Modernizing the Classic 1950s Crane

[@ludovicjehel3705]

Fantastique travail 👍👍👍.

[@pablobaio9435]

Amazing crane. Cheers.

[@samgenova3881]

Love the crane modification, I have two, one is newer and has a decoder. As for the statement I was going to make about a second motor, you covered in your final comments. As usual, a great video Martin!!

[@jessehaenen5915]

I'm literally building on a harbour right now struggling to build a proper old school crane. And then I go on KZbin and what do I see? A video of Marklin of Sweden supplying me with inspiration. Fantastic! Thank you very much for sharing this! Greetings from the Netherlands

[@Cloudman572]

if you are building in HO /OO Dapol do a harbour crane for about £10 as a kit. Most/all Dapol is re release of old but good Airfix 1960/70's model railway kits.

[@jessehaenen5915]

@@Cloudman572 I am scrap building a crane at this moment but thanks for the tip! I will take a look at it.

[@Cloudman572]

@@jessehaenen5915 Good luck and happy Christmas to you and all the viewers.

[@jessehaenen5915]

@@Cloudman572 thanks mate. Also merry Christmas to you

[@slottekninker]

God jul och gott nytt år från Limhamn 🎅

[@ricardodiggs7627]

Brillant work!!!...Congratulations and thank you very much!!! ...I wish you a merry chistmas and a happy new and best year!!!

[@liondecka9062]

your work is outstanding! Greetings from Berlin, Germany

[@kahunatiki6498]

Tremendous ingenuity!

[@jakemonster001]

Great customization work! Cheers from US!

[@peterandersson5713]

Cool I run marklin in the 70 th as young Good luck 👍

[@ruslsdad]

You are amazing. I love watching you work. Thank you.

[@MikevanRaaij]

Great work. I like your video's. Great for inspiration.

[@2dudesatrain107]

Looks like a fun project.... nice to update an old piece....

[@flyboy2610]

Really nice work, Martin!

[@Schmiddko]

The crane update is absolutely genius!

[@dannypannekoek7955]

Very cool video here! Thank you for sharing this!

[@JM-oh4yi]

Don't forget to re-attach the ladder, or the crane operator's going to have quite the climb! Beautiful work, though. I love seeing old toys/models receive new life.

[@js4folk]

Wow! Fantastic! Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@alanswallow9033]

Another brilliant project! Merry Christmas from Christchurch New Zealand, Cheers Alan!

[@markjohnson9136]

I would never be able to pull that off. Very fun to watch.

[@shaunsandiford9048]

Wow you did a wonderful job on the Crane

[@michalhruska3332]

I think this might be the best video from you. SO many ingenious ideas and tricks, with a simple focus on making the layout even more detailed and operational. I would love to see a continuation of this video where you add more motorization, and maybe even a magnetic mechanism to actually move the goods around. But this is already amazing, and the quarantine is obviously far from boring to you!

[@peterdelaforce2346]

Fantastic build, really enjoyed watching, thank you for sharing

[@Bighell01]

Nice video again Martin. Thumbs up! Merry X-mas to you and stay safe and healthy: not only for yourself and your family but also for your followers to keep providing them with creative, original and detailed ideas. Grtz from The Netherlands.

[@derz-crackmodellbahnvideosinsp]

"Superb"!!! Congratulation..."Make something awesome out of old models" ...that´s also one of my several passions with a lot of fun factor!!! THANKS for sharing Martin. I´ll wish you and all others a nice and safe christmastime, Olli

[@johnkelley9877]

This was a very impressive build! I could see there was a lot of work involved to make this and it turned out looking very good. Thanks for sharing this.

[@mercedes_and_more]

Fantastic stuff. Really great transformation. Love the work on the window opening.

[@matthieurobbe4762]

Super ! Exceptionnel ! Bravo 👏 et merci pour la vidéo

[@Iamasafetyviolation]

WOW it looks AMAZING!

[@alwayslive7460]

THANKS FOR SHARING

[@greenelmstation]

Such a pleasure to watch. Well done.

[@jensjensen6548]

Thx for the good job. 🙂

[@Tclans]

Great resto mod on the crane.

[@peterstecks7660]

You make it look so easy. Thanks. Proper entertainment, and very knowledgeable. Happy Christmas from the UK. Peter

[@AlexEhn]

Absolutely fantastic video! What an inspiring Christmas gift! Thanks alot Martin!

[@gregbowen617]

Always inspiring and creative! Nice video as always! Cheers from Melbourne Australia...🇦🇺

[@fabrizio7181]

Fantastic. Very nice. You are a genius.

[@fulviobabuder6099]

Excellent solutions, congratulations. Fulvio

[@joramzieltjens7012]

Nice to watch this during the quarantine!

[@Rail_digital]

nice job the genius update

[@andrewpalm2103]

Very instructive, indeed, and very entertaining. Thanks for showing your various construction techniques. Cheers from Wisconsin!

[@TATICMOOR]

Just looking back at your older films Martin and this is a good addition to the channel back in 2020. The load kits are genuinely nice, but the motorization of the crane was excellent. A smashing way to build the crane hard standing wheel sets for the crane to run on. The same goes for the motor modification of the cab area to rotate it. Although the gearing is high if you had added a mini variable resistor, which could have adjusted the rotation speed. Even go into the CV settings and the speed there on the decoder. I will have to look for any follow ups to the crane mod after I finish this comment.

[@gbjanuary]

Bit advanced for me with motors, soldering and LED but looks really good 👍🏻😀 The open window was good idea.

[@Hornhausen]

Amazing.

[@ErzgebirgsMoBaHO]

Hi there. You have again built a nice detail on your system. I wish you a great Christmas. Greetings Tino

[@JonatanGronoset]

Hi Martin, nice crane mods! I have also completed a working crane, mine was a Faller plastic kit and I used the same motors with 1:298 ratio on 3V battery electronics from a cheap RC car to control the slewing and hoisting functions. This allows me to place the crane anywhere on a temporary layout. You may need to modify your design to fit the hoisting mechanism and still allow 360 degree rotation, the way i did it was to have the crane rotate on a hollow shaft with a large gear mounted under the cab, the motor sits next to this under the cab also and the hollow shaft allows the thread for the hook to run through and down to a motor under the cab as well. I hope this helps to make your crane even more fun. God Jul!

[@chris_A8502]

Excellent project.

[@terryblackman6217]

I also have used one of these geard motors on my home made turntable, they are very cheap and very good. Thank you for your videos over the past year, I have enjoyed them very much. You and your family have a great Christmas and a very happy new year. 🎄🍺👍

[@jackymitsch5482]

Cet homme est un génie dans le modélisme ferroviaire ! C'est dommage qu'on ait pas ces vidéos en français !!! En Allemand je comprends très bien . Chapeau l'artiste .....

[@frankritz5115]

Thank you for sharing Love your videos Greetings from USA

[@SidneyPratt]

Excellent. Thank You.

[@TomCro2022]

Superb! Very very very good video and sound ! Great! Greetings from Zagreb / Croatia

[@simonbergman5970]

Wrapping those reels in some small gauge wire, you can have some full ones as well! Greetings from the Netherlands!

[@niekdebilde3390]

🇳🇱zeker

[@CrankyPantss]

Excellent work!

[@Hal-Zuzzu_Model_Railway]

Awesome rebuild. I use those motors for my 1/10th scale rock crawler winches. You can slow it down by lowering the voltage you are feeding it to get a more desired look of movement :)

[@berndweisheit1157]

Great project. New live to an old crane.

[@E_73]

Nice Video and a good idea! 😊 Stay healthy all! 😷

[@PuffPuffPass0420]

Marklin working on a Marklin crane..😁

[@EtonieE25]

Brilliant and intuitive 👍

[@paulhearn9632]

Awesome. Great video and explanations once again. 👍👍

[@FloodManagementGroup]

Excellent Thank you

[@abdonhernandez3177]

Estimado Martin excelente video. Feliz Navidad

[@bohogland5376]

Brilliant!

[@stephanswelt275]

Wow. Very nice Video.

[@philgardiner8304]

Just starting my own upgrade of 7051. Great inspiration to get it all done and dusted over the Xmas break. Keep up the inspiring work

[@Morten016]

It would be cool with a video of how to make some goods that can be picked up with the standard hook and/or magnet!

[@idrisdixon6998]

Fantastic, such a beautiful job on the old crane and no doubt you'll have a lot of advice on controlling its movement. As always great to watch the video...have a wonderful Xmas and the same to all your subscriber and stay safe

[@Ethenheim]

Hello, a great work. 👍👍👍. Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Greetings Miller 👍🚂👍🎅

[@thomaswalla4210]

Real great stuff- nice idea!

[@ronplucksstrings7112]

Excellent beginning on the crane conversion...I was under the impression that speed control on the module was done by PWM, so I'm kind of surprised you couldn't get the speed down to a more realistic level...but I'm sure by the next time you revisit the crane, you will have a better solution figured out. Thanks for another great video, and Merry Christmas from Connecticut!

[@hansslob6749]

Well done. You must be able to lower de motor voltage through the decoder I would think. Or use de function outputs and a small print to lower de voltage to 3 V or so

[@marklinofsweden]

Actually.. An electrical motor has an area of ideal working point. As you move too far away from that point the motor gets really weak and lack performance. So, lowering the voltage or current will not do the trick. I simply need the motor to work in the right area. Only way to do that is to increase gear ratio.

[@gurraflex6478]

@@marklinofsweden Kan nog funka med PWM styrning

[@marklinofsweden]

@@gurraflex6478 Alla digitaldekoder har PWM-styrning på utgångarna..

[@DB--lv6tt]

@@marklinofsweden Hi Martin! You are absolutely right. But most pepople thougt "wofür brauche ich das" in physics lesson in school.... Don't care....

[@charlie1872]

Can you tell me a little mire about the copper sheet you are using? (Car illumination sets)I am thinking i might be able to use that to make pick ups for my Triang Hornby trains. Thanks

[@marklinofsweden]

The copper sheets are sold as ”contact blades” for Märklin interiour lighting. If not available, you can can pieces from thin Beryllium Copper, or Phosphor bronze.

[@mikeseba7817]

Amazing! Great work!

[@burhangecer6034]

Good work. 👍👏👏

[@scottpecorino6320]

I could play with the crane all day long.

[@davidmeynen8120]

great crane nice work needs a better hook

[@richardsgro3562]

Merci 🇫🇷😍😍😍😍😇😇😇👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@guadalupesanchezherrera5670]

Muy buen trabajo, sí. Y muy detallado. Me gusta.

[@kilipow]

good job , i have the same crane i just use a joystick to command it . i like the cabine transformation i ll do the same soon ;)

[@louisverhagen]

Very nice conversion. Why dit you not the motor on the inside? It would look nicer. But again very nice conversion!!

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

good update

[@dexterdog62]

Muy bueno!👍

[@richardquebec5850]

Super merci beaucoup sa va me servir énormément, reste a trouvé quel décodeur utilisé maintenant.

[@minimusmaximus9135]

cool.

[@charlie1872]

How did you make the reels? Did you make a video about that?

[@JoseAntonio-xc3ju]

Fantástico trabalho Parabéns!

[@ronaldvanpinxteren3644]

Nice conversion of the crane. About the pallets they look quite big. Are they realy 1:87 scale because pallet dimensions are in real size 100x120 and 60x120 cm. Continue the nice work, stay healthy and enjoy Christmas.

[@911Polini]

Hello, nice work again!! mybe an idea..on the crane window i think supports to hold it open are missing or it is car tailgate lifters inside hidden ;)

[@62patounet]

Super !

[@marcvandaele8189]

Hello. Very nice video. What rpm motor did you use? And what would you suggest as a lower rpm? Thanks!

[@frankneher9192]

Try adding a resistor to the motor to slow it down.

[@antoinebesnehard]

Good evening from France ! Instead of changing the motor or the gears, can't you just ajust the value of some CV of your decoder ? I don't know the Märklin system, but on most DCC decoders you can adjust maximum speed, average speed, start speed etc. Seems much more easy to me. Idem with inertia, you can configure it if you want the motor to slow down before it stops. Maybe check the documentation of your type of decoder ? Best regards and best wishes !

[@valborchardt3596]

Super stunning as always. Thanks Martin. Happy christmas to you and yours. Btw why are you in quarantine? Take care

[@Gbhmagic]

What size ballast do you use.. unfortunately i used course.

[@johanbjorkman1914]

The true swedish king has returned

[@ericsainte290]

For acrylic metallic paint, I'd advise you the new Metallic colors by Vallejo. You apply first a glossy black surface primer, then the metallic color (I often use the "Dulled aluminium" but there are several more, the only one not good enough being the 'Chrome" which never looks good in any brand I tested Once dry just spray the glossy metal varnish of the brand. I painted zinc roofs as well as metallic parts (like handrails or bannisters) using this paint and the result is simply amazing. Check the "Geremdio" group on Facebook to see the result on the Nord Belge station kit (for the awning roof) which is painted with this paint.

[@franzdietrichengelhardt3038]

Hey, very nice work !! T O P kind regards from balticsea , write Dieter nice merry chrismas time and happy new year 2021 my best wishes, thx for all your hobby work sorry my english is so bad ...:)

[@wall4818]

Those crates look a little tall. I believe maybe you're supposed to build the crate around the top or bottom panels rather than building a hollow cube and gluing the top and bottom panels on.

[@kargandarr]

What about using a thin coat of epoxy on metal barrels and other parts that might be made to look like they have rusted. It seems like you could leave brush marks on it by using a disposable paint brush that would come in a large pack brushes with all of them being the same type. The brushes I am talking about should only cost about $2.00 American.

[@DuncSargentsKarstValleyRR]

"...some amputation..." Oh boy! --dunc

[@johanselander7708]

I laughed out loud at that one!