{"id":518,"date":"2008-07-25T18:54:08","date_gmt":"2008-07-26T01:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=518"},"modified":"2008-07-28T19:21:07","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T02:21:07","slug":"tamiya-motorized-forklift-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/07\/25\/tamiya-motorized-forklift-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamiya motorized forklift kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-518\">\n<p>I won a Revell Rat Fink model kit on eBay, and needed glue and primer to assemble it.  So, after picking up a couple paintings Aviva did to apply to a local co-op gallery, I went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kitkraft.biz\/home.php\" target=\"_blank\">Kit Kraft<\/a>, a neat hobby shop on Ventura Place in Studio City.<\/p>\n<p>They carry many of the Tamiya remote control model kits.  I bought the forklift kit, and assembled it over two days.  Here are some photos of the result (it worked the first time!):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/forklift1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"519\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/07\/25\/tamiya-motorized-forklift-kit\/forklift1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/forklift1.jpg?fit=500%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,460\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"forklift1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/forklift1.jpg?fit=500%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-519 colorbox-518\" title=\"forklift1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/forklift1-300x276.jpg?resize=300%2C276\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/forklift1.jpg?resize=300%2C276&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/forklift1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/forklift2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"520\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/07\/25\/tamiya-motorized-forklift-kit\/forklift2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/forklift2.jpg?fit=500%2C418&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,418\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"forklift2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/forklift2.jpg?fit=500%2C418&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-520 colorbox-518\" title=\"forklift2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/forklift2-300x250.jpg?resize=300%2C250\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/forklift2.jpg?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/forklift2.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 8pt;\">The left stick fore\/back drives the left wheel, the right stick fore\/back drives the right, and the right stick left\/right raises\/lowers the lift<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-518\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 518);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-518\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-518\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I won a Revell Rat Fink model kit on eBay, and needed glue and primer to assemble it. So, after picking up a couple paintings Aviva did to apply to a local co-op gallery, I went to Kit Kraft, a neat hobby shop on Ventura Place in Studio City. 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