RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted November 3, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) Some rather more modern types snapped at Dover West Docks earlier this year. Edited November 3, 2022 by phil_sutters duplicated photo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted February 27, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2023 Since the previous photos of Bob Edwardes' M Shed diorama didn't make it through the crash, here's some more recent ones. The older S&P cranes are made by Bob from resin castings as are the vessels. 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaZagato Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 @Corbs I believe you mentioned your outfit was doing a crane kit. Did anything come of that? Was that someone else? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted February 27, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2023 3 hours ago, AlfaZagato said: @Corbs I believe you mentioned your outfit was doing a crane kit. Did anything come of that? Was that someone else? It's on the cards but very difficult - intention is to have it laser cut. Bob's cranes are resin cast but we don't think the jibs etc. would stand up to being posted. The new DD2s he's done might be an easier posting prospect, we shall see. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schooner Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 On 27/02/2023 at 07:20, Corbs said: we don't think the jibs etc. would stand up to being posted. You could always go oldschool - looks pretty robust! Crane at Westminster Bridge, London, c1830. A large crane on the bank of the River Thames, with its mechanism visible. Men unload goods from a cart to the left, with Westminster Bridge, seen from the north east, in the distance. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images. Embedding permitted) 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 (edited) Another thread suffering badly from loss of images - all those wonderful dockside crane pictures, gone! 😭 Unless anyone has the time or inclination to restore them, of course! Meanwhile, after a FaceBook group post alerted me to it, I have just spent £38.99 (free postage) on a 3D print as follows… For an extra couple of quid, you can get a motorised version! Now, we’ve all complained about a lack of a kit for a suitable dockside crane and here at last someone has done the R&D to produce one. How accurate is it? I have no idea, but it looks right and I can’t wait to see how it builds! And at less than the cost of many new RTR coaches, I think it is a bargain! Will update in due course! HOURS OF LEVEL LUFFING FUN! Edited April 1, 2023 by SteveyDee68 Clarity!! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 (edited) On 01/04/2023 at 11:48, SteveyDee68 said: Another thread suffering badly from loss of images - all those wonderful dockside crane pictures, gone! 😭 Unless anyone has the time or inclination to restore them, of course! Meanwhile, after a FaceBook group post alerted me to it, I have just spent £38.99 (free postage) on a 3D print as follows… For an extra couple of quid, you can get a motorised version! Now, we’ve all complained about a lack of a kit for a suitable dockside crane and here at last someone has done the R&D to produce one. How accurate is it? I have no idea, but it looks right and I can’t wait to see how it builds! And at less than the cost of many new RTR coaches, I think it is a bargain! Will update in due course! HOURS OF LEVEL LUFFING FUN! Interesting Stevey. From the height of the legs it actually looks more like a dockyard (ship repairer, naval dockyard etc) than a cargo handling crane but definitely seems to be rigged for Toplis level luffing and should be adaptable. I don't think it's a Stothert and Pitt design though it does seem to be using somethnig like their crank design for luffing the jib rather than a winch. It looks the part mre than the old Airfix/Dapol travelling portal crane. Dockyard cranes needed more height in order to lift machinery in and out of engine rooms etc. than those used in ports for general cargo handling which mostly just had to clear the holds and any deck cargo and probably didn't want the cabin to be too high above the work. Edited May 3, 2023 by Pacific231G 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 DAPR crane arrived this morning … what you get, in a very neat little box… HOURS OF FUN!! (EVENTUALLY) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSB Posted May 28, 2023 Share Posted May 28, 2023 (edited) I’m no model maker myself (lacking the holy trinity of time, talent and patience), but I have in the past spent many hours playing with Stothert & Pitt dock cranes, both the DD2 and the earlier crank luffing types. You people who do wish to make a model or two may find this drawing useful. Edited June 1, 2023 by GSB 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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