A short demonstration of a superb Miniature steam crane

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

[@abdurrahmanpatel6380]

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

[@GRAHAM1514]

Many thanks for your kind words !

[@kent323is]

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

[@GRAHAM1514]

Many thanks for your comments !

[@ken.mp372]

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

[@GRAHAM1514]

Many thanks for your comments

[@kaibroeking9968]

What a marvel of model engineering!

[@GRAHAM1514]

Many thanks for your comments !

[@garyevans8116]

What a beautiful little crane Superbly built.

[@cleenlivin]

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

[@GRAHAM1514]

Agree and Many thanks for your comments

[@mrmrst9020]

What a lovely steam crane lovely video 🚂🚂

[@GRAHAM1514]

Many thanks

[@canberra3]

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

[@GRAHAM1514]

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 !

[@Terrys-Steam-and-Cobi]

What a cool breakdown crane!!

[@GRAHAM1514]

Many thanks !

[@paulsharpe3794]

What a fantastic version of the crain

[@GRAHAM1514]

Many thanks !

[@someonenamedbob]

A work of art.

[@GRAHAM1514]

Thanks for your comments !

[@deltatrains]

Marvelous craftsmanship. Like the video .

[@GRAHAM1514]

Thanks Peter ,I quickly grabbed my phone for this one

[@deltatrains]

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

[@GRAHAM1514]

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

[@ptonpc]

Amazing piece of work.

[@adamharrisdrums6539]

That is stunning

[@colin5021]

Oh, that is REALLY nice!

[@GRAHAM1514]

Many thanks !

[@fabrizioviscardi40]

Fantastic crane! Cheers Fabrizio - like 5

[@GRAHAM1514]

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

[@fabrizioviscardi40]

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

[@fabrizioviscardi40]

[@donniblanco5239]

An Absolute Masterpiece 🙌🏻

[@GRAHAM1514]

Many thanks for your comments

[@georgedeppner418]

Beautiful

[@geoffmartin9814]

Absolutely beautiful piece of modelling. Very well done 👍

[@GRAHAM1514]

Many thanks

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

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

[@GRAHAM1514]

Many thanks

[@bahoonies]

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

[@GRAHAM1514]

Many thanks

[@scottfw7169]

These kinds of models are so cool.

[@tonywright8294]

Think you will find they are very hot 🤣

[@GRAHAM1514]

Thanks for your comments

[@TheTrainDave]

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]

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

[@ovalwingnut]

Very COoL. wish I was tiny (my GF does not support me on this:)

[@scottfw7169]

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]

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]

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

[@GRAHAM1514]

its 7 1/4 gauge as on my description

[@jbhtrams]

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

[@GRAHAM1514]

@@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]

@@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: [e-mail]

[@jbhtrams]

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!