Yard Crane

[viaEstrecha]

Picture pinched from a recent post by JonD, I wondered if anyone might suggest an active source for a yard crane like this? Yes, I know I could make one from scratch, but I'm lazy and would find it easier just to write a suitable letter to Santa Claus!

 

[voodoopenguin]

Have you been good this year? You will need all the Brownie points you can get.

Metal Yard Crane Kit Unpainted - base not incl. | Garden Railway Specialists Tel:01844 345158

AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW

www.grsuk.com

Paul

 

[viaEstrecha]

Have you been good this year? You will need all the Brownie points you can get.

Metal Yard Crane Kit Unpainted - base not incl. | Garden Railway Specialists Tel:01844 345158

AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW

www.grsuk.com

Paul

Flipping heck! I don't think Santa's got that sort of money, but thanks for the link - I'd never seen that one before.

 

[voodoopenguin]

I'm sure you don't have to mount this one on the wagon.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4448845516/g-scale-backwoods-crane-car-kit?ls=s&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=g+scale+crane&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&sts=1&content_source=25c536cd-1e40-4c9b-af04-715f71897256%253ALTa6165f5152ebbd6edeaa28b28d6287ba9f94afc9&organic_search_click=1&logging_key=25c536cd-1e40-4c9b-af04-715f71897256%3ALTa6165f5152ebbd6edeaa28b28d6287ba9f94afc9

Paul

 

[Gizzy]

Have you looked at the Peco O gauge yard crane?

Yb281 used one on his layout....

 

[funandtrains]

WORK CRANE ONLY (no car) (kit)

WORK CRANE ONLY (no car) (kit)

ozarkminiatures.com

I think this one is quite small though.

 

[funandtrains]

Pola have a yard crane kit too.

 

[funandtrains]

Hand Crane — Plateway Models

Working hand crane, as found in many goods yards and civil engineering departments. Suitable for lifting: boxes, bogies, track etc. 360 rotation, adjustable hand operated jib and hand operated lifting rope with lifting locks on both.

www.platewaymodels.co.uk

This ones a little crude but is a working model and can be bought as a static crane or on a wagon kit. It is affordable though!

They also do this kit:

Edwardian Well Wagon Crane — Plateway Models

Working hand crane, as found in many goods yards and civil engineering departments. Based on an Edwardian cast iron crane with lots of detail to show the internal mechanism. Suitable for lifting: boxes, bogies, track etc. 360 rotation, adjustable hand operated jib and hand operated lifting chain wit

www.platewaymodels.co.uk

 

[PhilP]

How about this one:


Snap!

PhilP.

 

[Homo Habilis]

You might consider the LGB/POLA/FALLER rotating crane 331705 and leave the canopy off.

 

[SevenOfDiamonds]

I wondered if anyone might suggest an active source for a yard crane like this?

Pola have a yard crane kit too.

Looks like I've just been overtaken, while writing the following . . .

Yes, the one in Jon's post looks like the one in Pola 331705 . . .

https://medien.faller.de/xs_db/DOKUMENT_DB/www/anleitungen/331705_anl_01.pdf

£63 at P&S. Is that more in your price range?

Maybe it's in other Pola sets too.

I bought just the crane (and the deck it sits on) second-hand from GRS for £40 or so . . . but that was quite a while ago, now. Still sitting on the shelf, rather than on the railway but, who knows, one day!

 

[MTheStrong]

You could also consider the Piko G Scale Crane 62077

 

[David1226]

Model Town used to do this simple, easy to assemble resin cast kit, for £20. I put this one together about six years ago. They did change the design a little while ago but sticking to the same idea, and a similar price. I think it may have gone up to £25. I just had a look on their website, but I could not see it, perhaps they have discontinued it, or there is another new one in the pipeline.



I bought one for a yard crane for Gernise End Station, on the Claptowte Railway. I constructed a platform for it, a 3mm ply box, with a scribed 3mm plasticard top, and, 1/24th scale textured brick paper walls. It is intended for indoor use, so would not be weatherproof, but the idea could be adapted.



David

 

[maxi-model]

I have both the Pola/Faller & Piko (as coal yard) cranes, both vey durable outside in all conditions.

However how about this for a yard crane ? Might eat you alive if you are not carefull though

 

[pugwash]

Have you been good this year? You will need all the Brownie points you can get.

Metal Yard Crane Kit Unpainted - base not incl. | Garden Railway Specialists Tel:01844 345158

AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW

www.grsuk.com

Paul

For that amount of money it would go on the mantlepiece!

 

[dunnyrail]

Picture pinched from a recent post by JonD, I wondered if anyone might suggest an active source for a yard crane like this? Yes, I know I could make one from scratch, but I'm lazy and would find it easier just to write a suitable letter to Santa Claus!
View attachment 363035

Oh I may have the greater part of one, remind me next time you are here.

 

[Zerogee]

I have one of the Piko ones, and it's very nice (I bought it second-hand and ready assembled) - it's probably the closest to the pic in your original post, at least of the reasonably affordable ones...

Jon.

 

[Rhinochugger]

How about this one:
View attachment 363040

Snap!

PhilP.

Shirley, they've left a '0' off the end

 

[railwayman198]

I had one of these L&B YARD CRANE | Garden Railway Specialists Tel:01844 345158. It looked good until it was stepped on several times and is now beyond repair.

 

[viaEstrecha]

Oh I may have the greater part of one, remind me next time you are here.

Thanks, John - yes, please. I've still got to tackle that rail crane too BTW - I have now sourced both the wagons for it, and I think young Dominic will have to share it with me once it's built!

As for the yard crane, just about every Spanish station had one, so I'll be wanting a second as well, eventually .

I have one of the Piko ones, and it's very nice (I bought it second-hand and ready assembled) - it's probably the closest to the pic in your original post, at least of the reasonably affordable ones...

Jon.

Thanks, this is a useful thread, Jon (and others); I agree: the Piko one without the twee cocktail umbrella roof does look pretty close. I've amassed a collection of yard crane (grúa) photos from Spanish travels and they do all have a similar appearance.

Edited: I surprisingly found a Piko hatted one, remarkably priced, on Amazon UK, but I'm worried the listing is weird. It'll be interesting to see if anything turns up or if they refund my order when 'computer says no'. [Can I say that catchphrase any more?]