1/25 6 Axle Lattice Crane

[td9clyde]

wow!!!!! nice work good looking crane now you can rerail your trains

[Southgate]

Originally Posted by td9clyde

wow!!!!! nice work good looking crane now you can rerail your trains

Truth be told, the trains at 1/87, the crane at 1/25, I have on occasion absent mindedly knocked the train cars off the tracks when playing around with the crane! gotta watch the level of that hook. This crane coud be used to rerail G scale trains, I'm sure. That could be fun. Dan

[Mrfish55]

Terrific job on the metalwork, I can appreciate the brass work in the boom, I would never dream of taking that on in 1/25 scale, I am half way thru a 75' ladder truck in 1/13 scale and find it difficult to make everything fit, good luck with the rest, will be watching it progress.

[Southgate]

Originally Posted by Mrfish55

Terrific job on the metalwork, I can appreciate the brass work in the boom, I would never dream of taking that on in 1/25 scale, I am half way thru a 75' ladder truck in 1/13 scale and find it difficult to make everything fit, good luck with the rest, will be watching it progress.

I might mention something that might be of interest to anyone building anything with lattice or rungs. It's much easier to drill holes in the square brass tubing and then insert the rungs or lattice pieces into the holes, then solder. That way the pieces dont have to be cut to exact length, and it makes for a stronger joint. I pin the tubes to a board all straight and square before soldering.

Thank you all for the comments so far Dan