Liebherr R956 made by Premacon

[Ulrich]

Hi Joe,
nice reading from you. Everything´s ok?

As I wrote Glass Construction wanted a new Model-Excavator. Between the company and myself there are several connections. We had to decide between the "almost available" Liebherr R956 and the "in stock" Komatsu PC490. Frank and I, beeing total Liebherr nerds, put our heads together and decided to give it a shot.

The kit itself is perfectly designed, the main obstacles were the (then) missing manual and some pre-production bugs. So yeah, I´m really happy I was able to gain the experience of building this model. We´ve had a lot of contact and discussions that will help me with future projects.

Beeing the 4th excavator in the fleet, there will be no further purchase in that area. I´ve got to finish the wheeled one first. The front-shovel is therefore not an option. I think we´ve reached the end of the road, as 8 models are already hard to handle for the events. Sorry.

I´ll meassure the reach and get back at you as soon as possible.

bye
Ulrich

[Lil Giants]

Originally Posted by Ulrich

Hi Joe,
nice reading from you. Everything´s ok?

I built a new workshop in the last yr, a toasty warm area with lots of space to build new projects & make repairs on many old models too. Life is good.

Originally Posted by Ulrich

I think we´ve reached the end of the road, as 8 models are already hard to handle for the events. Sorry.

Yeah right famous last words. 2 - 3yrs from now you'll have something new to show off.

The many vids I've watched of the 956, it looks like a heavy brute with some serious digging power behind it... now get busy wearing the paint off some buckets!

[Ulrich]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

I built a new workshop in the last yr, a toasty warm area with lots of space to build new projects & make repairs on many old models too. Life is good.

Yeah, I saw that on here and on youtube. Congrats. If I rember correctly you put 2 inches insulation in the outside wall. Over here the minimum is 5-6inches nowadays. ;-)

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

Yeah right famous last words. 2 - 3yrs from now you'll have something new to show off.

Well it´s just the cooperation with Glass. I want to built something "not green"

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

The many vids I've watched of the 956, it looks like a heavy brute with some serious digging power behind it... now get busy wearing the paint off some buckets!

check! Got 3 4,5ah batteries empty this weekend. ;-) Also I worked on another bucket - pics will follow. With this bucket you can bury a regular lorry.

[Ulrich]

@liftmys10:
Giving my best writing in english. Here´s another vid from a different angle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=yJpXU2gVGqI

bye
Ulrich

[Ulrich]

Hi folks,
Frank got the assembly manual online. He did a very good job on this one as well es the model.

http://www.premacon.com/index.php/se...bauanleitungen

It takes some background to build the model. But it´s worth it.

bye
Ulrich

[liftmys10]

Originally Posted by Ulrich

@liftmys10:
Giving my best writing in english. Here´s another vid from a different angle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=yJpXU2gVGqI

bye
Ulrich

Nice!! I really like first person view. When I had a CAT excavator I also made an FPV video. http://youtu.be/WpCEeMp_ayk

Thanks for posting up a link to the instruction manual too.

[Ulrich]

Hi
@ liftmys10: nice vid!

@ all:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro5kV6F1cKU

bye
Ulrich