Steph Dale said:Did you manage to get hold of some instructions or are you making it up as you go along?
I ... do have some info here on No.2 that might help. If you'd like to PM me...?
Steph
I picked up mine today from Sanspareil at Reading. I did wonder if the poor soul who arrived at the stand for instructions and wire while I was talking to Iain was you..?
I'm missing about half a dozen castings which will inevitably delay progress. I'm also wondering what to do with the pretty-much-surplus jib runner and weight wagon, although I understand from talking to Iain that these were in some way just modified standard PW vehicles.
Of course, there's probably some enterprising Thunderer who's been working on a model of the Stothert and Pitt GWR Crane No1 and really wants the wagons to run with it...
Steph
Like you we wish to make the crane operational and with DCC control - I expect that we shall encounter the same challenges so discussion is likely. The question is:- on forum and bore the pants off of everyone.... or via PM and only show the final results. At the moment I think that we shall try to fit three motors under the carriage, [1] for travel, [2] for slewing and [3] to drive the cankshaft through the vertical shaft although that may mean converting to a backdrive gearing from the prototypical worm and wheel. Current challenge is how to power the derrick and the winding drums.I hope to be starting my nice shiny new thread shortly. Where I shall be turning a not inconsiderable number of parts into two working DCC (and sound!) controlled cranes.
I just do not understand... having kicked up a fuss about the lack of rail clamps such that I received a set last Saturday I would have thought that clamps would have been included in all of the kits which were taken to the show. Please excuse what maybe a silly question... which sheave is missing and how did you discover that situation? (I ask because, as yet, I am not sure that we know how many sheaves are required for the several pulley blocks)It's also why I wasn't too bothered about the odd missing gear as I'll be getting the odd one or two functional ones in from other sources and can then shuffle them around. I'm more concerned about the missing sheave/pulley and rail clamps..
Like you we have a desire to make the kit into an operational crane and with DCC control - I expect that we shall encounter the sameproblemschallenges so discussion is likely. The question is:- on forum and bore the pants off of everyone.... or via PM and only show the final result to those who love blue and smelly diseasils. At the moment I think that we have decided to try to fit three motor under the carriage, [1] for travel, [2] for slewing and [3] to drive the cankshaft through the vertical shaft although that may mean converting to a backdrive gearing from the prototypical worm and wheel. Current challenge is how to power the derrick and the winding drums.
I just do not understand... having kicked up a fuss about the lack of rail clamps such that I received a set last Saturday I would have thought that clamps would have been included in all of the kits which were taken to the show. Please excuse what maybe a silly question... which sheave is missing and how did you discover that situation? (I ask because, as yet, I am not sure that we know how many sheaves are required for the several pulley blocks)
Sorry Graham I missed the reference and re-reading isn't helping me (past my bedtime!). But yes, of course I'd be happy to take pics - what do you want the pics of again?Any chance that you can help with my request for photos of the additional etches as per last message?
I noticed a crane and tender on the B&B stall.... something like £150 for the kit. Did you get that one?
If it's not too much hassle I'd vote for "on forum", being mechanically minded I'm curious to see how the project develops.The question is:- on forum and bore the pants off of everyone.... or via PM and only show the final result to those who love blue and smelly diseasils.
I was working on two motors in the carriage (slew/travel) and three in the crab (jib,winch,crankshaft).
"Any chance that you can help with my request for photos of the additional etches as per last message?"
I missed the reference and re-reading isn't helping me. But yes, of course I'd be happy to take pics - what do you want the pics of again?
If it's not too much hassle I'd vote for "on forum", being mechanically minded I'm curious to see how the project develops.
So are we agreed that the crank shaft needs to be "free motion" and driven independently of all else?
I thought that my rabblings might have been enough - no matter, I shall scan the parts of the instructions / illustrations which make reference to the extra pieces. Do you want a picture of the rail clamp sprue for when you ask for same? BTW, you ought to have a casting for the rotating drum on the jib-rest slide.... this is a one-off part and is part of a sprue that is cast four-times, the drum was cut off of three or the four sprues - scope for getting the sprue four times and no drum!
SecondedPlease feel free to post pics lads
Rob
The question is:- on forum and bore the pants off of everyone.... or via PM and only show the final result to those who love blue and smelly diseasils.