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been busy making this over a few evenings .I have based it on an old railway or dockside crane I googled a few pictures to get a rough idea then sort of made it up as I went along.made out of plasicard the legs are plumbers pipe a wheel and bearing from an rc car. it needs spraying and chains added the beancan on the back witch is meant to be the counter weight. I will leave to go rusty

Cor, that is brilliant!

You could R/C that

I have a 'thing' about cranes Jim and that one is just great.

I Like that Jim, well done.

That's a whopper Jim, it wasn't until I read bean can that I got the real sense of size.

Thank you for the comments it's a big model the bean can is actually a small can

sprayed the crane yesterday with reds and black then drybrushed it with silver

It looks great Jim.

I can picture it on a logging railroad in the US somewhere.

thank you I just need to find some small chains to put on it and its finished

Have a look on eBay loads of model suppliers supply chains all different sizes.

I like to run a chain through sandpaper and then leave it outside to rust for a bit. You could also chemically blacken the chains.

That is a superb build Jim worthy of a 1st prize anywhere. How did you do your lettering.

Can we have an update on the finished build please Jim.