Carson Goldhofer

[MoRockN]

Thanks Travis! The stupid wood pieces that came with it had to go, feast your eyes on the real wood planks ... Here is a little video of it hauling the loader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPQGh88ZEIA

[Trucker Al]

WOW!! What a layout.. Looks fantastic and almost real.
Love the sound effects on the Doosan track loader.

Alan

[WhiteWolf McBride]

Mo:

Whats this about the wood? They supply ya with cheap balsa or sommat?

And love the vid. Nice way of hiding the 'manual' operation of the ramps, by showing us a bit more of your setup. Any chance of a quick clip showing you operating them by hand?

And are you going to requip the trailer with remotely-actuated ramps in the future?

WhiteWolf,
hoping to get a Goldie ~really~ soon.

PS: What size was the box for her, and shipping weight (if ya can remember)? Thx!

[MoRockN]

Originally Posted by WhiteWolf McBride

Mo:

Whats this about the wood? They supply ya with cheap balsa or sommat?

And love the vid. Nice way of hiding the 'manual' operation of the ramps, by showing us a bit more of your setup. Any chance of a quick clip showing you operating them by hand?

And are you going to requip the trailer with remotely-actuated ramps in the future?

WhiteWolf,
hoping to get a Goldie ~really~ soon.

PS: What size was the box for her, and shipping weight (if ya can remember)? Thx!

Thank you guys for the comments! I will get the ramps actuated but I am going to use hydraulics instead of the electronic kinds I have seen, I just want to make it cool I guess. I don't know about the shipping weight as I get most of my stuff from my local hobby shop to support them. WhiteWolf, you can find the manual operation of the ramps on any youtube video. The wood that comes with it is good but it's just not scale for my taste, it's large chunks of bass wood, I like more of the real plank look my self.




plenty of space

[WhiteWolf McBride]

Hmmm...

Hydraulics look expensive... but the electric looks rather simple, just a cam-arm centrally located. And from the text, I ~think~ its available as an optional kit. Sadly, none of the vids show the underside with the electrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=xbLci59mBC4

(you'll wanna search for the STN-L3, which is the model TamiyaUSA sells)

WhiteWolf

PS: if anyone knows shipping box size/wright, hollar, ok?

[WhiteWolf McBride]

Hokay...

I've sent an e-mail to Tamiya USA, lets see if they clue on my Canadian phone # and refer me to those thieves at Borgfeldt Toys, or if they just answer my question.

I'll post a reply if they give me a size/weight on the shipping box.

WhiteWolf

[WhiteWolf McBride]

Hmmm, that was ~fast~...

Tamiya says: 41in. x 10in. x 4in., at a weight of 15 lbs.

So for any interested, thats the package they'll be sending if you order it from them.

Dunno how long they'll have it down at $609.99 USD with ~free~ CONUS S/H, but if you've been pondering it, I'd say grab it now!

PS: OW... online-calculator spits out $96.30 postage via Express Mail International. But Priority Mail International is $62.15 in-store, $57.18 online... thats not so bad...

I should still see how much they'd charge me direct from TamiyaUSA, seeing as they do the free CONUS thing and all; mebbe they'd do a better US-Cdn rate. Doesn't hurt to ask... right?