Pikey Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 I've bought a Kalmar forklift truck kit, from Sven Loeffler: https://www.mikromodelle.de/Onlineshop/de/3d-druckteilesatz-funktionsmodell-kalmar-stapler.html A very high quality 3D print in general, although the cab detail and driver figure are a bit naff. Also it doesnt come with wheels, or any instructions - although there are good pictures and its not hard to work out what goes where. It comes with 3 M1 nuts, but no M1 threaded bar, which is a strange choice as you only need 1 M1 nut so why supply three and not the bar? Gears are provided to drive the threaded bar from a 4mm motor, the other things you need are listed on the website - G26 motor/S15 screw /Z12 gear for driving, 4mm motor/M1 threaded bar for the forks, some bearings, and then the usual steering axle & servo, and electronics that you'd need for any RC vehicle. I sprayed it with the CAT yellow paint I bought for the CAT digger (which didnt match). Kalmar trucks are red, but I dont have any red paint so I thought I'd use what I had. Here's the underneath - you can see the recesses for the servo and the driving motor and bearings, good clearance for the steering (although I still had to file some away, probably the width of axle I chose was a bit too wide): I cut the cab detail off, binned the driver figure, and modified a spare one from a loader. It looks the part already, although needs more detailing, stickers etc: I plan on using this to move large construction items eg concrete pipes, tanks, generators, maybe steel beams etc - stuff that's too big/heavy to be moved with a telehandler 🙂 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 4, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2023 7 hours ago, Pikey said: I've bought a Kalmar forklift truck kit, from Sven Loeffler: https://www.mikromodelle.de/Onlineshop/de/3d-druckteilesatz-funktionsmodell-kalmar-stapler.html Had a look at their catalogue, quite impressive, the photo-etched ships screws in particular. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 Still havent finished the forklift! I have a model of a mk3 Transit to make, which is going to be a nice little thing when its done I think. I've recently ordered some motors from KKPMO, and they seem to be slightly revised (the 6mm motor is shorter, making it more suitable to put in smaller vehicles, plus they are pre-wired) and also their delivery times seem reasonable, and they have sent the correct products. Which is good. I have 120, 150 and 180rpm motors to try - as the 225 I put in my land rover turned out to be a bit too slow. Oh yeah - I did a new Land Rover too (apologies for video quality, I had to email it from my phone): 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Well, I just found out that Deltang have ceased production and have no more receivers to sell. This makes converting tiny radio controlled models a lot harder, for sure! Micron sell a version which is at least four times the size, and Sol Expert sell a version which doesn't come pre-wired, and I think that's just about it as far as alternatives, currently anyway. Bit of a shame really 🙁 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherplanet Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Eek. That's a disaster. I have just enough to complete the Stronach Dutton fleet. As I bought spares after the last wobble in supply. But the new club layout is being planned to support a 1960's fleet. I know Micron were working to develop their own alternatives, but they seem to have stalled after the first one There is also the Das Micro range, but they don't seem to be so sophisticated in the secondary functions and integration of the motor ESCs etc. Never tried their reciever, although the motor drive board I got worked very well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted March 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8 On 06/03/2024 at 14:41, Pikey said: Well, I just found out that Deltang have ceased production and have no more receivers to sell. This makes converting tiny radio controlled models a lot harder, for sure! Micron sell a version which is at least four times the size, and Sol Expert sell a version which doesn't come pre-wired, and I think that's just about it as far as alternatives, currently anyway. Bit of a shame really 🙁 I’m gutted about it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherplanet Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 On investigation Das Micro receivers are not dsm2/dsmx compatible, so would need a different transmitter However It appears that mikromodelbau.de still have some deltang Rx in stock. Not cheap & a maximum of 1 per order. But they have accepted my order. They also state that they are working on their own replacement, but it will use a different protocol 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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