but not enough structural parts for it.

[msk6003]

On 6/12/2023 at 9:38 AM, msk6003 said:

My first 42157 john deere 948L alternative - Backhoe loader

I use almost every black 2L pin in this set.

Function

L6 engine with cooling fan which drive 4x faster than rear wheel(RWD)

Front wheel steering

Rear hoe turning by yellow knob on top of cabin

Axle 2 and bucket on rear work by 2 mini linear actuators

Direction changeable driver seat

Manual outrigger which can lift back wheel

Openable hood

Both 2 axle of main bucket work using pneumatic

Axle 1 of rear bucket work by pneumatic too

 

That's a lot of function. Isn't it?

And I usually don't build vehicle like this. This is my FIRST backhoe loader build.

Before one page I did it. But my model's front bucket is to small compare to whole vehicle.

[Ngoc Nguyen]

Yes I did see that post and yes it can be turned into a backhoe, but what i meant was that there is not enough parts to turn it into the backhoe I'd be satisfied with and be proud of showing. 

Edited June 30, 2023 by Ngoc Nguyen

[Ngoc Nguyen]

On 6/30/2023 at 2:49 PM, M_longer said:

How does the tilting of the bucket works?

Manually moving the bar here. The bucket is held in place thanks to friction.

[msk6003]

I finish to make instruction of my backhoe.

Function

Straight 6L engine and working cooling fan connected on rear wheel with 1:4 gear acceleration
Steering with HOG
Openable bonnet
Poistion changeable seat
Manual outrigger
Pneumatic front bucket tilting
Pneumatic front bucket lifting
Pneumatic rear main arm lifting
Rear arm turning with HOG
Working rear second arm
Working rear bucket

[R0Sch]

Wow! Nice alternative. Looks cool too. I would suggest to use "black rubber" for the wheels as a color though. @msk6003

[msk6003]

2 hours ago, R0Sch said:

Wow! Nice alternative. Looks cool too. I would suggest to use "black rubber" for the wheels as a color though. @msk6003

Very thanks!

[anyUser]

On 5/7/2023 at 9:51 AM, kbalage said:

After quickly checking the small John Deere tractor I would say the shade of green on the stickers should be more or less ok, I don't think TLG updated anything between these two models just to make it worse.

I did a check using a RAL colour fan as reference:

(Dark) green brick colour (from set 42157) doesn't match any of the "pure" colours shown there. Closest ones are RAL 6032 (Signal green) respectively RAL 6024 (Traffic green)

The basic green on the sticker set of 42157 actually is comprised of thin lines in two different shades of green. I did not take any effort to resolve them. The overall impression again is not a single coulour. It could be best described as RAL 6029 (Mint green) respectively RAL 6001 (Emerald green).

Interestingly, John Deere-green also is not a pure colour in RAL scheme. It has been attributed as RAL 6002 (Leaf green) or RAL 6010 (Grass green). [RAL 6032 is also mentioned but I could find that in any second source).

Does anyone with any two of 42136, 42157, 42168 can compare if the basic green of the stickers is of the same hue?

 

Remark: I compared colour under artificial light: a) fluorescent lamp b) LED warm tone

[1gor]

I don't know if someone noticed Self propelled Sprayer as alyernative model. It is a bi wobble, but intersting alternative...

https://youtu.be/ME-uKiENTpQ?si=dL-L1Lt0I1YcuUW-