G-BKF Armoured Recovery now on the sod

[mark31]

and yes here im with another special.

First i whas thinking for going with a plain until i found this.

Normaly its in scale 1/35 but i have rescaled it to 1/24

I have a waek spot for engineer vehicles because im a engineer myself and when its a crane yep im in workd for 14 years with one.

so what is it.

in road config

in crane modus.

In June 2017, Liebherr received an order from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to deliver a total of 71 armoured mobile and recovery cranes worth around 150 million euros. The order was comprised of 33 armoured recovery cranes with the model name G-BKF and 38 G-LTM mobile cranes, which also feature armoured drivers’ cabs and armoured crane cabs. On 10 December the final two of the total of 33 type G-BKF armoured recovery cranes left the Liebherr plant in Ehingen.

Under the contract, all 33 G-BKF recovery cranes should have been delivered by 15 November. However, when the original schedule was drawn up, nobody had even heard of Covid-19. As a result of the “force majeure” caused by the pandemic and the subsequent difficulties Liebherr experienced in production, the company requested an extension of four weeks in the delivery deadline from the BAAINBw. This was approved so that the final recovery cranes were delivered to the Bundeswehr’s material depot in Karlsruhe on schedule on 10 December.

 

The G-BKF from Liebherr is an armoured recovery crane on a standard four-axle mobile crane chassis. It has excellent off-road capability and great manoeuvrability. Its two recovery winches and a towing hitch at the rear enable it to rescue and tow a wide range of different vehicles such as the new generation of armoured control and command vehicles (GFF), armoured transport vehicles (GTF), MULTI FSA (swap body vehicles) and wheeled vehicles which are already in use whilst the operating personnel is being guarded. The G-BKF can be used flexibly and economically since it is equipped both to recover vehicles and to hoist loads. Its 20.9 metre telescopic boom enables the G-BKF to handle loads weighing up to 20 tonnes quickly and precisely.

Liebherr developed the armoured G-BKF recovery crane on the basis of the Bundeswehr’s specifications and the first prototype underwent intensive testing over a period of several months. This was followed by additional extensive tests by the Bundeswehr before the order was placed. The tests continued in rugged conditions even after the delivery of the first machines. The collaboration between Liebherr and the customer was very close throughout this period and was rated as exemplary by both sides.

Brigadier General André Denk, Commander of the Bundeswehr Logistics School, praised the project in a discussion with Dr Peter Tauber, State Secretary of the Federal Minister for Defence: “This vehicle is a prime example of what can be achieved by collaboration between the Bundeswehr, BAAIN and industry.” The Bundeswehr website contains the following: “The armoured recovery/crane vehicle takes into account the fact that the Bundeswehr fleet has become ever heavier and maintains its ability to recover and tow vehicles in the future.”

The Liebherr G-BKF recovery crane is designed for recovering and towing a wide range of different vehicles.

 

Interactive electronic technical documentation (IETD) on a tablet was part of the order and was extremely important to the Bundeswehr. The IETD contains all the relevant information for the Bundeswehr to operate, maintain and, up to a certain level, repair the vehicles safely and on the basis of the manufacturer’s specifications. Although the specifications for preparing the IETD (under Directives S1000D™ and S2000M), which originated in the aviation industry, were completely new to Liebherr in Ehingen, they were implemented to the complete satisfaction of the customer. The Bundeswehr’s quality requirements for the vehicles and the documentation for them were reviewed on a regular basis by a Bundeswehr quality inspector and by the Bundeswehr itself in practice.

Source Liebherr

 

So time to go printing.

After almost 7 hours i got this.

After wash ,cure and removing the supports.

So now printing the rest and further clean up.

The stearing wheel whas not compleet printed but i take a look in the spare box.

 

Now the only thing i dondt know yet is how to display this one.

On the road ore compleet setup.

Maybe i will print a second one

 

Mark

[HubertB]

Cool, and unique, subject 😍 !

Hubert

[Peterpools]

Mark

WOW, what a fantastic project and thank you for the background as well. Looking mighty good right from the start and I have to admit, I in complete envy of yours and all the other guys with 3D printing skills - it's way beyond anything I could ever do. 

I'm on board for the complete journey.   

[CANicoll]

I'm feeling completely left out!  First no dromedary and now 3D printing... Wow, This is going to be some build.  Especially when you said you were re-scaling to 1/24.  Wow.....  

[Peterpools]

Chris

Sounds as if you are in my boat - old school and go with what's in the box and commercially available. 

[PanzerWomble]

Wowsers , there's a lot of crazy stuff going into this GB . 

[mark31]

6 hours ago, HubertB said:

Cool, and unique, subject 😍 !

Hubert

Thanks

5 hours ago, Peterpools said:

Mark

WOW, what a fantastic project and thank you for the background as well. Looking mighty good right from the start and I have to admit, I in complete envy of yours and all the other guys with 3D printing skills - it's way beyond anything I could ever do. 

I'm on board for the complete journey.   

Thank you and yes a bit off back ground is always nice

4 hours ago, CANicoll said:

I'm feeling completely left out!  First no dromedary and now 3D printing... Wow, This is going to be some build.  Especially when you said you were re-scaling to 1/24.  Wow.....  

No you arent and 3d printing is fun as all whent well

19 minutes ago, Peterpools said:

Chris

Sounds as if you are in my boat - old school and go with what's in the box and commercially available. 

Peter its a hard learning curve but i still need a good plastic kit from time.

But working with this is also taking good care for your self because all the products you use

7 minutes ago, PanzerWomble said:

Wowsers , there's a lot of crazy stuff going into this GB . 

Yes indeed.

 

Mark

[Martinnfb]

Exceptional and ambitious project indeed. 

Cheers

Martin

[mark31]

and when you think we are off for a good start.

Nope 10 hours off printing ready for the trash.

 

Mark

[Peterpools]

Mark

For a novice: what went wrong, especially for 10 hours of printing?

 

[Landlubber Mike]

Sorry about the bad print Mark - but I love the subject!  Really cool!

[mark31]

7 hours ago, Peterpools said:

Mark

For a novice: what went wrong, especially for 10 hours of printing?

 

There are many things that can go wrong.

Bad usb stick,fault in the slicd file,fault in the desing,bad oriantation ......

Bud i have made contact with the desinger and he is going to look at the file.

In the mean time other things to print

 

4 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Sorry about the bad print Mark - but I love the subject!  Really cool!

that happens but no worries i will get it done.

 

Mark

[mark31]

2 more parts from the printer.

Tommorow im going to try to print the bad part again.

Whats printed today is the rear end and the part where the crane will come.

and a dryfit off this 2 parts.

and this is how far im at the moment.

thats it for now.

Mark

[Peterpools]

12 hours ago, mark31 said:

There are many things that can go wrong.

Bad usb stick,fault in the slicd file,fault in the desing,bad oriantation ......

Bud i have made contact with the desinger and he is going to look at the file.

In the mean time other things to print

 

that happens but no worries i will get it done.

 

Mark

Thanks mark

for the info - I fully understand and there seems to be a lot of hit and miss with 3D printing at this stage of the game.

 

[Peterpools]

Mark, I'm just blown away by your progress and how all the 3D printing works. A whole new world out there for sure.

[mark31]

another day fild with printing and clean up.

First from the printbed 2 telescopic beams from the 4.

bit off sanding time for dryfit.

Next job for the printer crane tower.

and yes another dryfit.

 

Right now the printer is working again to make the chassis compleet.

Also im hard working to find more reference pics so i can put more detail in.

 

I hope to have a update on friday.

 

Mark

[PanzerWomble]

Gonna need a bigger bench lol . 

I thought your Tonka was pretty magnificent , but clearly you are determined to raise the bar by a mile with this scratch build !

 

 

[Peterpools]

Mark, Still blown away at your 3D printing skills. Sure wish I was a good ten years younger so I could jump on the technology.

 

[mark31]

Thanks Peter

Another day off printing sanding and dry fitting.

The boom

All parts for chassis

All printed parts so far

And yes its big.

Thats it for now

 

Mark

[Martinnfb]

Looking fantastic Mark.

Cheers

Martin

[Peterpools]

Mark

I'm right with Martin, looking mighty good.

[mark31]

Hello i just have decided that i will stop this build for now.

Why?

The more i look at it the more things i see that are wrong with this design and that wil take a lot off time to get it good like i whant.

The compleet intirior is wrong off the cabin.

its a good base to go further with details but for now im not in the mood to go for it.

So to keep the joy in building this will be a long run and some brainstorming on how we going to do this.

So for now it will be sod.

 

Will see i can jump in with another build.

 

Mark

 

[PanzerWomble]

11 hours ago, mark31 said:

Hello i just have decided that i will stop this build for now.

Why?

The more i look at it the more things i see that are wrong with this design and that wil take a lot off time to get it good like i whant.

The compleet intirior is wrong off the cabin.

its a good base to go further with details but for now im not in the mood to go for it.

So to keep the joy in building this will be a long run and some brainstorming on how we going to do this.

So for now it will be sod.

 

Will see i can jump in with another build.

 

Mark

 

Just a thought , why not go down a Mad Max or other Sci fi route and use what you made , rather than get too hung up on the accuracy . It looked a fun build to me , and shame to park it ? 

[Peterpools]

Mark

Sorry to read it's on the SOD as there were so many issues with the printing, the program itself and accuracy. Hoping this all gets straightened out not to far down the road and the GBKF Recovery Vehicle project will be back on the bench. Just so much incredible work has gone into the build, and she just has to be finished.

[CANicoll]

Agree with PW and Peter on this - you have put SO much great effort into this that I'm looking forward to seeing it done.  The printing is amazing and all the dry fitting looks awesome.  Maybe not perfect, but I can't tell.  Even if you go the Mad Max route - would be a shame to put this away.