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Scratch built - wehrmacht crane "Strabokran"

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 5:43 am
by BurtWolf
Dunno why, maybe intrigued with it being a nice terrain type piece, but I set out to build a tank repair depot (irony alert - I have yet to purchase any berg panzers or cranes...) starting off with the big gantry crane. I channeled my inner Nazgul (if he did this it would blow mine away), and did some research and scratch building...

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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 5:45 am
by BurtWolf
I know it's not an exact replica but the best I could do with styrene pieces I had. I sacrificed a couple US trucks by chopping off the dual wheels to form the four wheeled pairs. I plan on hanging wire and making a hook for the chains.

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 6:19 am
by chrisswim
That crane is fabulous, it was a good sacrifice of the trucks for that. If Nazgul builds one, do not destroy yours, send it to me.
Great job!!

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:19 am
by panzergator
This is very well done.

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:42 am
by BurtWolf
Thanks so much for the feedback!!!

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 5:40 pm
by RedLeif
Very cool!

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 10:00 pm
by Cav Dog
Strabokran - is that the IKEA name?😀

Nice work!

WOW

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 1:36 am
by Gordon Tweddle
Very nice build,all you need is a turret interior for a Panther or Tiger to go with it. 8)

Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 3:17 am
by BurtWolf
Thanks!! I was gonna try to build a tiny engine as if it had been removed but my styrene is just to big and clunky...

Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 7:20 pm
by chatto
Oh wow! That, is, amazing!

I REALLY hope you have some in-progress build shots! Because be damned if I could make that myself without instructions!