Wow stunning. Pity my budget doesnt allow me to get one. Anyway awesome that its purely sunlight. But at F22, is tripod used for added sharpness?

incredible that the boom is able to stay up at such a low angle with that much boom extended out..... no crane has ever been able to do that before, thats awesome..... i want this model badly!!!

Man i want this 500 tonner in my collection.
Nice shots. Rick.

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SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.

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luis.

Jack,

Is that your collection of models?

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Regards
James Muldoon
From the Land Down Under

Not 100% sure but I think these:



Paul R

I recieved my red n black 1500 last Monday,upon opening the box I was greeted to the customary but apparently "once off" of a hand full of loose parts in the box,I suppose this is now WSI's trademark now but of course this is a "once off" I have accepted the fact that WSI models come in semi kit form even though my situation is a "once off"

Took the crane out ,glued on the parts that had come loose,that hadn't come loose of course,and began assembly. A great piece of engineering,super detail and all that,the real frustrating point came when unwinding thread off the winch after reeving the block,this is were it gets into pure amateur hour,I discovered that due to WSI winding a rediculous amount of thread on it had slipped down both sides of the winch drum,attempting to try and untangle this mess I noticed the thread coming off the winch in big loops,trying for a good hour to untangle the thread I decided it wadn't going to happen,with the options of cutting all the thread off the winch drum and rewinding some Conrad thread back on,the right way,the way it should have been done, the way NZG do it,the way TWH did it,the way Conrad do it,or attempt to disassemble the upper to try pop the winch out and fix this problem,I opted for the disassembly,again to my frustration stripping the upper I find the winch rivoted in and so unable to be removed and fixed,I eventually had to cut the thread,wind off about 10ft of thread,trim the knotted and tangled thread down on each side of the winch so its not noticeable.

My ability to tolerated WSI and their products as serious manufacturers/models has gotten to an all time low,the feel pf the main winch and Y-guy winches is appauling,feels like trying to stir a bucket of bolts with a screw driver,I have countless Conrad and NZG cranes and none have ever given this result,even a thread jumping of a Conrad winch you can easily pop out the winch and fix it,Conrad have the best-simplest fool proof winching mechanism,I just cant accept at this stage WSI are still floundering behind distracting people with high detail while completely ignoring functional durability,

I as many others here work extremely hard for my money and to hand over €425 for this is a frustrating joke!! I now have a 1500 in pieces here with no 100% solution to the problem,so WSI can you please make up your mind to produce diecast ready assembled models that need zero work or change to producing proper diecast models in kit form.

I have a substantial collection of 1/50 items as do I have 1/18 items and WSI are untouchable by a looooooooong loooooooooong way when it comes to shear lack of QC or almost laziness when it comes to engineering a model,and its not just me being unlucky as a few members will put it,WSI have built up a very strong reputation by now of this,

So thats my 2 cents,for those whos feelings I hurt,I see that I was sold an inferior product and so I give my review as such.

Jack,that guy buying 18 1500's probably knows this is the number you need to safely secure a 100% intact and functional 1500

Happy Weekend folks!!!

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Why is "phonetically" spelt with a "ph"?

... It's better to be silent and thought a fool, then to speak up and remove all doubt

The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.

That's a major bummer, Graham! Sounds like it could be the 1350 all over again if this wasn't an isolated incident. I really want this model, but I might wait to see if QC improves later down the line.

In other news, How've you been? It's been a while since I've seen you on these parts.

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Aubrey,thats horrible to hear that you also got the mythical "once off" flawed WSI model.

The crane is spectacular,really is great and can make WSI all the money they ever wanted,but I feel they are pushing things too much too soon,to have to perform 2 or 3 hours surgery on a brand new model worth €425 is unacceptable,after all there was no flaws in the €425 you got from me so I kept my half of the deal,the issue still isnt fixed though I do have winch back working it has a load of frayed thread down each side.

Hopefully this issue is not wide spread,after all we have just seen TWH go bang and to be fair I didnt hear too much bad publicity about their models,build or QC wise,

If you do buy this model please just focus on the winch,watch it like a hawk,unwind 10-15ft of thread,cut it and bin it,there is too much on to start with,

John I've been grand the last while,super busy in work and life,apart from last night when the red mist came down haha.

Brandon I was thinking of adding the 1350 to the collection,would you say its worth it?

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Why is "phonetically" spelt with a "ph"?

... It's better to be silent and thought a fool, then to speak up and remove all doubt

The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.

Has anybody came accross the luffer for the 1500 yet and if so when will it be on the shelves for sale!!!!!!

No.