Crane Locomotives

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DavidB

Western Thunderer
Problem with ordering from the EU these days is that you can end up with a bill and having to pay tax on your doorstep before the packet is handed over. RP Tools are available in the UK - a quick Google found Scale Model Shop.
 
spikey faz

spikey faz

Western Thunderer
DavidB said:
Problem with ordering from the EU these days is that you can end up with a bill and having to pay tax on your doorstep before the packet is handed over. RP Tools are available in the UK - a quick Google found Scale Model Shop.
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Or worse still, unable to order at all. I've recently tried to order from fohrmann.com but they won't ship to the UK. :(

I've emailed to ask what the problem is, but no reply yet.

Mike
 
spikey faz

spikey faz

Western Thunderer
Jon Nazareth said:
Does it make rivets or is it a punch for making dummy rivet heads?

Jon
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It punches the rivets clean out of Plastikard. So you're left with a tray of tiny little punchings which you then glue onto your model, one at a time. Sounds tedious, but it's not actually too bad. It's almost therapeutic! Punching them out is a bit boring though. They do different shapes tools too.

Mike
 
simond

simond

Western Thunderer
Thanks all,

I had seen the leaf cutters and had them in “round tuit” pile, now bolloxed by Brexit.

the UK supplier link looks good, as they say, it’s an ill wind...

cheers
Simon
 
Osgood

Osgood

Western Thunderer
That crane seat is way smarter than that of any premium heavy truck of the period!
Our crawler draglines of the 1960s had something more akin to a budget Harley Davidson job - a pan seat on a tubular post with an inch of padding!
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spikey faz

spikey faz

Western Thunderer
Osgood said:
That crane seat is way smarter than that of any premium heavy truck of the period!
Our crawler draglines of the 1960s had something more akin to a budget Harley Davidson job - a pan seat on a tubular post with an inch of padding!
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I shall see if I can find a more basic seat in my spares box. Not sure if I'll be successful though, so the 'luxury' seat might have to stay.:)

Mike
 
simond

simond

Western Thunderer
You could file one up from a teaspoon....

not sure how well that would go on the domestic front, perhaps better all round to boiling-water-mould a bit of plasticard over the teaspoon and file it out of that!
 
Osgood

Osgood

Western Thunderer
Looking at the G.A. of the crane it looks as if the crane operator might have stood up facing the centreline of the crane as the levers look to be orientated that way - might explain the relatively tall cab.
 
spikey faz

spikey faz

Western Thunderer
Osgood said:
Looking at the G.A. of the crane it looks as if the crane operator might have stood up facing the centreline of the crane as the levers look to be orientated that way - might explain the relatively tall cab.
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I did wonder about that.

The kit actually came with a much smaller seat for the crane, but I swapped it for a more comfy looking one! Maybe I should just take it out altogether. It'll be one less thing to paint!

Mike
 
spikey faz

spikey faz

Western Thunderer
Close-up of the cab shows there are foot pedals for the crane-operator. Could he/she have operated these standing up?
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Mike
 
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