Topic: Snow cat (Read 5402 times)

U-33 · « **on:** July 08, 2012, 11:32:09 am »

Anybody know anything about these vehicles? Any experiences with them...(NOT the nitro version)

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/kyosho-ep-blizzard-sr-2.4ghz/rc-car-products/366691

Ta,

Rich

TheLongBuild · « **Reply #1 on:** July 08, 2012, 11:42:58 am »

You getting ready for Winter !!

U-33 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 08, 2012, 01:21:31 pm »

I was a boy scout... always prepared..

I'm so limited now with lifting, moving and using my boats, that a change is on the cards methinks...

Rich

dodgy geezer · « **Reply #3 on:** July 08, 2012, 06:14:15 pm »

Quote from: U-33 on July 08, 2012, 11:32:09 am

Anybody know anything about these vehicles? Any experiences with them...(NOT the nitro version)

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/kyosho-ep-blizzard-sr-2.4ghz/rc-car-products/366691

They are used for piste preparation - if you want an 'experience' with one you can purchase it here http://www.zermatt.ch/en/page.cfm/experience/skiing_snowboarding/pistepreparation ! Video included...

essex2visuvesi · « **Reply #4 on:** July 08, 2012, 06:20:32 pm »

they are pretty good stepson has one.... but they can be foiled by the "wrong" type of snow tho. Also a good idea to change the stock motors for a crawler type truck motor
These are good fun too
we have a nitro one
http://artattacksnowmobile.net/

tattooed · « **Reply #5 on:** July 08, 2012, 06:21:06 pm »

hang on one minute rich things can and will get better mate

so don't give up yet mate

build the subs smaller and lighter thats all and if that fails then get yourself a tia bride to carry them for you

irishcarguy · « **Reply #6 on:** July 10, 2012, 08:22:59 pm »

Hi Rich, keep positive & hook up with someone that can help you out with the heavy lifting & the fiddly bits, if she is blonde all the better. Things will get better when you keep a positive attitude, thats speaking from experience. Mick B.

U-33 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2012, 08:29:42 am »

Quote from: tattooed on July 08, 2012, 06:21:06 pm

hang on one minute rich things can and will get better mate so don't give up yet mate build the subs smaller and lighter thats all and if that fails then get yourself a tia bride to carry them for you

Thanks son, I keep chasing my doc for my hospital date, but all I get is "you're on the list"...the way the NHS is at the moment, that list is getting longer and longer by the minute.

Quote from: irishcarguy on July 10, 2012, 08:22:59 pm

Hi Rich, keep positive & hook up with someone that can help you out with the heavy lifting & the fiddly bits, if she is blonde all the better. Things will get better when you keep a positive attitude, thats speaking from experience. Mick B.

And thanks to you, Mick B...I'm not parting with my subs just yet, but I think it'll be just show sailing only for the rest of this year.

I just fancied a snow cat for something to play with, either indoors, or outdoors when and if I can get down the damn stairs to go outdoors! Also, it should make into a nice model by the time I'm done with it...Polar Expedition colour scheme, operating lights and beacons..all the bits I like to play about with.

Thank you again chaps...you'll not get rid of me just yet!

Rich

U-33 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2012, 10:01:49 am »

Well...that's just shot the idea of any new model out of the window for a while. Just had notification that the MOT and the road tax is due on my little car, so that's my pension for this month gone in one hit.

Still, at least I can say when I sell it "it's got a year's ticket on it, mate..."

Rich (not any longer am I...)

Arrow5 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 11, 2012, 10:11:57 am »

Hi Rich, my son works as a ski instructor in Germany and sometimes has to drive one of the Kassbohrer PistenBully s to groom a piste ( yeah he`s always on the piste !

) All of the Scottish ski areas have pisters if you want to see the real thing in action or even organise a competition for R/C models on snow. Youtube has a mass of clips of the models (and full size) Search for "International RC Snow cat Winter Meeting" and www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSRrkIKCHGw Hope your health improves and you get the op soon. Of course you will need a holiday in the Alps after you get out ...now where is the Kassbohrer factory again

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Norseman · « **Reply #10 on:** July 11, 2012, 10:27:51 am »

Hi Rich (not any longer am I...)

no you get shorter with age mate.

How about this - I have developed a real liking for dioramas. I really think a lot of skill is needed to get them just right. How about a trying a small scale scene with a sub and surface vessel? Plenty there to occupy you - little weight or cost either.......... nothing sub standard though

Dave

U-33 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 11, 2012, 12:19:00 pm »

Quote from: arrow5 on July 11, 2012, 10:11:57 am

Hi Rich, my son works as a ski instructor in Germany and sometimes has to drive one of the Kassbohrer PistenBully s to groom a piste ( yeah he`s always on the piste ! ) All of the Scottish ski areas have pisters if you want to see the real thing in action or even organise a competition for R/C models on snow. Youtube has a mass of clips of the models (and full size) Search for "International RC Snow cat Winter Meeting" and www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSRrkIKCHGw Hope your health improves and you get the op soon. Of course you will need a holiday in the Alps after you get out ...now where is the Kassbohrer factory again ?????

They are fascinating things to see in action...thanks for the links, Mr Arrow sir. I haven't been to Scotland in years, used to be a regular visitor to Aberdeen back in my working days, maybe I could find me a nice nurse to accompany me on a trip up that way....

Quote from: Norseman on July 11, 2012, 10:27:51 am

Hi Rich (not any longer am I...)

no you get shorter with age mate.

How about this - I have developed a real liking for dioramas. I really think a lot of skill is needed to get them just right. How about a trying a small scale scene with a sub and surface vessel? Plenty there to occupy you - little weight or cost either.......... nothing sub standard though

Dave

I do confess to once starting a diorama of the now long gone Cuckoo Line which used to run right outside my front door, Dave...the idea was to have a series on mini dioramas inside a diorama (does that make sense), but it never really got off the ground due to the lure of the submarines being too strong.

My main problem (apart from my health problems) is a lack of space...I live in a small one bedroom flat, with the bedroom doubling up as a modelling room, and the lounge is more or less full of 'lounge type' stuff...sofa, chair, TV, the AMS Mission Control (pc desk, laptop and a desktop pc, scanner/printer thing, etc) there's precious little room for much more. Oh, and the Dragonfish and the Neptune take up a fair bit of space as well.

But, there maybe a light at the end of the tunnel...now I'm registered as disabled, I've put in an application for a disabled bungalow...they have a small garden AND...a shed! I still know a few people on the council, including one in the housing section...I've just found his string, so I'll be gently tugging on it when my application lands on his desk.

Thanks for all the replies chaps, they are much appreciated, I assure you.

Rich(aka short and poor bloke)

Arrow5 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 11, 2012, 12:54:10 pm »

Rich, cant help with the nurse but as you are registered "disabled" you should contact "Skiability" ,used to be called The Uphill Ski Club. They will oblige with trips to snow even if it is just to see the piste grooming machines at work. They do tours all over Europe and have a permanent presence here on Cairngorm. (mainline to London, including sleeper) See www.cairngormmountain.com If you make it up I`ll make sure you get a ride on a Kassbohrer snow pisting machine.

U-33 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 11, 2012, 01:34:11 pm »

Now that sir, is an offer I'd love take you up on. Once the hospital have finished with me, I'll be up there like a rat up a drainpipe...

Thanks Mr Arrow, much appreciated.

Rich

Norseman · « **Reply #14 on:** July 11, 2012, 01:49:21 pm »

Yep, your series makes good sense - windowsill?

re space -
I had a problem with storing paperwork - the 'temporary' solution was small boxes of budweiser .........

My lad drinks it - I like darker brews. Anyway those boxes now 'temporarily' reside against two walls hidden behind two three seater couches.
It is amazing the space wasted behind furniture.
I have yet to decide what 'temporary' means, mainly because they are invisible now and I'm so lazy

Re Scotland Skiing - if you are in bad health now - why would you want to go downhill fast?

Dave

U-33 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 11, 2012, 02:07:26 pm »

I don't do skiing Dave, I have a job just standing upright at the minute! But I do fancy a close up look at one of these SnowCats though.

Rich

Arrow5 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 11, 2012, 02:57:06 pm »

Aha, no standing required ! They have little "buggies" like Formula 3 cars, full suspension and a little ski at each corner sometimes one big ski and a couple of Jolly Jack Tars to guide you down the slope with a handle or guide ropes. Amputees and blind skiers are all catered for. They really mean "all abilities". The pisters could be on the surface of another planet with only Mountain Hares, Snow Bunting and Ptarmigan for company,as they work from before dawn, sometimes all night, grooming the pistes by headlights. Crack of dawn is best.

U-33 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 11, 2012, 03:23:32 pm »

You make it sound very....romantic, maybe I should bring the good woman.

Or maybe I shouldn't, she'd only want to go shopping...

Rich

Arrow5 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 11, 2012, 03:38:15 pm »

No shops for miles...well maybe Tesco s and touristy junk shoppes , tartan bunnets and jam , mind you some fair whisky too. !

U-33 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 11, 2012, 03:59:12 pm »

Whisky, eh? Now you're talking my language!

Rich

Arrow5 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 11, 2012, 05:38:06 pm »

Ah, whisky an freedom gang the gither , Robert Burns. (whisky and freedom go together)

U-33 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 11, 2012, 06:00:19 pm »

Rabbi Burns...obviously a top man!

irishcarguy · « **Reply #22 on:** July 12, 2012, 09:32:48 am »

We have lots of those cats here in Canada & plenty of mountains & snow to run them on & of course it tends to last , the snow that is up to 6 months a year. They really do a nice job of grooming. Hope you get to the hospital soon, lots of us on here are really pulling for you. My grandmother always said that "the darkest hour was before the dawn". Mick B.

U-33 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 12, 2012, 09:54:48 am »

Thanks Mick, much appreciated...

I've got the good lady on the case, she's in Richmond, Vanouver and my sister is on Vancouver Island, so they are both out with cameras poised ready.

Pension day soon....

Rich

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