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 Forum: Breakdown Crane Modelling   Topic: Folkestone Harbour Railway - a forest of cranes

CommanderChuff
Posted: 04 Jul 2022, 11:30 

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Some more images of the model as I populate the pier with cranes, railway stuff and lights.
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 Forum: Breakdown Crane Modelling   Topic: Folkestone Harbour Railway - a forest of cranes

CommanderChuff
Posted: 04 Jul 2022, 11:27 

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Just a quick question about the colours of the makers plates for the crane gantry. I have designed both plates ready for etching. In the b/w image the colour scheme appears to be white lettering on a pale background, compared with the black or dark grey of the gantry side. So having contacted some p...

 Forum: Breakdown Crane Modelling   Topic: Folkestone Harbour Railway - a forest of cranes

CommanderChuff
Posted: 25 Dec 2020, 17:20 

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The Folkestone harbour model workshop has produced the first two cranes for the layout. 1: the gantry crane has been built from styrene sheet for the body and angle strip for the jib, the body is covered with corrogated copper sheet, and two video drive motor-gearboxes provide the motive effort. The...

 Forum: Breakdown Crane Modelling   Topic: Folkestone Harbour Railway - a forest of cranes

CommanderChuff
Posted: 26 Feb 2018, 09:50 

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Hallo Bryan,

Thanks for your query, and to clarify my statements. The cranes were on the docks FOR the trans shipment of cars and buses.

 Forum: Breakdown Crane Modelling   Topic: Folkestone Harbour Railway - a forest of cranes

CommanderChuff
Posted: 31 Jan 2018, 18:35 

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I have taken the opportunity to refesh my understanding of the historical timeline of FH and its development. The harbour has had many changes over the years so the identification of crnae typoes was becoming a little difficult. 1846-1850: South Quay and Railway station built: two hand cranes with r...

 Forum: Breakdown Crane Modelling   Topic: Folkestone Harbour Railway - a forest of cranes

CommanderChuff
Posted: 24 Jan 2018, 18:29 

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Chris,

Thank you for a very prompt response, with some great and useful information, it will help to finish off my article on the bus-on-a-crane nicely,

David

 Forum: Breakdown Crane Modelling   Topic: Folkestone Harbour Railway - a forest of cranes

CommanderChuff
Posted: 24 Jan 2018, 14:59 

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The FHBR model railway layout is beginning to look like a proper dock yard and I am starting to consider the many cranes which have been identified from photos. The first one is a little unusual and the story is that the normal run of cranes on the quayside were small steam powered one on gantries o...

 Forum: Introduce Yourself   Topic: David Austin - Railway Modeller and Invasion 1940

CommanderChuff
Posted: 24 Jan 2018, 14:52 

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Hello Everyone, Just thought that a few words would be in order after gaining some valuable information from the forum. I have had no previous experience with railway cranes but was in the Royal Navy where we used helicopters to lift stuff from ship to ship. My railway modelling projects have been f...
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