https://youtu.be/iHM9Pc95k2k
There you go, lit it up for you.
Thanks how do you fix the link?and why on many of my websites it is not necessary to fix the link?
Honestly I don't know. On my computer when I post a link it automatically lights up. I'm glad it does because I wouldn't know how to make it work either!
Thanks for the assistance!next time I will ask for your help if you don't mind!
I have found that when copy and pasting a link it is often required to add a space after the last character to make it work.
In this case it works!
Thanks for the info!
Hit enter after you add the link.
Same me, different spelling!
I had one of the really big tower cranes that I always wanted to install on a Standard Gauge layout. It was about 3 feet tall.
philo426 Thanks for the assistance!next time I will ask for your help if you don't mind!
Not at all! Ask anytime!
Do you refer to the large green Dorfan crane?
Thanks! I appreciate it!
philo426 Do you refer to the large green Dorfan crane?
No, it was a 90's yellow plastic rc crane. Probably the same as yours but the size is a bit difficult to discern from your photo. A Dorfan crane, even a repro, is something I've never seen in person at shows or museums.
pennytrains A Dorfan crane, even a repro, is something I've never seen in person at shows or museums.
I think a guy in our club may have one. He's a BIG Dorfan collector and I've seen his hoard. There might be a crane in the collection but honestly my eyes were glazed over when I saw what he DID have.
Next time I'm in the "Inner Sanctum" I'll have a look.
Yes the Dorfan crane is rare and special although I do seem to vaugley recall that someone did repo it!
philo426 Yes the Dorfan crane is rare and special although I do seem to vaugley recall that someone did repo it! Here's one of them. https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/jacksons-international/a-dorfan-reproduction-1928-crane-70-20th-c-954201
Here's one of them.
https://www.bidsquare.com/online-auctions/jacksons-international/a-dorfan-reproduction-1928-crane-70-20th-c-954201
So cool!
I wonder what it went for. Even a T-Repro should have brought more than 200 dollars.
Pretty expensive I imagine.
Oh, the guy I mentioned with the Dorfan collection? He's got four of those cranes! Three original, one reproduction. One of the originals has a "Macys" sales tag on it! I was in the "Inner Sanctum" this afternoon and saw them! Wow!
No, I didn't ask what he paid for them, that would be gauche!
Considering their rarity, zinc pest and all, 3 originals is pretty amazing!
The look to be in excellent condition too! We were bringing chairs down for the club annual picnic tomorrow and the lights in the layout/collection room weren't on. I'll get a better look tomorrow and report back.
I had the look today. I was wrong, he has five of them!
Four originals, one is restored the others are in 75% to 85% original condition, no zinc-pest. The repro I've already told everyone about.
I had a fun afternoon running one of his Dorfans and a Lionel 726rr too!
Did you take any pics or vids?
philo426 Did you take any pics or vids?
No. I'm reluctant to take any pictures of someone's collection without express permission to do so.
Always ask !
WOW! Five cranes! What a cool dock scene you could build with 5 of those monsters and a REALLY BIG ship!
pennytrains WOW! Five cranes! What a cool dock scene you could build with 5 of those monsters and a REALLY BIG ship!
You know, for him it'd be do-able. He's got a big pond in his backyard!
But as he put it, "I'm a collector, not an operator!"
All the ones with the best toys never want to play with them
Not a big deal for them because they have them!
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