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Frank J Andruss Sr
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 Posted on: Apr 7, 2009 - 9:08pm
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Frank
No this Crane was a one of a kind deal, made in New Jersey. It would not have been practical to have something this large built, as the boats were always on the move. Even Base 17, the largest PT BOAT BASE ever built would have had anything like this Crane.I have pictures of Elco using the Crane for their pleausre craft as well.. I have posted photos of the present Crane on he board here before..........
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TED WALTHER
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Posted on: Apr 8, 2009 - 5:14am
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Frank R.
When I said 30" x 40" I was talking about a Melville RON 4 diorama with two 1/35th scale boats.
Now if we are talking about Frank A.'s ELCO crane in 1/35th scale, The diorama base would have to be large enough to have the boat, water, a section of pier/bulkhead, the cranes pad/base etc. a 30"x40" diorama of this would look too junky and confused. A diorama of this would have to be no smaller than 3'x4' and even still I feel the crane would over power it.
Just off the top of my head, a 60' crane in 1/35th would have to be aleast 25"- 28" tall, and probably 10"-15" wide. and deep.
got to go for now.
later,
TED
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Apr 8, 2009 - 6:22am
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Ted
You are pretty close. I think if memory serves me correctly, the highest point of the Crane at 1/35 scale would roughly be 33 to 35 inches in height and 20 x 15 for the Crane Base. Add the boat, concrete roadway, part of the pier and the basin, and you have a pretty large project. Not to mention the case you would need to build to protect it from dust, and you have a pretty awkward diorama.
I can just picture me lugging that around to an Exhibit. Impresive, yes, practical, not really. As I said in an earlier post, if I had a permanant home for the Exhibit, I would have Stan or Alex build it for me. It would no doubt be awesome..........
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Jerry Beasley
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Posted on: Apr 14, 2009 - 7:49pm
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Victor,
Email me at jgbeas@comcast.net and I will send you Roberto's email address.
Jerry
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