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Nice job on the tank. I thought it was plastic until you did the close up of it. Jason
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Welcome, great tank load.
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well done! Welcome to the forum also. Do you have more crane models? I like the AC500 in the Prangl livery.
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Welcome aboard! Two superb looking cranes... 
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nice job..love the ac500, great crane...the tank looks very realistic
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Thanks guys! Yes I have one other crane - an LR1750 which I painted in Weldex livery (seeing that I live in Scotland) only to find out that they no longer have it lol. I'm planning to make a spreader beam so that I can get pictures of it lifting the tank.  I have a small collection but it will grow. I'd like to buy a heavy haulage truck for this tank (and other payloads) but I'm not sure what to get. Thanks again folks. 
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Nice to see some Weldex colours on a crane.
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i seen the videos of the 1750 on youtube...great job on it..i wish i had a 1750...il get one someday 
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Welcome aboard! nice pictures there.. did you do the repaint on the boom of the prangl ac500 with the black strips and extra decals? it looks great!
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nice job, the weldex crane is fantastic
i remember talking to a few guys from weldex who were working on a new shopping centre
here in waterford about 3 years ago nice lads, they told me they sold the crane 1750 that is
they got more than they actually paid for it such was the demand for big cranes at the time
i think he said it went to brazil, now i might be wrong but i am sure gaz or some of the crane experts will know.
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Fantastic job on the re-paint of the 1750. Keep the pics coming.
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Very nice setup, like the AC500 in Prangl alot!! 
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Homer wrote:Welcome aboard! nice pictures there.. did you do the repaint on the boom of the prangl ac500 with the black strips and extra decals? it looks great!
Noel. Thanks. And yes I painted the boom - I just used black enamel paint and strips of masking tape. It really does add a nice touch to the model, however this AC500 isn't as good as my last one; two of the boom sections are a tight fit so I've had to file away some of the metal to stop the black paint and the decals from being scraped off. The LTM 1200 is even worse...I have to pry apart three of the boom sections with a screwdriver, so there's no room for paint there lol.  It's interesting to hear what happened to the Weldex crane - I wish I'd been so lucky as to see it in real life. And thanks for the compliments - it took a long time but the final result is well worth the hard work. And if you're wondering, I used to have a standard Terex livery AC500-2. Unfortunately I damaged it (twice) and decided to sell it, because I really wanted a Prangl livery model anyway. I sadly had to sell the luffing fly jib to raise the funds, but I'll get it back one day. As a complete set, the AC500 with luffing fly jib is one of the most beautiful models I've ever seen in my life.  
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That's a good set up Davie you dont see many tandem lifts in 1.50. I've been making a section of bridge for about 2 months, for a lift with Liebherr LR and LG 1750,s for a local show at the start of June. i will try to get some photo's posted after the show. Jim
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Hi Jim - that sounds great. What is this show and where is it?
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I agree about the ac500, it really is a beautiful model. I cant understand why conrad are discontinuing it, i wish they would make it in a few more liveries before they do.
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Hello Davie the show i am on about is the Fraserburgh vintage car rally it's being held on sunday the 7th of june at the fraserburgh leisure centre. There is an indoor area with a few people selling models. Acouple of mates and myself have each a table and we put on a display me with cranes one of my mates is into heavy haulage the other shows 1.50 trucks jim
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