that is probably the only advantage of having this type of gearbox
but i like it more if you have 1 lever for the direction and other levers for the function
its just a lot of gears just to move and reverse 1 function
b.t.w. an interesting idea for a alternate c-model would be a manitou
just editing the super structure should not be so hard, i mean the base of the model is a perfect starting point