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Sweeeeet! The luffer looks good on the AC500. Long ain't she? I responded in your other post too and I'll say it here again. I highly suggest buying YCC's lift cylinders. These plastic ones feel tough, but they WILL slip over time, especially at the angle you have them at in your last picture, especially if you put the luffing jib on. Mine fell over with the stock cylinders, thankfully no problems. I look at mine as insurance.   Thanks for sharing! I especially like your pink handbag in pic #4.   Dan
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yeah she is very long, do i have to take apart any sort of the crane aside from the obvious to put YCC's lift cylinders on?
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Yeah, you have to take the machine off the carrier and 'pop' the side panels off. It was a bit scary prying those pieces off, but it came out fine. Here's how I found out how to do it. Some one pointed it out on the forum some time ago. I hope you can read Japanese!  Click Me!!Dan
1:1 or 1:50, I am still in awe.
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did i see a barbie dvd?
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mixontour wrote:Yeah, you have to take the machine off the carrier and 'pop' the side panels off. It was a bit scary prying those pieces off, but it came out fine. Here's how I found out how to do it. Some one pointed it out on the forum some time ago. I hope you can read Japanese! Click Me!!Dan That's not a Japanese website, it is a Taiwanese website from a man call Chou C M instead.
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yes there are barbie DVDs and pink purses in my room, anybody got a problem with that? but really they are my daughters, she keeps some of her stuff in my room
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Sure I bet they are your daughter's what an excuse....lol Nice pics, you going to do anythng else to the roof truss? You might lookinto plastructs or evergreen for other things to help you finish it off. Jason
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DeWoc19,
Get the brass cylinders. I replaced 2 sets on AC500's, and it's really a piece of cake to do, once you convince yourself to go through with it. Then I would recommend displaying the crane with only 1 boom section telescoped out (not all 4), so that you can have the SSL in use, and then you can have room for the luffing jib. Also, real AC500's don't use more than 7 sets (1L, 1R) of counterweights.
Dave
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Dave, I have 10 C/T weights each side on my 500. This is the total of the ones that came with the crane plus the extras packaged with the jib. Did Conrad not build the crane to specs? Mic Brings to mind: Can you run the full luffing jib with all the main boom extended on a real machine?
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Mic, Yes (built to spec plus 2 sets of spares) and yes. Although, I was wrong about the "7 sets" - it's actually 8. Here's a link to the sale brochure: AC 500-2(See pages 5 and 25.) Dave
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Jason - i have the rest of the trusses to add to the center of the outer framing, i just didnt have time to get to it the other night, i have since finished that up
Dave - i would like to do the new cylinders but i dont read Taiwanese or Japenese or whatever it is, so unless i get some english instruction on how to do it it wont be happening anytime soon... ill be switching up the lenght of the boom from time to time and once i have a better spot for this model ill hopefully be adding the luffing jib to it, probably shortened up a bit though since i dont have 10 ft ceilings
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DeWoc19,
Very nice setup... Personally, I dont we always have to worry about things always being the same or exactly to scale, thats the fun thing about this hobby, we can be unique (sp?) and different but at the same time model a real life situation....nices cranes!!
Greg
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Zach-My shop is at your disposal-taking apart a brand new $400 model with out ever having done it is FUN!!! Doing the cylinders is easy, bet it would take more time for the paint to dry then to do the surgery! And you know, as long as its apart, we could always add the other YCC upgrades, and maybe repaint the whole unit red and black........ Uh sorry, there I go again! That truss set up looks good by the way!
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Bob my crazy Mammoet friend, you are just the person i need for this sort of surgery!!
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Looks cool post some pics when you are finished building the roof section. Are yoy glueing them together? Jason
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