RMweb Gold wenlock Posted July 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2018 Lastly my favourite mix of horse poo and straw helps to bring the scene to life. Yes I shall using your "special recipe" in the yard at Sherton Abbas:-) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Yes I shall using your "special recipe" in the yard at Sherton Abbas:-) Excellent! I shall look forward to seeing your take on it...! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Hi Richard, Several posts ago a photograph of the dockside ( uncertain of its origins? ) showed some cranes operating. Would you, or any of the followers of this excellent thread know of the manufacturer of the crane ( see below ) which I have edited to show the one in question. post-32434-0-75934500-1504276600.jpg It is of interest to me for various reasons and if and GA drawings were available ? Long shot probably but I will ask. Grahame This crane bears remarkable similarities to some of those at the North London Railway's Poplar Docks. So likely to have been worked by hydraulic power from an underground main supplied by a water pump and accumulator. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 (edited) Have a look here for another image: https://www.bristolferry.com/content/large/education/gcse_pack_low_res.pdf (with a rear view of MR barge/lighter No.9!) Edited July 31, 2018 by Osgood 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 That can't be graffiti on the crane base - can it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daifly Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 That can't be graffiti on the crane base - can it? Sort of - it says 'Wet Paint' - it's legible on a better copy of the photo! Dave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Yes, it does say 'Wet Paint', and is a lot clearer on the copy of the photo in Midland Record. I can't quite work out if they were on tracks (sort of visible I think in the photo heading off behind the crane). Mine won't be on tracks though as I haven't got room on the layout to do it justice. The lighter No 9 was indeed the inspiration for mine. Although if any more prototype info ever comes to light my version will no doubt suddenly look woefully inadequate...! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 I’ve more or less finished the building site, will probably add some more rubble and ground texture but this will do for now. I’m now concentrating on the groundworks in the yard area to the right. Once this is done, all of a sudden I’ve turned a corner and it’s more or less finished apart from adding the little details that really make a model come to life. Happy days. 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 I'm very, very much looking forward to seeing this in the flesh sometime! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 It just gets better and better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 Thanks chaps, I hope it doesn’t disappoint. I’m slightly concerned about the weight of it though; it’s only 6’ long but weighs a ton! Some of the examples in the book look like they could be tucked under your arm! This is a two man lift just to get it on its legs. Plus operating potential is somewhat limited....! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Absolutely superb craftsmanship, extremely well observed. Grahame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted August 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2018 Thanks chaps, I hope it doesn’t disappoint. I’m slightly concerned about the weight of it though; it’s only 6’ long but weighs a ton! Some of the examples in the book look like they could be tucked under your arm! This is a two man lift just to get it on its legs. Plus operating potential is somewhat limited....! Given the detail that you have gone into with it, the amazing view's you have kindly provided to those of us on rmWeb, how on earth could it disappoint!! Its one of those layouts where nothing needs to move for the audience to be awestruck! Superb modelling well done It gives us minor modellers something to aspire to! Not that im going to get that good, but one can hope! Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 Those of you who thought I was bonkers to attempt a water tank with a thousand minuscule bits of plasticard triangles stuck on it were quite correct. It was bonkers. Back to the drawing board....and this is as far as it got! And is probably as far as it will go...! Still, I think the wall and support structure makes quite an interesting construction in its own right. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire2865 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I thought you were doing a fine job of the tank, though I agree it would definitely grow tiring with all the tiny bits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 This is a crane. No, really it is...honest guv. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 I don't know how much you have been able to glean about these water hydraulic cranes, but just uncovered a couple of pictures showing better the hoist mechanism hidden in the vertical post. Henry J Coles established a crane business in London in 1878 - the only other maker of similar cranes I've come across is Armstrong Whitworth, who supplied similar and larger cranes to the South Wales docks. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Interesting wagon in the first photo. Looks like those built by the L&Y and the Midland for moving ship bunker coal. Its not as the boxes a wrong. Where was it taken? Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Sorry Marc, well spotted - I meant to add it is a picture of a crane sent out to Australia! Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 Fantastic pictures and drawings - thank you for posting, Osgood. I’ve started the blanks for the crane but will alter some of them to accommodate this new info. Thanks once again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgood Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 (edited) You're welcome. Sorry it took so long - I'd tried a few times but couldn't latch on to much of substance, then saw your mock-up and tried a couple of different search words this morning and bingo! Tony Edited August 18, 2018 by Osgood Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 Some small progress today - the blanks have been clad in plastikard, ready for the addition of bolt details. The left hand blank is the base for the operator’s cabin which will have a glazed top half. Finer details on the yard are progressing nicely, more pics to follow... However, I must confess I have become slightly distracted with a competition started by the LNWR boys, making a 1:24 signal cabin, cut away to show the fully detailed interior. Yes...bonkers but happy...! 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire2865 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 For your signal cabin, why not go with 1/22.5? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 For your signal cabin, why not go with 1/22.5? Bit late now, but why? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daifly Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Because it's the approximate scale for Gauge 3 layouts? Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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