G730 motor grader HO scale 1:87

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The model of a motor grader (/road grader) in HO scale (1:87), inspired by a Volvo G730 from the early 2000's. This model was designed with FDM printing in mind but some parts are extremely small (such as the steering wheel and some of the hydraulic cylinders) and you will have better results with an SLA printer. If printed on an FDM printer, you will need a 0.25mm nozzle (or finer) and layer heights of 0.05mm. Another option is to scale up the model. I modeled all of the joints and then exported different positions of the moving parts of the blade positioning system (the steering is fixed). I can also provide other angles if you need them. The model is in many parts that have to be glued on (a few screenshots are in the pictures to help with the assembly). This model is by far my most mechanically complex and some of the parts ended up being smaller than I had expected, if you have any issues with the assembly or printing of the model, reach out, I will be happy to help. All the files are in the .zip compressed file but I have also included a few of them as .stl's to give a preview (there were too many files to be uploaded directly as stl's)