Evidently there were several versions sold by Micro-Mart and they store differently. I received one of the early ones as a gift. I went on a layout tour and saw one that stored a lot nicer than mine. I called Micro-Mart about it, thinking I might be doing something wrong, but they informed me that it was then a different model and mine didn't fold up like the one I saw. I don't use it that much right now and I actually took out some bolts to make it fold up smaller.
Actually I heard that they are made for working on truck engines and Micro-Mart adapted it. Dave Heine Easton, PA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JCRooney Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 5:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: MicroMark Items All: Amen to that but I bought one of the Micro Mark versions on sale a while back for a big discount and use it occasionally. There are drawbacks worth mentioning anyway so here goes. The "feet" stitck out in front of the ladder quite a ways so if you don't have free space under the layout about equal to the reach of the body pad plus six to eight inches you cannot get the ladder over your work. The unit folds up, but not really folds away, even folded up the unit takes up a good chunk of real estate -- say a rectangle 1 foot deep by 3 feet wide by four feet six inches high. Finally they are not instantaneous to unfold when folded away. Consequently, the good old kick library kick stool sees a lot more use and if I were to do it over I would probably invest in one of the fold-able ladders that fold in the middle and lean against the wall at the top. Cheers Chris ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
