04-11-2009, 01:38 PM
Well ... I know I should have updated the thread a bit earlier, but I was too busy finishing the crane 
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The first pic shows the trucks with the wheels in place. I used n-scale wheels and put two of them face to face on each axle. They fit perfectly into the brass profile.
![[Image: crane25.jpg]](http://www.cnw.mattheydesign.de/crane25.jpg)
When I started this project, I thought of putting an enclosed hoist on the crane that I would make from styrene. But after finishing the bridge, it did not seem right to put a simple styrene box on this brass construction. So I decided to build a hoist using the brass profiles I had at hand. After looking at plenty of prototype pics, I came up with something that looked a bit like a double girder hoist and because it would not make sense to build a hoist and hide it under an enclosure, I just put a little roof on top of it.
![[Image: crane38.jpg]](http://www.cnw.mattheydesign.de/crane38.jpg)
![[Image: crane33.jpg]](http://www.cnw.mattheydesign.de/crane33.jpg)
To do the hook turned out much easier than I had expected. To tell the truth, I was not even sure if I could do a decent to scale hook. I started by drilling a 1/8" hole into a .080" thick piece of brass and simply cut out the shape of the hook around this hole with my cutting disc. Some filing and sanding worked wonders. The next pic shows the parts the hook is made of. I assembled the hook by riveting the parts together with two .060" bolts.
![[Image: crane41.jpg]](http://www.cnw.mattheydesign.de/crane41.jpg)
![[Image: crane42.jpg]](http://www.cnw.mattheydesign.de/crane42.jpg)
![[Image: crane44.jpg]](http://www.cnw.mattheydesign.de/crane44.jpg)
Being a TAMCOT project (Trans Atlantic Modelers Cooperation Treaty ) the crane will be shipped to the shops of the Northern Pacific "Narrow Packages" Division in Ohio. It will get painted there and then put into service at the team track on the end of the branchline.
.The first pic shows the trucks with the wheels in place. I used n-scale wheels and put two of them face to face on each axle. They fit perfectly into the brass profile.
When I started this project, I thought of putting an enclosed hoist on the crane that I would make from styrene. But after finishing the bridge, it did not seem right to put a simple styrene box on this brass construction. So I decided to build a hoist using the brass profiles I had at hand. After looking at plenty of prototype pics, I came up with something that looked a bit like a double girder hoist and because it would not make sense to build a hoist and hide it under an enclosure, I just put a little roof on top of it.
To do the hook turned out much easier than I had expected. To tell the truth, I was not even sure if I could do a decent to scale hook. I started by drilling a 1/8" hole into a .080" thick piece of brass and simply cut out the shape of the hook around this hole with my cutting disc. Some filing and sanding worked wonders. The next pic shows the parts the hook is made of. I assembled the hook by riveting the parts together with two .060" bolts.
Being a TAMCOT project (Trans Atlantic Modelers Cooperation Treaty
) the crane will be shipped to the shops of the Northern Pacific "Narrow Packages" Division in Ohio. It will get painted there and then put into service at the team track on the end of the branchline.
Kurt