Mammoet PPG Container Stacker
Hello group! Once again I have been out in the garage working on
converting the world to Mammoet. At the DHS Open House this year I loaded
up on projects and here is the result of this past weeks work!! This is
actually a five model conversion and it sure used a lot of red paint!
Compared to the last conversion the GMK1035, this conversion was a
breeze and quite pleasurable. I bought these and converted them in
anticipation of the 2007 release of Mammoet’s PTC 1:50 scale crane model. I
give you Mammoet containers and the Joal PPM Container Stacker. I hope
you enjoy it!
First, this is the container that comes with the Mammoet Volvo Low
loader and Container. I post this to offer a comparison of my conversion.
And now here is my conversion of the two 20 foot PPM containers that
come with the Joal Stacker: I also added the weight and tariff door
decals in both English and metric units.
At the DHS Open House as part of the purchase I could not pass up these
awesome NZG 40 foot containers. They started out as P&O, but now they
proudly fly the red of Mammoet, complete with massive Mammoet markings.
These were the most difficult decals I have ever applied as the surface
is anything but flat, it is very wavy. This made any adjustment of the
decal once applied almost impossible. I wound up using a lot of
Solvaset, almost a lake of it to suspend the decal above the corrugation till
I started to set it by rubbing the decal in the valleys with a q-tip.
It took about 30 minutes a side to do it, but I am real pleased with
how it came out.
All the boys stacked together ready to deploy all their rigging
contents and field equipment contained in side:
And here is the stacker in its most compact form.
Here is the stacker holding one of the 20 foot containers that it came
with. It looks great!!
And this stacker can also handle the 40 footers as well, with the grab
arms spread wide.
And here is a shot of another challenging decal, the safety striping on
the rear of the unit. I made the decal on white backed water slide
paper using a simple $20 cad program that allows perfect geometric
positioning of lines. (I also used this program to make all the container
marking decals, which are all numerically different giving each container
a individual Mammoet and Container number).
And finally a group shot of the whole stacker and container family.
Now the stacker at this time does not pick up the 40 footer, they will
require a little modification, but not tonight.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and I am off to the shop to start the
next conversion. I have 12 more models on the shelf, I think maybe a
crane next……
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