| Cacique Caribe | 30 Nov 2011 10:46 p.m. PST |
I want to get small swivel cranes (like the small one shown immediately in front of the pilot house/cabin) or something like it for a couple of 15mm Post-Apocalyptic boats I'm working on, but I don't even know where to start looking. There are all kinds of HO cranes out there, and I don't know what that specific crane is called. My Post-Apocalyptic pirates will need to load their supplies and loot onto their boats. Thanks, Dan
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| Cacique Caribe | 30 Nov 2011 10:54 p.m. PST |
I think this is a clearer picture of what I'm talking about:
Thanks, Dan |
| David Manley | 30 Nov 2011 11:01 p.m. PST |
Its called a derrick. You'd probably find it easy enough to scratch build out of a couple of pieces of dowels or lengths of plastic rod. |
| Cacique Caribe | 30 Nov 2011 11:09 p.m. PST |
Excellent! Thanks a million. Dan |
| epturner | 01 Dec 2011 12:26 a.m. PST |
Actually, it's called a Yard and Stay rig from the looks of it. The one in front of the pilot house looks like a jumbo boom. Hard to tell. Eric |
| David Manley | 01 Dec 2011 2:58 a.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 01 Dec 2011 3:12 a.m. PST |
Ship/Barge Derreck (Derrick) it is! Thanks, Dan |
| Femeng2 | 01 Dec 2011 5:56 a.m. PST |
It is a derrick, or also known as a lifting boom to non-landlubbers. |
| Lentulus | 01 Dec 2011 7:28 a.m. PST |
David, thanks, neat reference. |
| (I make fun of others) | 01 Dec 2011 7:35 a.m. PST |
Knew a chap named Scotch Derreck once …. |
| Chouan | 02 Dec 2011 3:12 a.m. PST |
Bear in mind that a derrick's lifting capacity is very small, and in single derrick use, it is very hard to control lateral movement. |
| Lion in the Stars | 02 Dec 2011 4:48 a.m. PST |
The booms you're talking about in that first picture are for handling the fishing nets. If you look at how they're rigged, they have two lines coming off the tip of the boom at angles to control the position. I'm not sure you'd need to include those lines on a gaming model, though. They'd almost certainly be in the way. |
| epturner | 02 Dec 2011 5:28 a.m. PST |
Otherwise known as a Jumbo Boom or Single Swinging Boom. Never heard it called it a "derreck" before. Eric |
