Krupp 180GMT 1/20
I built this crane years ago and it took me a long time to finish and in a sense it was never finished. I painted it red, but I was never happy with the result and over the years I made lots of small repairs and alterations.
During the last day of the Cabin Fever Expo something broke and in order to repair it I needed to take the whole thing apart and then I decided to just do it and repaint it. It took me about 6 weeks of cleaning, sanding and re-finishing and here is the result. i also added dome more details. Before: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7240/7...9134e51a_b.jpg And after: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7227/7...f24acb74_b.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7...027c4729_b.jpg Kerst |
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Very Nice. Did a nice job both times. Love to build one. Someday HaHa. is there a build thread?
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real nice work!!!
where in NY? |
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That is a very impressive build and a great paint job.
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WOW what a change. I wasn't aware that you broke this at the show.
I think that's my morning tea on the table:p |
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The actual repair took only 15 minutes, but i had to take the whole thing apart first. It gave me the chance to fix some other small details, but i had to promise myself not to do anything major, because I am always tempted to rebuild the whole thing and that would take me years. I have considered rebuilding most parts of the upper including the boom! Kerst |
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Hello Kerst,
The crane lookes very nice. I already saw a little movie of it when I was reading your buildreport from the Liebherr and watched some movies on Youtube. Do you have some more pictures of the crane, maybe when it was disassembled? I am currently drawing a Liebherr LTM1160 first generation (scale 1:14,5) that I want to build. Still have some issues whith the outriggers. They have to lift a lot of weight, approximately 40 kg without counterweight, and hold even more when I am operating. How did you make the outriggers, do they actually work and how much can they lift? BTW I got the tip for your buildreport on the Liebherr from Eef, who is a collegae if mine. |
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That crane is Bad A$$!!!! That must have taken a lot of calculating and trial and error building to get it right!!! Very cool and i love the new yellow paint!
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Thanks , everybody for the encouragement and the kind words!
I have no pictures of the building process, just a few detail pictures. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8154/7...acc26b98_c.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7097/7...1fbec96c_b.jpg I will try to make some when I have a moment. Kerst |
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Wow that thing is serious......great job on building a serious piece of machinery.
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Hello Kerst,
Thanks for the nice pictures. They give a good impression of the crane. It's a nice piece of work. |
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wow that is just breath taking!!!!im in shock over the details and robust it looks...congrats on a job well done!
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That's an amazing build! I'm impressed with the detail, it's a work of art! I also like the yellow paint job, it looks great!
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It looked incredible before, now it is just stunning! That is a one-of-a-kind crane! The yellow and black paint job is very classy, and makes it look ready to go to work! :D
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Since I started experimenting with RC control for my truck I got the idea to do the same for the Krupp crane.
There is no space on the crane itself for the batteries and receiver, etc. I decided to build a counterweight trailer with a hidden space for the battery, speed control and receiver and of course for the counterweights. I already had most parts and it is going pretty quick. Here are some pictures of progress so far: https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2493/3...e022f587_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2591/3...672d3f8e_b.jpg Kerst |
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Hi Kerst
Looking good should be interesting. looking forward to the finished result if your crane is anything to go by it will all look great.:) |
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Very cool!!!
Are you going to rc all the functions, or just do like drive/steer and still have to hook up a breakout cable to deploy the rest? |
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