Seen this on E-Bay today.......its new to me?? Anybody purchase one yet?
I bought one of their trucks, with a crane, a while ago, but haven't yet built it. It is this one :
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It was in 2009, so these products have already been available for a while.
I bought the same as Frederic. Is a very nice kit. This is my partially built.
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I tought will be cool if I add a colsed cab, and will use the crane for other purpouse.
Very unusual he is offering his material via ebay.
Jacq
That really seems to be a high quality kit. Did you have any difficulty getting the castings to fit?
I model the pre-automobile era but that kit and some of what I have seen on these forums really do inspire me to build an infernal combustion vehicle. Oh, yeah: And one of those way cool old fashioned gasoline pumps.
Russ
Who is the manufacture????
Jerry
QuoteWho is the manufacture
Not one of Russ's favorites : Backwoods Miniatures
Quote from: jacq01 on February 06, 2011, 12:57:52 PM
QuoteWho is the manufacture
Not one of Russ's favorites : Backwoods Miniatures
THAT WOULD BE AN UNDER STATEMENT!!! >:(Thanks Jacq.
Jerry
Quote from: Mobilgas on February 06, 2011, 04:58:52 PM
..... and if the scale is out of scale? for 1/48. as some manufacturers just dont get the scale right >:(
As it's made in England and they model in 1:43, I fear it may be oversize if you want a 1:48 truck. I got rid of all my out of scale 1:43 vehicles for just that reason. My 1:48 LPs just don't look right next to them.
Dave, Peter McParlin has modelled american prototypes for years and years now, and issued a lot of On30 models in the right scale, so I would be very surprised if this model was not the right size.
Craig !
I cant believe you haven't been shot or removed from Unc's list, he must be I a good mood today, or MIA ?? Anyway while the cow's out of the barn, so to speak here's mine the cab is still in the paint booth, but it should all be completed soon. As far as the scale of this and the prototype, at first I thought that it was all wrong, but with the help of my long time friend Ken Neighbarger I have seen a scale plan and a video ( sales clip from 1920's ) of it in action and this thing is very close to scale and prototype!
Gil
Hoping not to be excommunicated ::)
Here you go girls....
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Hop diggidy dog..that looks like a chopped version of sierra west mack. remove fender, top and recast in resin yeah that's the ticket :-X
Quote from: marc_reusser on February 07, 2011, 05:49:10 PM
Here you go girls....
I hope they provided a hard hat for the driver since it appears he has to drive the truck with the boom resting on his head... ;)
Paul —>returning to the corner—>
Not sure these pictures will fit? There from Ken, if not find me off list and I will send them to anyone who wants them. They are never seen pictures of the Universal.
Gil
I was going to build mine as a closed cab because I thought it was non-plausible to have a open cab ??? Wrong! I saw this old sales movie from the 20's and that bucket swings around in 360's no room for a cab, no hard hat is needed, just stay clear! BWM kit is O.K but when you start to look at all the prototypical details, you can see he took short cuts.
Gil
Hey, Gil how's your shovel project coming. Nice job on the crane.
Gordon Birrell
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/
Those cranes are really cool.
Hey Gordon
Thanks for asking about my Fundom! It's going slow, probably because I am dragging my feet? I have been working on a lot of other projects so it's not a lack of modeling; I have been trying to get all those UFO's completed. I have the gears now and I made a simple mold to make duplicates of the ones I like, and I am still trying to make photo etched chain for them, so far no fun and just pain and suffering. I have a really nice friend here in Boise who's also trying to learn how to photo etch and together were working out the kinks. (get it?) So hopefully we will achieve success soon so I can continue to move forward. It is the single most important model I want to build this year especially since you and Marty have paved the way! Thanks for that. After I complete the Fundom I think I will have the skills to tackle a real Universal crane, it's a real nice unit. I am glad you like the paint, I really like the salt technique, and I keep getting better results, I will have more pictures to show soon, and as soon as the sun comes back from this ice age period were currently going through. You know what I mean about the weather! :(
Gil
Gee Gil when you get the photo-etch down may be you can make a cab bfor the older trucks!
Would be easy and actual scale thickness instead of these cast cabs :-X
-Marty
Marty
You have seen first hand that I am trying! There's no moss growing between my toes! :o
And we have both established that I am A.D.D. ::), and you have seen the list of projects that I am working on, so if I can get this PE stuff down the sky's the limit ???
MPH