Northern Alberta Railway crane and idler

[hillyard999]

wow that is looking good.

[cnrglen]

Thank you.
Today I started to re-assemble the pair, starting with the crane:
   

Using a diagram that I drew when I dissasembled the crane as well as my own model, I threaded the boom and hooks. Probabbly the most difficult part of the project.

   

A real spider's web of thread. I threaded the two hooks first, starting with the hook ends. The boom cabling was run from the winch out to the 4 pulleys.

   

When I was satisfied with the threading, I attached the trucks, couplers and the cab.

[TMo]

Sweet work! Those pulleys are very nice - none of the cranes I've seen have running gear that nice. Once again I predict another very satisfied customer!

[LiveSteamer]

Amazing Work as always.

[cnrglen]

Thanks guys,
I finished off the project yesterday:
   

I assembled the idler car adding the cabin and tool boxes to the flatcar. After I did that I realized that I hadn't finished the deck coloring. I fixed that after.

   

and here's the finished project on my photo diorama. I did a bit of detail painting on both cars and finisjed off the deck on the flatcar.

[tompm]

Awesome job! Loooks great.

[Ensign]

Glen, nice work on both the crane & the boomcar for it!
It all looks so good that the 2 guys on the depressed flatcar next to it have been struck down by it's beauty.

Greg

[hillyard999]

Glen,
this has been an awesome build.
thanks for sharing all the steps.
great job!

[cnrglen]

Thank you everyone. I delivered the pair to the new owner and he was very happy with the result.
I have another new project on the workbench, I'll post that shortly