02-01-2010, 11:57 AM
This is as good a time as any for me to "revive" my old Tru-Scale crane, and create a boom car, and a fuel and water car...(crane tender), to go with it.
The crane was originally backdated to steam in 1959, using the Ron Christison article, "Powering the Tru-Scale Crane", in the September 1959 Model Railroader. I was 15 at the time, and wasn't quite as skilled a modeler as I would have wished. Needless to say, the crane sat in a box all these years, and now has a chance to be seen again.
The first two pics are of the crane:
The boom car and crane tender are based on a pair of underframes from Model Diecasting "Old Time Boxcar" kits that were bashed into narrow gauge cars. I have several of these frames in the junk box.
The crane was originally backdated to steam in 1959, using the Ron Christison article, "Powering the Tru-Scale Crane", in the September 1959 Model Railroader. I was 15 at the time, and wasn't quite as skilled a modeler as I would have wished. Needless to say, the crane sat in a box all these years, and now has a chance to be seen again.
The first two pics are of the crane:
The boom car and crane tender are based on a pair of underframes from Model Diecasting "Old Time Boxcar" kits that were bashed into narrow gauge cars. I have several of these frames in the junk box.
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!