New Crane for the Yard

With the date of the Challenge final fast approaching I had not done much detailing work to the goods yard and so knowing that the plan showed a yard crane I quickly purchased a Ratio kit, made and painted it and planted it in the yard. I was never happy with it and so decided to find a better example.

The plan said the crane was rated at 2 tones with a 12' radius. So I purchased a Springside white metal kit which was a GW example but I thought look to heavy and with no clear photo of the yard decided to investigate further. I finally found a drawing of a GW 2 ton crane in GW Railway Journal using Matt Ots index. After enlarging, on the computer, the only photo with any view of the goods yard again it seems that the Springside example would fit the bill.

So with file and soldering iron in hand the crane got built and here it is, resplendent in its place in the yard on its brick plinth, although it still needs painting and planting.