My first built up!
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I really like the heavy steel look of the crane support. Plus, the cabling looks great. The rust on the one I-beam looks great - but what caused it? Something drip on it, drop on it, dent it? Just offering ideas. Plus, the gearing could have lots of grease (or some similar color). Maybe even some soot from the smoke stack. Overall, I think yo did a really nice job!
RonP
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It looks great not flimsy or weak like you usually see when scaled down.
Great job, I hope to see the weathering all done too.
Great job, I hope to see the weathering all done too.
Those cranes build into really nice models. I built one myself but your cabling gives me ideas for improvments on mine.
Ya know...I just re-read my original reply and boy it read to me that I was just throwing stones or being smug or preachy or some know-it-all regarding weathering - and that's not at all how I meant that reply to read.
I'm very sorry about that and I apologize.
I meant to convey my admiration for some very nice modeling. And that it really looks good to me. Plus taking the picture in a white box really helped focus on only the model and not the surroundings...which adds to my appreciation since you displayed only the model and asked for opinions. So again, I really like the model crane and hope I didn't imply anything else but my admiration of the work. My second post still is in force - Looks Good!:thumb:
I'm very sorry about that and I apologize.
I meant to convey my admiration for some very nice modeling. And that it really looks good to me. Plus taking the picture in a white box really helped focus on only the model and not the surroundings...which adds to my appreciation since you displayed only the model and asked for opinions. So again, I really like the model crane and hope I didn't imply anything else but my admiration of the work. My second post still is in force - Looks Good!:thumb:
I like it as well! Certainly better than my first kit and it's weathering job (think Hitchcock's The Birds and that they all used the building as a litteral "dump" if you know what I mean:twisted::mrgreen
Excellent job! It almost made me "homesick" for the days when I would work around equipment, similar to what you have.(USACE.) I said "almost!":thumb:
UPDATE:
As I said in an earlier post. The white box is a "photo" booth that I made for my other hobby. It has two 100 watt light bulbs about 4 inches overhead........ Long story short I plugged in the power strip to power up a lamp and did not realize the lights came on. The crane was still in there......... I melted the darn thing! I didn't even know what was happening until I smelled the plastic getting hot. I am going to take it to the body shop for an overhall. I will post a pic after it gets back.
As I said in an earlier post. The white box is a "photo" booth that I made for my other hobby. It has two 100 watt light bulbs about 4 inches overhead........ Long story short I plugged in the power strip to power up a lamp and did not realize the lights came on. The crane was still in there......... I melted the darn thing! I didn't even know what was happening until I smelled the plastic getting hot. I am going to take it to the body shop for an overhall. I will post a pic after it gets back.