02-07-2009, 09:37 AM
Thanks again for the comments.
Stein-the rolls you mentioned are rolls of cable. To make them I went to the craft store and bought some wooden disks.They come in various diameters. I glued 4 together.You have to make sure that the edges are even so some sanding might be necessary. I then covered the faces and sides with HO scale 1"x6" lumber and the drilled a hole approx. 3 scale inches through the center.If you look closely at the photos you will notice that the roll mounted on the truck is held in place by chains.
As far as the crane is concerned,I built it long before I did the track plan. As I started work work on the plan I still had no clear idea as to how I was going the use the crane. Once I put in the freight handling area I chose to put the crane on the small track you see in the photo.
Charlie-thanks- I'm real happy with the way the photos are coming out. Big improvement over my earlier attempts. Bob
Stein-the rolls you mentioned are rolls of cable. To make them I went to the craft store and bought some wooden disks.They come in various diameters. I glued 4 together.You have to make sure that the edges are even so some sanding might be necessary. I then covered the faces and sides with HO scale 1"x6" lumber and the drilled a hole approx. 3 scale inches through the center.If you look closely at the photos you will notice that the roll mounted on the truck is held in place by chains.
As far as the crane is concerned,I built it long before I did the track plan. As I started work work on the plan I still had no clear idea as to how I was going the use the crane. Once I put in the freight handling area I chose to put the crane on the small track you see in the photo.
Charlie-thanks- I'm real happy with the way the photos are coming out. Big improvement over my earlier attempts. Bob