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Who will be the first to post what's different now on this repaired and restored model?

You replaced the rivet at the turntable (right word?) by a screw, pop rivet or somethig else.

Malibu wrote:You replaced the rivet at the turntable (right word?) by a screw, pop rivet or something else.

Bzzzt. Securing the boom by alternate means, that's something that had to be done (If I wanted the boom to pivot and stay on the body) regardless of any damage to the model. So, while a good answer, there was physical damage and missing part(s) on the model that had to be repaired/replaced - that's what you need to be looking for. When you spot it, you'll realize it. BTW, in the morning (after a drop of epoxy has cured), I will paint that replacement fastener and it will nearly blend in with the model.

Black cylinders replaced by 3D printed parts?

Very clever Joe,

My initial thought was the nice plum or maroon colour as apposed to the red but being a little too obvious. It took me a while but do you now have an 11c Jumbo crane without the hook end of the boom in your beater box?

Bert

yellowfoden wrote:Very clever Joe,

My initial thought was the nice plum or maroon colour as apposed to the red but being a little too obvious. It took me a while but do you now have an 11c Jumbo crane without the hook end of the boom in your beater box?

Bert

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner! I needed an new tip on the Iron Fairy and the hydraulic ram (to go into the hydro-sleeve) was missing. I had a Jumbo crane with the boom broken where it attaches to the weight box. So, that broken boom gave up it's opposite end and the hydraulic ram for the Iron Fairy. I think it looks pretty good, all things considered.

The devil inside me was temped to raise the lower pin (to make it a high pin), fill the lower holes and paint the whole thing in safety yellow. I would then call it the "real" pre-production Iron Fairy because the boom casting was different than the production model's. However, better judgement took over because that would really be just plain mean towards Hardy and "unsportsman like conduct."