A short demonstration of a superb Miniature steam crane

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Graham Smith

2 ай бұрын

Hand built years ago and steamed up by the owner who finished it at our club 7 1/4 gauge

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@ken.mp372 2 ай бұрын

STUNNING! What a beautifully built live-steam model!..... VERY IMPRESSIVE in every way!

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your comments

@abdurrahmanpatel6380 2 ай бұрын

In my mind, that's not miniature. I can put it to work on my home building projects. This is Brilliant!

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your kind words !

@kent323is 2 ай бұрын

Great work! I love seeing all of the details, from the steel rivets to the working mechanicals inside the cab. Definitely museum quality!

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your comments !

@garyevans8116 Ай бұрын

What a beautiful little crane Superbly built.

@kaibroeking9968 2 ай бұрын

What a marvel of model engineering!

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your comments !

@cleenlivin Ай бұрын

Utmost respect for people who can build something like this. It’s amazing to me. 👏👏

@GRAHAM1514 Ай бұрын

Agree and Many thanks for your comments

@mrmrst9020 2 ай бұрын

What a lovely steam crane lovely video 🚂🚂

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Many thanks

@ptonpc 2 ай бұрын

Amazing piece of work.

@canberra3 2 ай бұрын

In memory of Don Ketley, a titan in model engineering & a lovely fellow, taken too young!

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

I never had the pleasure of meeting Don as I have only been a Member of Chelmsford for 6 years but what I have seen of this plus others telling me about his gold medal winning 4MT I don't doubt your words , Luckily we still have a small number of engineers left at our club !

@someonenamedbob 2 ай бұрын

A work of art.

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comments !

@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi 2 ай бұрын

What a cool breakdown crane!!

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Many thanks !

@paulsharpe3794 2 ай бұрын

What a fantastic version of the crain

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Many thanks !

@deltatrains 2 ай бұрын

Marvelous craftsmanship. Like the video .

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Peter ,I quickly grabbed my phone for this one

@deltatrains 2 ай бұрын

@@GRAHAM1514 Congrats to the builder for making such a beautiful working model.

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

@@deltatrains I shall pass it on ,Thanks for your comments

@colin5021 2 ай бұрын

Oh, that is REALLY nice!

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Many thanks !

@fabrizioviscardi40 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic crane! Cheers Fabrizio - like 5

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Fabrizio ,I quickly recorded it with my phone! Best wishes Graham

@fabrizioviscardi40 2 ай бұрын

@@GRAHAM1514 So you made a great movie! Cheers my friend Graham!

@fabrizioviscardi40 2 ай бұрын

@donniblanco5239 2 ай бұрын

An Absolute Masterpiece 🙌🏻

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Many thanks for your comments

@adamharrisdrums6539 2 ай бұрын

That is stunning

@georgedeppner418 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@geoffmartin9814 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful piece of modelling. Very well done 👍

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Many thanks

@Stefan_Boerjesson 2 ай бұрын

Great model. It looks bigger then 7 1/4. Bring it to BMÅS, Borås, Sweden!

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Many thanks

@scottfw7169 2 ай бұрын

These kinds of models are so cool.

@tonywright8294 2 ай бұрын

Think you will find they are very hot 🤣

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comments

@bahoonies 2 ай бұрын

Glorious model. I can’t imagine how long it to uou to make it.

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

Many thanks

@TheTrainDave 2 ай бұрын

Graham, What a wonderful piece of model engineering. I am curious about the track gauges that it is sitting on. It almost looks like 7 ¼", 10 ¼" and 12", or something like that. So where is that?

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

HI Dave , The Crane is sitting on our multi track steaming bay ,We have 3 1/2 , 5 and 7 inch gauges at our club in Chelmsford Essex ,I have other videos of our Railway on my channel which may help with your question .Thanks for your comments

@scottfw7169 2 ай бұрын

Question: Where are steel cables this small and this flexible sourced from? The cables bring to mind picture hanging wire but all of that I've had experience with years ago was coarser and less flexible than these cables.

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

I will ask for you ,bear in mind the crane was started years ago and only recently finished so the original supplies may not be available now

@jbhtrams 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant and unusual. What gauge is it? It looks like 5" gauge???

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

its 7 1/4 gauge as on my description

@jbhtrams 2 ай бұрын

@@GRAHAM1514 brilliant. You just don't see them in any gauge. In the larger gauges, you are lucky to see coaches!

@GRAHAM1514 2 ай бұрын

@@jbhtrams I think there's a 5 inch gauge one somewhere ,I know what you mean though ,I should think it puts people off building one because of the amount of engineering that goes into them like cutting gears etc .it really is museum quality something I could never make ! I am fortunate to own a 7 1/4 gauge Rocket which again is rare in that scale ,built by a late engineer and goes well on one of my recent videos ,thanks for your interest

@jbhtrams 2 ай бұрын

@@GRAHAM1514 I had, until recently, a 7 1/4" gauge, 1/3rd scale Ffestiniog Railway Conway Castle loco, ex-RAF Wagon 87, and Hudson Bogie wagon No.63. All built by myself for under £300, mainly from scrap and my dad's 1965 Suffolk Colt lawnmower engine and parts! If you look on You Tube under: John on Conway Castle, Wagon 87 first run, And Wagon 63 at Royden Park, something should come up. It was not as precision made as your crane, but was fairly scale and fairly unique. The Hudson Bogie was sold to a lad who drives at Betesycoed, a few years ago. The clutch on C.Castle gave out at Bala in 2017 and was getting too heavy to move about with my arthritis so I recently sold it to Lawrie Rose who presents the blog 'LMM' (Laurie's Mechanical Marvels). If you would like to see pictures email me: jbhtrams@hotmail.com

@jbhtrams 2 ай бұрын

My gears were cut by a late friend when we both worked at Vauxhalls. He and the gear cutting machine are now long gone, but their workmanship is still in working order but now near Ipswich, not Wirral. I made a rocking gearbox, with 2 meshed gears, one driven by chain from a driven shaft above. The two meshed gears swung over a gear on the driving axle. This was controlled by a three notched lever giving Forward/Neutral/Reverse. The gearbox was driven by Lawnmower chain from the Lawnmower clutch from the Lawnmower engine. All quality 'BRITISH' items!