I started looking around trying to find something to model a crane like this:
http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll22/id/81322/rec/10
It’s a basic diesel crawler crane, nothing special. There are some RR cranes and the Jordan products Erie B-2 steam crane, but little else.
There’s this one:
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/781-66399
Any other possibilities?
Gidday, I know that this brand can cause some modellers I know to screw up their faces, and that it’s steam powered, but its the sort of thing that I consider is great for kit bashing.
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-1322
Cheers, the Bear
If you are up for a craftsman kit, Sheepscot Scale Prodcuts could probably supply what you want; this is a search on cranes from their site
http://www.sheepscotscale.com/site/search/node/crane
Their Bucyrus-Erie crawler crane looks similar to what you are looking for:
http://www.sheepscotscale.com/site/2010/09/16/crawler-crane-unloading-concrete-pipe
http://www.sheepscotscale.com/site/sites/default/files/95021C%20Instructions.pdf
Contact George Barrett to discuss what you need from this link, he can supply different boom lemgths in etched brass
http://www.sheepscotscale.com/site/contact
Bear,
Yep, looks like great bashing fodder. It’s a lot like my Jordan Products steamer, but enough different to be useful.
George,
Sheepscot Scale makes some neat stuff. Thanks for the reminder, as it’s been a few years since I’ve been to a National Narrow gauge Convention, where I used to come across them. Their Bucyrus-Erie crawler crane would be ideal for my needs, but it looks like it’s not currently in production?
Here are some sites to check out
This guy has a variety of possibilities/cost points.
This one lists a variety of possible sources.
Richard
Richard,
I like the looks of Zycon’s Bucyrus-Erie 22-RB, although I’d swap out the dragline bucket, which could make a neat load going somewhere else:
http://www.zyconmodels.com/catalog/lan-ho1b.php
Lots of really big and modern cranes, but most layouts would be better served by a wider variety of more mundane, smaller models, especially those of us that are somewhere in that nebulous “transition” era.
One of the few nice trends over the past few years was the introduction for Modern-era HO scalers of just that - lots of different “mundane” construction equipment from MotorArt, Norscott etc - Front End Loaders, Back-hoes, Bulldozers and so on. Very useful (and, especially if you color the shiny silver articulated joints yellow with a black-wash, pretty decent looking)
You should talk to George Barrett, he is only taking orders from his website and by mail these days, and possibly could make one up for you. He is not doing as many “production runs” as he used to, except for his newest items.
He will also build and detail the kit for an additional charge. I do not know what his backlog is these days, but he is in big demand to do finished models so it could be a wait.
kibri makes cranes that are menkes.these cranes can be modified to look very similar to american style cranes.they ar in the walthers cataloge.i also recommend sheepscott cranes.i have just received an bucyrus erie truckcrane and i believe he has others on hand. good luck in your hunt,john
John, Did you get the Bucyrus truck crane as a kit, or did you have George B build it for you?
http://www.sheepscotscale.com/site/2009/04/19/bucyrus-erie-15-b-truck-crane
I winged a check at George today after chatting briefly on the phone. Great guy, call him up and discuss what you want. The website info is a little scattered, so that’s good advice the first time ordering.
I’ve got the 950021C Bucyrus-Erie Crawler Crane ordered. I also asked about the Oshkosh 4X4 and, yes, it’s available with tandem rear drives, so have one of those coming, too. Looking forward to the builds on these.[Y]
The way ordering his trucks works is you order a cab & chassis, specify single or dual real axles, then a 5th wheel or a body to go on it. Kind of like ordering the real thing. One thing to do is download his price list and brochure, that will give you some part numbers to start with. There is a lot if information and products on the site, but his web designer could do a better job making the site more user friendly, with less of the fancy stuff.
You can use the Woodland Scenics Insley crane as a starter, then add a boom from Sheepscot, Also Custom Finishing has a nice cable back hoe. mh.
Sheepscot delivered in timely fashion, considering each kit is put together to order. I got the Bucyrus-Erie 15-B crawler crane and just finished it, plus an Oshkosh 4x6 truck I haven’t built yet.
Here are three pics of the crane, which compares favorably with the one I cited in my original post. The boom is a little longer on my crane and few other minor differences, but its got what I need to handle transfers of pipe or MOW needs.
Looking good, Mike. Is that the 75’ boom?
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George,
Nope, that’s just 55’. You do get the extra 20’ boom section in the fret of etchings with the rest of the boom. A 75’ boom on it would be a heck of a tall crane.[:O]
i have a hydraulic cranes…
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At one time AHM imported a line of construction equipment called Minimovers that included both a small crawler crane and truck mounted crane. They were a European prototype but were basically the same size.
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/1028338224031677988JgdJasCZSi
Also, Matchbox or someone once made a Rushton Bucyrus (English Bucyrus Erie) 22B in roughly HO scale.
By the way, the crane in the first picture was a Bucyrus Erie 22-B. This was a very common size of crane in the day for small contractors. It could be fitted with a backhoe or clamshell for the crane, a cable shovel front, and a backhoe. They were made from about the mid 30’s to around 1960. These were the largest of a small contractor line of the 10-B, 15-B, and 22-B with similar housings.
Many of these are still in use today, though they have largely been replaced by more modern hydraulic cranes and excavators.