Tamiya mercedes with Leimbach crane

[Adrian]

Hi All,

Have been working on this build for a while now. It will be the third Mercedes in my fleet and my first experience with model hydraulics. The plan is to have servonaut sound, lights and ESC etc and two spektrum receivers, one for the truck, one for the crane.

The current rate of progress will see it finished in about 2018...

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zps56f88937.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zps56f88937.jpg.html)

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zps3dde4950.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zps3dde4950.jpg.html)

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zps01e40642.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zps01e40642.jpg.html)

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zps949c30c7.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zps949c30c7.jpg.html)

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zpsb0e0977c.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zpsb0e0977c.jpg.html)


http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zps93f018df.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zps93f018df.jpg.html)

And here are the other mercedes trucks in my fleet, to give you an idea of the livery the truck will be finished in:

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/IMG00135-20110807-1534.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/IMG00135-20110807-1534.jpg.html)




Anyway, would appreciate your comments...


Cheers,

Adrian

[buzzy16]

That is going to be a great truck, and your colour scheme looks really good.

Leimbach do sell a modul that you can run both the truck and the crane off of one reciever, thought I'd let you know just incase.

Here's the link: http://www.der-getriebedoktor.de/shop2/artikeldetails.php?aid=3154&sprache=2

Keep the updates and pictures coming.

Buzzy

[grumpygrady]

could you post more photos of you building the crane ?

[Adrian]

Thanks guys,

I did look in to the channel expander thing that Leimbach do, I came to the conclusion the a second receiver would be better or a couple of reasons:

The expander only has 6 channels, I needed 7 - 6 for the crane functions and the legs and one to on troll the pump.

Having said that- I would be interested to hear if anyone has one and how they got on withh it. Also, second reliever was much cheaper than the expander module!!!

Afraid I did not get any more build pics of the crane , just the ones I already posted...


Cheers,

Adrian

[Seilbagger]

The short cab looks great, and i think your colour scheme is one of the best i've ever seen. Remember me to old english haulers

[buzzy16]

Ok I thought I'd let you know about the modul just incase.

Can I just ask, how hard was the crane and legs to put together? And do they bolt straight to the frame rails?

Thanks buzzy

[Adrian]

I really appreciate you mentioning it anyway- it could have Ben just the thing I was looking for so thanks!

It is not the easiest kit to assemble, mainly because the instructions are all in German and are a series of photographs rather than drawings/ diagrams to show you what to do, so trial and error and guessing we're used quite a bit. If it ad the same quality instruction manual that Tamia produce for their kits it old be much easier!

It comes with a plate that clamps the crane and legs directly to the chassis pretty effectively, although I did have to modify a few things to get them to fit properly.


Wolfgang, thanks for the comment, I like the old style of trucks nod really like your models, especially the body with the wood and brass sides, I hope to do something similar for my truck.


Adrian

[buzzy16]

Ok thanks for the info Adrian, I'm planning on doing a build with the crane and legs, probably won't be for 12 months by the time I save enough.

Thanks buzzy

[Adrian]

Slight update to the truck tonight...

I soldered together a rear bumper bar ( called an under run bar in the UK) and fitted a Carson trailer coupling.

The bar does not look quite straight in the pics, needs a touch of fine tuning I guess...

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zpsd4ac64a6.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zpsd4ac64a6.jpg.html)

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zpseba9d8a4.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zpseba9d8a4.jpg.html)

Cheers,

Adrian

[AzItalian]

who built's the crane,and how much?

[flamefighter47]

Truck looks real cool with the crane. Paint scheme is real nice too....

[Bigrigger]

This is a sweet build! I love crane-trucks, and Mercedes day cabs! I'll be watching this build!

[AzItalian]

yes who is building the crane?

[Adrian]

Thanks guys, the crane is made by Leimbach in Germany.

I have made some more progress over the past few weeks and will put some pics up this weekend. Truck is painted and the crane now works. Just got to install the electronics and make a flat bed for it now.

[Brel]

nice work

[Adrian]

Well I finally got round to taking a couple of pics in the sun!

The cab is done and the chassis painted. Crane works a treat, which means I spend more time playing with it than I do finishing it off.

Outstanding jobs are to fit all the electronics and tidy the wiring, build a flatbed body for it from brass and aluminium make a dummy fuel tank out of plasticard to hide the valves and then think about a trailer.

Pretty pleased with the way it's turning out, hopefully it should finished soon


Anyway, here are the pics...

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zps13657350.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zps13657350.jpg.html)

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zps83e80ef8.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zps83e80ef8.jpg.html)


http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zps5ae89e03.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zps5ae89e03.jpg.html)

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zpse596db7c.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zpse596db7c.jpg.html)

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zps91e43cbc.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zps91e43cbc.jpg.html)


http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zps95f87609.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zps95f87609.jpg.html)


http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zpsb9bdf895.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zpsb9bdf895.jpg.html)

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[Quad-Dog]

Nice one!

[petermoblin]

That is one cool setup you have. I also like the fleet style paint scheme on all the truck. Great job!

[thercfreak2012]

same me too

[Adrian]

Thanks for the comments guys, I am in wiring and soldering **** at the moment, making a harness for all the lights and getting the (approx) 14 miles of wire to sit neatly in the truck out of site is taking a bit longer than I planned. Should be up and running in a couple of weeks, then I just need to put together a flatbed ody.

Shear key, I'm based in the North East, near Darlington, but there are plent of other RC truckers over the UK. Should hopefully be taking my fleet of trucks and forklift to Newark truckfest in sept.....

[Adrian]

Realised I haven't posted an update for a while.

Made a flat body out of a mixture of aluminium c section and brass. The wood has been darkeneed with pigment wood stain to be a darker colour.

I also replaced the front wheels with ones from Seitz Modelbau in Germany which have a nice centre cap that hides the big wheel nut.

The trailer coupling on the back of the truck is from Veroma and controlled my a micro servo. You may also just be able to make out the I.R transmitter in the rear cross memeber which will control the trailer lights wirelessly.

In a couple of pics below you can see the (work in progress) drawbar trailer chassis. It's taking me a while but eventually there will be a flat bed trailer to match the truck that I can drag around. You will also spot my attempt at pallet forks on the back of the truck in couple of pics. After a lot of practice I can use them to pick up pallets and other objects and load them onto the truck.... It's a lot quicker and easier with the Robbe forklift though!


http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/53eafb1c-2575-42dc-b13e-06af21469106_zps26ef4db9.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/53eafb1c-2575-42dc-b13e-06af21469106_zps26ef4db9.jpg.html)


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http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zps7191c567.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zps7191c567.jpg.html)

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zpscf3adc3d.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zpscf3adc3d.jpg.html)

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zps0227fea2.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zps0227fea2.jpg.html)

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp92/aid232/image_zps25e044ea.jpg (http://s401.photobucket.com/user/aid232/media/image_zps25e044ea.jpg.html)

For reference, below is the spec of the truck in its current state. It's pretty much completed, however my trucks are never really finished- there are always a few tweets to make.

Tamiya axles and suspension - seitz wheels on the front, tamiya wheels on the back with Verkerk centre caps and carson Fulda Cross force tyres. The motor is a servonaut geared motor, so the truck has a single fixed gear ratio. Which is fine for driving round my my garden or on road layouts at shows etc.

Servonaut SMT sound unit, M20+ speed controller / light controller. Also a servonaut Air4 infra red wireless trailer light unit
Pistenking beacons and Phil Oakes fog lights on the front.

Spektrum radio. I use a DX8i transmitter, with a 6 channel reciever to control the truck and an 8 channel reciever to control the crane simply I have them set up as 2 different models on the transmitter and simply switch between 'truck' and 'crane' to operate different functions.

The crane is made by Leimbach, supplied by The Gearbox Doctor in Germany. It used a mini hydraulic pump, which is designed to look like a fuel tank on the side of the truck chassis.

Finally the driver figures are from Verkerk.

Think that covers the main detail, if you need to know anything specific just give me a shout.



Plans from here are to finish the Trailer and then build some more loads / objects that I can load onto the back and move around.

cheers,

Adrian

[anthonymcc]

Cool build. Great looking workers.

[sparkycuda]

Some really fine craftsmanship there - in all the trucks. Very nice job on something we see only a little of in the states. Great job!

Ken

[egronvold]

A very nice truck. Nice to see how you fitted all the gear in such limited space.

[Animal]

Great truck, really like your color choice. Detail looks flawless. Definitely one to be proud of.

[Stuff]

looks great! like the dolly to lol

[RCKiwi]

It's a credit to you mate.....looks superb:cool:.

And top marks for rounding out the build with a quick refresh for what gear you've used for the build.

Excellent!

[Adrian]

Thanks fellas,

Really appreciate the kind comments,

I'm slowly working on the trailer to go behind it, hopefully I can make some progress on it over the next few weeks.