Scrapmetal Crane

I think that I need to paint mine.  That looks great!

Mark,

Thank you! 

Painting the model to get rid of those shiny molded colors makes a world of difference!  It really ratchets up realism.  I will probably weather it as well.  Equipment doesn't stay clean like this in a steel mill environment. 

George

For a nice variation mount the crane on crawler tracks from the Lionel shovel. Painting plastic always improves things.  Nice job.

George Lasley

Yes, indeed.  I wish I could bring myself to refinish  my postwar operating accessories, but I just can't do it. 

Wow!  That looks great.  And the paint makes a difference and I have wanted to see one with the cables and all rigged out.  It looks like you weathered the magnet hanging on the end slightly?

Yours looks so good it makes me regret a bit bashing my kit to make the load for the 'Streets low boy tractor trailor below: the can motor that powers this puppy is actually in the trailer and I needed a load to cover it - the cab of the crane covers it.  The truck body was too long to fit the trailer so I had to fit it with the treads.  As George Lassey said, the cab and all looks good with crawler treads (taken from a Tamiya Sherman kit).  I left the crane itself folded up as it is a load on this trailer.  The pity of it is that although this thing runs very well the trailer is so long it sticks out on corners and knocks against too many things alongside the road - as a result this is nothing but a shelf queen any more.

Lee,

First thanks for the compliments!  The magnet actually is pretty heavily weathered (except for the hooks) and can be seen better here:  https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/t...very-scrapyard-needs

But your crane is absolutely fabulous!  Great color scheme and use of the cab to hide your motorized low boy truck!  Did the tracks come from the steam shovel kit?

George

here's a pic of my shovel converted to crane.  the boom was in a box of ebay stuff from years long past.  gave it a new paint job, that I found on the net.

Wow Bob!  Really nice work.

Very impressive.

George

thank you...