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And that's not including x2 from James Jack (If I'm right)
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Nice photos from Methil Gaz. I can see the tops of the cranes from my back window.
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Hope you don't mind me jumping in with a pic Gaz, but here is your work area from the viewpoint at the road which runs along the top of the yard. 
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That looks like a great vantage point for public Derek. Wished I lived closer!
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Up early to catch that! I put 1 of the slings on this morning but have left site now as the guy I was covering is back from holiday. Siting at Falkirk depot waiting for a 500 to travel down the road to arrive. All in all I spent 3 weeks with the LG, enjoyed it  Who knows what next. Gaz
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i noticed 2 sections of boom heading for sunny peterhead today
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Very nice pics Gaz thanks for taking the time to show us  Sam
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Thanks again Gaz. Some nice looking shots there.
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Very Nice shots Gaz 
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Thanks Gaz.
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For quite a few years now whenever pictures of our LTM1800 go up it is commented how ugly and in poor shape the machine looked.....well it's a good few years old now and has been incredibly busy but to those who care it is undergoing a Huge refurb. Ainscough are doing no half measures with this with the machine literally stripped to its component parts, every inch inspected, completely re-wired, every hydrolic hose replaced and most important to the looks of the machine, a full re-spray. Boom being dismantled   Boom stripped down   Couple of boom sections have come back after re-spray  All brand new wiring  A frame  A frame is now blue to match all the other strut cranes  Every pennant is being done, the big ram is for the A frame for attaching the boom and the small ones are for the A frame. Every ram has been sent away and re-done.  back stop rams and more pennants done.  Back mast root  back mast intermediate section  back mast top section  Even the luffer is being seen too, turning from blue to yellow.  carrier is in the workshop, again completely re-wired, hydrolic hoses replaced, the winches have been removed and sent to liebherr's, top and bottom cabs completely stripped and rebuilt. Goes to the paint shop next week. Suspention is all new, new brakes and transmission, as I said, no expense spared.  ainscough LTM1800 will be a new machine in 4 weeks time. enjoy Gaz
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Amazing set of photos Gaz. So good to see the crane being completely refurbed. I hope you are sending all these new pictures to Chou  Paul R
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i guess the old saying "you cant polish a turd" is no longer true..... she was quite the ugly thing, nice to see it getting cleaned up
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Carrier looks like it will take a bit of work, look forward to pics of the finished product and in action if possible.
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Gaz wrote:Back mast root back mast intermediate section back mast top section Enjoy Gaz Fantastic detail pictures! This is perfect timing, since I am just about to finish the backmast for my LTM1800 in scale 1/24 Thanks a lot! Kerst
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Real good shots Gaz,, good to see her being refurbished.
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And as a counterpoint, my pics hosted here in dhs's gallery of its first day out in 2003, freshly painted in ainscough yellow from baldwins blue & white, to be far, it's never really stopped much between my pics and Gaz's pics!   
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The military does this all the time. The Air Force still has B52 Bombers and AC-130 Gunship flying. The B-52 if from the 50's and the AC-130 came to life in the 60's. The Army has stripped and rebuilt the M-1 Abrams numerous times. Steel is steel. If the outside shell is intake it makes perfect seance to for a complete rebuild. I'm sure this crane can be rebuilt a few more times before it done with its life. They plan to keep the B-52 flying to 2045 90 years.... New paint, updated hardware and software and a fresh start on life again....
Looks great and can't wait to see her finished and back to work.
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