Bill Klein’s Dock Yard Crane This is a swivel base crane with electric magnet, two motors, a single Erector switch for the magnet, and a dual switch, reversible to raise and lower the magnet. Bill Klein’s 120 Ton Crane Bill’s Read More …
Bruce Hansen writes: This Floating Crane model appeared in the 1958 and later 8 1/2 set manuals. The A49 motor in this model moves the crane boom in/out from the model base and raises/lowers a block & tackle load. The Read More …
Bruce Hansen writes: This model is the “70 Ton Crane” built from a 1962 No. 10231 Astronaut Set (10 1/2-sized set) which is in the background. The “action” in this model is a crane which can be manually rotated about Read More …
Bruce Hansen’s Caterpillar Crane Bruce Hansen writes: This Caterpillar Crane was built from a 1950 12 1/2 set. The action is forward/reverse model movement via a P55 motor/treads, rotating cab by hand and raise/lower a load by hand crank. An Read More …
This model is built by the #0521 Space Center Erector Set of 2005 pictured here. Like all “Special Edition” sets, its 688 parts including screws, nuts and washers builds just this model. The rocket and capsule is about 25 inches Read More …
The Space Needle was built for the Seattle World’s Fair of 1962. It is 605’ high and has a rotating restaurant at the 500’ level. More info (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Needle) The Gilbert version shown here (next to the real one) is from Read More …