Demag TC 500 truck crane in scale 1/24

[kerst]

Some progress on the boom.
These are the ends for the boom sections. It took some work to get them straight, square, parallel and true, etc. , but the preparatory work paid off.



These two pictures show the setup for the assembly of the boom sections. Once set up it was a matter of fitting the laces in and soldering them. I made five 12 meter (40’) sections. With the butt and the top I will reach 72 original meters, which translates in roughly a scale length of 10 feet.
My little cutoff saw was great for cutting the 3/32” laces.





Each section took about 3 hours to solder together.
This is the result. They are not perfect, but good enough and the boom is pretty straight.




Next the butt and top section.

Kerst

[sparkycuda]

Kerst, amazing planning and workmanship, as usual. It takes a lot of patience to this kind of fitting and soldering - great job!

Ken

[JAMMER]

Very nice job Kerst how much weight do you think you will be able to pick up when you get done? Ed

[kerst]

Originally Posted by JAMMER

Very nice job Kerst how much weight do you think you will be able to pick up when you get done? Ed

Thank you!
With a short boom it should lift around 20 lbs max, but with the max boom that will be reduced to a couple of pounds I think.

Kerst