BareBones Excavators

[Lil Giants]

This model is nearly twice the size of the Chinese RC4WD hoe... is any China model the new level in this hobby to aspire to? Their electronics & hydraulics are the bottom of the barrel quality!

Perhaps DadsGarage pops up to comment b/c he does this CAD & waterjet cutting for an occupation... for the time & tools involved, I don't see $1500 being that expensive for a skeleton model, swing bearing or not.

[Claus]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

This model is nearly twice the size of the Chinese RC4WD hoe... is any China model the new level in this hobby to aspire to? Their electronics & hydraulics are the bottom of the barrel quality!

Perhaps DadsGarage pops up to comment b/c he does this CAD & waterjet cutting for an occupation... for the time & tools involved, I don't see $1500 being that expensive for a skeleton model, swing bearing or not.

The BareBones does look much better than the RC4WD, we defiantly need more info on how it is built and what provisions it has but from what we can see it does look worth the money. I just hope it can be finished by a moderate hobbyist and not a machinist.

The bucket looks awesome.