[MOC] M1 Light Bulldozer

[Tommy Styrvoky]

Lego M1 Light bulldozer by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

I present my last model of the year, it's nothing too special. During the past few months at college, I have been working on a redesigned static model of my M1 light tractor, or the M1 Light Bulldozer. This vehicle is a re-designated Caterpillar D4 used by the US Navy's Seabees.

This model is my first to have full PDF instructions made in Lpub. This was a intensive process, first I built the model, then seperate it into steps. Unfortunately I don't know how to work with sub models in Bricksmith... or if that is even a feature, so maybe in my next model I make instructions for I will use a different windows program that has sub models.

The main focus when building this model was to have a highly detailed static vehicle. If I were to motorize this, it would affect the form of the bulldozer. I prioritized the detail of the engine and running gear for the tracks, as most of the model is flat and doesn't have much detail to break up the surface of it.

Surprisingly it was somewhat difficult to find lots of reference material on this vehicle, the US military had lots of different bulldozers in use during WWII and post war. I had to rely mostly on the civilian Caterpillar D4 U7 or CAT D4 2T.

Instructions

Photos of the real vehicle

Lego M1 Light bulldozer by Tommy Styrvoky, on Flickr

[Karle]

I like it. It's in my file of Lego MOC's to build.

[modelado1990]

I like the total grey look.

[grum64]

Instantly recognisable. Another great build.

[2LegoOrNot2Lego...]

Nice build!

[KirTech LAB]

Very original!

[AOW]

I think that the tracks are too wide, did you tried with the older ones? The rest of the model in amaizing

[JJ2]

This looks very close to the original, I should know because there is one right next to a highway in Texas so I get to see it alot.