I like the crane! Is it an old True Scale, or the Walthers re-pop? Looks like you chopped the frame and put it on a 6 wheel truck, so it could operate on that flat car.
I like the crane! Is it an old True Scale, or the Walthers re-pop? Looks like you chopped the frame and put it on a 6 wheel truck, so it could operate on that flat car.
Nice work Bill & Tom or should I say Bill, Tom & Eric.:mrgreen: I like the crane especially mounting it to the rail car on rails. The colors for the tower look good.:thumb:
Beautiful work! In real life, would there be stops on those crane rails to prevent the operator from over-running the end?
Boy I would hope so!!! Imagine trying to pick that beast up off the ground.Beautiful work! In real life, would there be stops on those crane rails to prevent the operator from over-running the end?
You mean the loader crane on the flatcar? Probably dont need chock blocks/stops because they're self-propelled, and with extensions between the car's rails they can traverse the length of the train.
I know i'd still jam a wedge of wood or two under the wheels in transit if i were working one in real life sign1
Boy I would hope so!!! Imagine trying to pick that beast up off the ground.
Eric who did all this neat modelling is having problems getting on this site to answer questions. I think it may be cause of his .mil email address. He is part of the hard working patriots at Fort Campbell here in Clarksville, part of the "Band of Brothers" 101st Airborne Division. We have had a lot of military guys over the years at the club. They bring in a lot of experience and some pretty wild tales from all over the world.
I may see if we can get Eric a plain jane civilian web address.
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Hey Tom glad to hear your buddy Eric might soon be getting on. My son of 15 models 1/72 scale military & is a perfectionist at what he does. His greatest passion second to baseball is anything & I mean anything to do with the military & is practically a historian of D-day & the envolvement of the Band of Brothers. Let your friend Eric know that our Soldiers are greatly appreciated & keep encouraging him to share his talents with us.
Hey Eric,Well gentlemen, I finally figured out how to get on here! Thanks for posting those pics of my handywork too! I've enjoyed learning about the logging and mining railroads since being a Midwest boy myself we didn't worry too much about cutting down our 1 tree or mining cow gold. As far as the Burro goes, It's a good example of buying a crane that "needed work" I took off the bottom and replaced it with a passenger truck and used smaller wheels in place of the original ones. It still is a work in progress and is fun to work on as I find a new part it really really needs. True, it would use "chok blok" to help it stay on the rails and not run off the end. From what I've gathered, they would run rails from one logging car to the next and just bolt them together temporarily and the crane would winch itself to the next car than the rails would be unbolted and flipped to the rear to the next car behind the crane. You might of noticed that behind the crane is a set of boxcars, that is going to be a RIP track based on what I remember out at Ft. Irwin, California when I'd go out there for desert training. They set boxcars on pilings and worked out of them as shops etc.