RT-Diorama 1/35 12-Ton Harbor Crane

[Andy the Sheep]

I'm in, Graf Allen von Bamberg
Had a look at the RT on-line shop and it's amazing . Didn't know of its existence. Thank you for the hint.

[colin m]

A weatherer's dream. (I think I made a new word up there) Lots of scope for rust etc.

[Guest]

A weatherer's dream. (I think I made a new word up there) Lots of scope for rust etc.

Is'it just , and a great word .

[colin m]

Is'it just , and a great word .

Thank you kindly Mr race. I think that word might find a place in 'Colin's' dictionary, as opposed to the normal 'Collins' dictionary.

[Allen Dewire]

Evening from the Wood Work 101's table,

Just pulled up my chair for this one Allen.

Welcome Ian! Get comfy and glad to have you here...

Well Allen, a dockyard crane. This has to worth a ride on the Magic Carpet Mk 7 to watch. :thumb2: :smiling2:

I hope so Doug. Just don't forget to wear your winter woolies while flying over here. It's getting colder outside now...

I'm in, Graf Allen von Bamberg
Had a look at the RT on-line shop and it's amazing . Didn't know of its existence. Thank you for the hint.

Your welcome Andrea! Now that you are retired, you have some time to try a kit from them. It could be damaging to the wallet, but hey, it's Christmas time and I'm sure you have been a good boy!!!...

A weatherer's dream. (I think I made a new word up there) Lots of scope for rust etc.

More like a weather's nightmare Colin!!! I'm not to good at that art yet...

Is'it just , and a great word .

Easy Killa!!!...

Thank you kindly Mr race. I think that word might find a place in 'Colin's' dictionary, as opposed to the normal 'Collins' dictionary.

I'm sure it could find a place. It ain't in my Funk & Wagnall's yet......But 'nightmare' is.......

I got too involved with playing and forgot to post last night, so here's what I have done so far. I did glue the Traction Machine house together,


The Wolverine PVA works well, but is a bit thick and starts to dry on contact with the parts. You gotta work quickly. Then I started cutting out more parts,


I started to play with the white squares and the 2 wheels and ended up making this,


After 20 minutes of jiggling around, I finally got the top piece on and found I had created a water wheel,


Here I was thinking I was building a crane and not a paddle wheel floaty thing. Actually, it's the bottom plate of the crane' turntable. You add two white pieces and you have this,


Letting this dry, I assembled the operator's cab frame. Real easy and used a 4 little clamps to hold it together till the PVA set,


Perfect fit! The parts are well laser cut and fun to assemble.....So far. The other parts I had removed earlier were for the trim and vents on the Traction Machine. They look like this,


Here it is sitting in place in the cab,


I just need to add the wheels to it and some paint. Too bad you won't see much of it when the wood sidings are added to the frame. I guess I'll have to leave the door open so you get a peek inside. I then went about removing the 3D parts I needed from their plate. My gawd!!!...There were about 20,000 supports to try and cut off. It took well over an hour to get these free,


Luckily, I didn't break anything and they still needed clean up. The detail is excellent on these. look at the door handles and notice the keyhole in the plate. I then noticed the U-shaped hooks were not well printed and useless. No big deal. Also note the door hinges I need to cut off too. That's as far as I got last night, so today, I spent a lot of time cleaning the nubs off the 3D pieces and cutting out more wood. I did a test fit of the main boom parts,


Again, it has a nice fit, but will be a little tricky to glue together. The maintenance ladder is a nice touch too. The pieces below the boom are for the cable rollers and add extra support to the boom. Another pic,


A view of the etched in details and the ladder. I guess Rudy had to climb up in the boom to oil the rollers and grease the cables once a month. He probably wasn't amused..................

That's it for this installment of Wood Working 101. Thank you for the comments and for looking in. Have a good one take care folks...

Prost
Allen

[Guest]

That looks a fine kit Dude1.

Remember mdf can swell when you attempt to paint with any water based paint. Try a damp cloth on an underside first to raise the surface, it may cause a little wooliness. Do they mention anything about painting in the box ?