Hasawaga Two arm Digger

PR19_Kit · October 26, 2025, 10:44:24 AM

How come I missed this amazing build?

It's AWESOME, specially all the hydraulics, but then I would say that, wouldn't I?

chrisonord · October 26, 2025, 03:14:11 PM

This cool, I would like one in 72 nd scale. Yet another I have missed too.

Wardukw · October 27, 2025, 12:36:22 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 26, 2025, 10:44:24 AMHow come I missed this amazing build?

It's AWESOME, specially all the hydraulics, but then I would say that, wouldn't I?

😆 🤣 😂...yep you would matey 👍 😀
Duss I ave a problem with that?? ..hell no 😁

Glag ya like it Kit 😉

Quote from: chrisonord on October 26, 2025, 03:14:11 PMThis cool, I would like one in 72 nd scale. Yet another I have missed too.

Thanks Chris 😊
35th seems to be the fav scale for these things and I do intend to get more Hasegawa..I did manage to score a resin Bobcat loader in 35th and man it's small ..I call it a baby Bobcat 👶 😆

PR19_Kit · October 27, 2025, 01:51:03 AM

A Bobcat? I didn't know anyone did a kit of one!

We used one for a few months while installing the world's largest wave maker in the Netherlands in the 80s. It was a HOOT to drive, and with care you could pull wheelies with it too.

Wardukw · October 27, 2025, 02:14:12 AM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on October 27, 2025, 01:51:03 AMA Bobcat? I didn't know anyone did a kit of one!

We used one for a few months while installing the world's largest wave maker in the Netherlands in the 80s. It was a HOOT to drive, and with care you could pull wheelies with it too.

It's made by a company called HD models in Italy and they call it urban loader and man when you see an operator who's knows how to work those machines ..man it's wonderful site to see

chrisonord · October 27, 2025, 03:10:39 AM

I have driven a few different Bob cats, good fun to drive, but a pain in the proverbial when they break. Wheelies are second nature for them for sure.

Dizzyfugu · October 27, 2025, 03:24:36 AM

Uh, great build!

zenrat · October 27, 2025, 03:31:35 AM

I got stuck in a Bobcat once. It had a dodgy latch on the safety cage which had to be opened from outside. The other workers thought it was funny to not let me out.

jcf · October 28, 2025, 10:30:45 AM

Quote from: zenrat on October 27, 2025, 03:31:35 AMI got stuck in a Bobcat once. It had a dodgy latch on the safety cage which had to be opened from outside. The other workers thought it was funny to not let me out.

Now I want to get a diecast Bobcat and stick a skeleton in it along with a memorial plaque:
Here sits Fred, he gave his all to the
project.

Rick Lowe · October 28, 2025, 09:28:55 PM

zenrat · October 29, 2025, 03:33:09 AM

Mossie · October 29, 2025, 06:02:24 AM

Cool machine.

Would love to see you do one with legs!

Gecko do a few 1/35 military skid steer loaders, wheeled and tracked. Not Bobcat but CASE M400W & M400T.
https://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php?topic=48929.15

su27rules · November 03, 2025, 08:31:24 AM

nice scratch.

Wardukw · November 03, 2025, 11:35:54 AM

Thank ya lads ,,this was a fun build for me ,,really am thinking of another using one of Hasegawa's other diggers ,,the trouble is they are rather small .
The biggest is only 13.5 tons in RW weight and i'd like a 20 ton machine ,,there's more scope for mods ..a 35ton machine would really be cool

As for those Gecko skid steer loaders ,,they are cool for sure but like mine ..small ...the big ones like the RW Mustang are large machines and there's even ones now so big they have steel tracks and are equivalent to a D5 bulldozer just being alot more useable with a ton more attachments ,,also lighter
I'm thinking of scratchbuilding a larger machine using mine as the template ,,just having a problem trying to figure out what tracks to use once i decide on the overall size ..

Captain Canada · November 05, 2025, 04:31:43 AM

Excellent work ! The new parts look terrific. Nice job on the weathering as well !