Bucyrus WB150 Crane

Stony has done it again- come out with a Z crane car... Check it out on SW..

Stony,

OUTSTANDING!!! A total first in Z scale! Well done. A few questions:

1. What trucks and couplers does it use or is it made to fit over another already produced Z scale car?

2. Does it come with hooks for the end of the crane?

3. Will it come with the cables or instructions on how to connect cables even if they are static?

Yours,

John

Do you have a link? I checked his shop on Shapeways but couldn´t find it.
Greetings
Mattias

That is becauze of your lackadazical-lazy fair- and procrastinationary attitude about tooting your own horn

This great. Did you consider trucks with couplers? Will you make a 4 or 5 pack?

Tanks Tom

How bout a rectangular hole for the coupler to fit thru and allow free sideway action.
We all have to comprimise sometimes-- I submit--"Yes Dear"

Vern'Z SpeederZ and CraneZ!!!!

Stony,

Thanks for the great answers. I just ordered one. Thanks for making this!

Yours,

John

I think you will have to either make some kind of build in coupler box, that mimics a 905, but people would have to put in the tiny fumbly parts and springs themselves, or you will just have to make a big square hole where you can install the 905. On the real crane there is some "stuff" jutting out on the ends of the cars, and it would be no more distracting than any other z scale car that is out there.
For those who actually want to run the car, wouldn´t you be putting it in the middle of a work train so you wont really see the ends?
For those who want to super detail this car (adding BLMA grab irons , lights, horns rigging and other thingies) it would be easy to add the end skirts, as they are flat and can be made out of real thin polystyrene or wood or paper. I do not know how much room you have on the end and middle for the stabilizing I beams, but I would rather see a rectangular hole so I could perhaps slip in a tiny brass I beam..
Perhaps you could make different version? One that is static and detailed, and one that would use MTL or other wheels and coupler?
People who buy this car must realize it is coming from Shapeways and will not have rigging, thread, decals, couplers, wheels, paint, ect ect. Perhaps this is a start of another cottage industry where a 3rd party could super-detail them and sell them ready to run?
But for 16 Euro, its a good deal, that is not much more than what it would cost me for a funky little caboose.

Stony,

Just got my crane. HOLY COW!!! This is your best product yet!! The crane moves! I can't wait to get it down to my hobby room and give it a really close inspection! Thanks for making these!

Great job!!!!

John

Wow John- you got yours fast!!- SW said they won't be making mine till March 9!
Fred

A couple of photos:

I just got mine--3-6-12-- the detail is amazing and would satisfy any divit counter.. I can imagine a lot of uses for the crane- certainly as is, on the rails, but also on a barge to build docks, or retrieving sunken boats or dredging ( read clamshell bucket ), or on a pedistal, trackside, to load scrap metal in gondolas ( read magnet ) or loading those new cement containers, or mounted on an a warehouse that stradles a dock- to load small ships. Or just a derelict in a forgotten junk yard. Very nice job Mr. Smiff. Oh- And I hear you are running out of projects-- So everyone send Stony your suggestions and keep twisting.
How bout it's BIG BROTHER...
www.fineartmodels.com/fineartmodels.com/Crane.html

Fred,

And NSM has just the flat deck barge that you could put that crane on! They're currently available at Zscalemonster: www.zscalemonster.com/nansenstreetmodels/nsm-053.jpg :woohoo:

John

Stony,

Outstanding! What did you use for the cables? I was planning on using human hair.

John

John- I've used hair before, rigging shipboard cranes- just don't tell anyone what it is.