[CADA] CADA General Discussion Topic

[Sokolov Edward]

In the summer, a scan of the instructions for the C61507 crane was published. I found the model interesting and decided to assemble it myself. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed. The model contains a lot of "brickwork", but this did not make it impressive enough to be placed on a shelf. The model can be motorized, but not fully - you will have to set the switches on the model manually to change the control modes. I also jammed the lowering of the retractable supports, but this became clear after the end of the assembly - for complex models, it would be nice to add additional steps to the instructions for checking the mechanisms during the assembly process.

I also assembled the C61082 excavator myself according to the instructions from the official site. Despite the absence of the name of any famous craftsman in the credits of the model, the model turned out to be very successful. The model has a minimum of "brickwork" - most of it is on the driver's seat. The design contains an interesting junction box in the tower with the ability to manually or fully remotely control all functions of the model - movement and boom with a bucket (3 L-motors PF and 1 micro-motor). The model of 1700 parts uses more than 110 gears. Among the surprises of the kit for me were the 9x15 frames and a large number of modified beams, including those with pins at the ends. Solving the problems with missing parts made the assembly even more interesting.