My friend Bill finally finished this great model after over a year of working on it. The entire crane assembly to include the counter weight is scratchbuilt. From the cab back is also scratchbuilt. He did scavenge some of the running gear. I wish you folks could see it in person. It is quite a piece of work. "Q"

that model is just awsome.
and mind bloging.
he did a great job building the crane.
and the rest of the kit

Wow, that is a superb build Great job on the scratchbuild crane.

I have just one question: the cables, shouldn't they be tight due to the weight of the hook? (awful english).

But that is just nitpicking to an overall beautiful build!!

I agree, it's an amazing build. As someone who's built a couple of cranes, I can tell you the the hardest part is giving the cables a sence of weight. I've not found a good way to do that so far. You'll notice the key ring Bill is using to do that in the first pic. No matter what I've tried, if you remove the weight, the cables slack, you can see what I mean here:



The cables started out tight, but with time loosen up.

At any rate, Bill has done an outstanding job.

Chuck

Wow!!! Looks like the one in AFV Modeler. I agree with Jurjen, the cables aren't very tight, but that's very hard to do. The only way I see that this could be fixed would be to add some weight to the hook.

Yeah, the cables were hard to get that "weighted" look. I think Bill is going to build some sort of weight to hang from it and thereby keep them taught looking. His next project that he has under way is a steam shovel that is on the back of some sort of trailer. I havent seen it as yet, but I imagine it looks just as nice as his FAMO. Thanks again for the kind words. I'll make sure and pass them on to Bill. "Q"

Very impressive build. Love the weathering and chipped paint!

Great looking build by you talented friend...the amount of attention to detail and research in the subject really shows with this project. A well spent year in the life, I say...and your own CCKW conversion is a fine addition to any collection. A thought on the cables , if you don't mind my two cents worth, instead of painting them (which adds weight and an amount of "restriction" to their flexability) why not try dyeing them? ...or find thread in a color that more matches a cable with minor amounts of touchup. The lack of any paint residue on the thread would allow for the "slack" to be taken up with a minor amount of weight on the end. As i'm sure you have noticed with real cables, only the first few feet of a tow cable is the part that really has any wear or rusting type weathering on it as the majority of it is usually kept rolled up and greased/oiled. Another idea would be to use some lead in the construction of the hook-pulley at the end of the cable.

Dang fine builds, both of em...

and why isn't Bill a member of Armorama?

kglack

In one word, amazing!
I love the scratchbuilded crane!
And the paintjob, I like it!

Grtz Hilbert.

Where he finds time for his models I dont know. He has a HEMMT under way as well. It met an untimely doom at the hands of a Nerf dart so it is being rebuilt. Completely scratchbuilt engine yada, yada, yada. Cant wait to see it. Thanks for the positive comments on his work. I'll pass them along. "Q"