Hi all, here's the thread I promised Mr
Gizzy
earlier today 
So way back in 2006 I stumbled across the web site for the Foxfield Railway - a former colliery line in North Staffordshire, converted to passenger running by way of earning revenue thus to help preserve it. On their stock page, I saw a most unusual beast - a crane tank. In fact, they had 2! I'd never heard of such a thing before, but the idea fascinated me; so much so, that I set about trying to create one for my own line.
The solution was quite simple - a second hand Stainz locomotive, the crane arm from a Matra crane wagon body were the main parts. The thing to join the two was even simpler: the lid from a bottle of cooking oil spray!
The ingredients:
Obviously there was some cutting involved, to get the top off the lid and to cut a curve into the bottom of it to match the curvature of the loco boiler - but nothing too onerous. The result of it all was this:
A lick of some suitable green paint to finish, plus some metal chain and a winding wheel from a large scale boat model shop, and it was all looking the part:
I was lucky enough to get along to a G Scale Society open day near Southampton, where it was quite well received!
That's all there is to it!
Gizzy
earlier today So way back in 2006 I stumbled across the web site for the Foxfield Railway - a former colliery line in North Staffordshire, converted to passenger running by way of earning revenue thus to help preserve it. On their stock page, I saw a most unusual beast - a crane tank. In fact, they had 2! I'd never heard of such a thing before, but the idea fascinated me; so much so, that I set about trying to create one for my own line.
The solution was quite simple - a second hand Stainz locomotive, the crane arm from a Matra crane wagon body were the main parts. The thing to join the two was even simpler: the lid from a bottle of cooking oil spray!
The ingredients:
Obviously there was some cutting involved, to get the top off the lid and to cut a curve into the bottom of it to match the curvature of the loco boiler - but nothing too onerous. The result of it all was this:
A lick of some suitable green paint to finish, plus some metal chain and a winding wheel from a large scale boat model shop, and it was all looking the part:
I was lucky enough to get along to a G Scale Society open day near Southampton, where it was quite well received!
That's all there is to it!
)
So, guest appearances only at the moment! This was back in 2007 (starting at about 1:16)
