Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Treadwheel Crane

Brilliant devices, they came in all sizes and types with single wheels or double ones. . One 15th century one was found in 1868 in the (then) unfinished south tower of the Cathederal in Cologne.
This one is an HO/OO version in resin from the modelmakers Modellbau Luft
Direct link to the crane HERE .


A video of a treadwheel crane being used for real at the  Guédelon Castle construction site. This one is an advanced version that turns  so the load can be moved from side to side and not just up and down. Fredericus -Rex has recently brought out a medieval crane similar to the one at Guédelon which can be seen HERE
If anyone hasn´t heard of Guédelon..then this vid is worth a look...I really hope I´m still around to see it finished.

A couple more bits of my construction....a second (or is it third?) prison wagon....
..............and a third carpentum.
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  1. Schedler Vincent 27 August 2013 at 05:34

    Great work as always Paul , fantastic pics .
    Greetings .

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  2. Remco27 August 2013 at 05:47

    Fantastic Paul, seems there are a lot of bad guys in your village with so many prison wagons, next step is building a prison with your fantastic looking crane?

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    1. Paul´s Bods27 August 2013 at 06:08

      Thanks Remco.
      The crane went back to it´s owner after modification,along with one Carpentum and a prison wagon. At some Point I will create a whole new town, including prison, Pub etc. Hopefully I will be able to make a "mass production" method for a lot of new houses ..I will Need at least 20 for a game i am inventing...I will see.

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  3. Andrew McCory27 August 2013 at 06:09

    I dig how you paint wood. And that dio is awesome.

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  4. Phil27 August 2013 at 06:31

    That's a so rich post Paul!! Great news, pictures and minis...thanks for sharing!
    Phil.

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  5. The Angry Lurker27 August 2013 at 06:40

    The more prison wagons the better for the bad people, quality work my friend and that project is still unreal!

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  6. Chris Stoesen27 August 2013 at 07:52

    Very impressive. Great job.

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  7. Smillie27 August 2013 at 08:23

    Wow very cool looking models Paul, and the Dio is very impressive!

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  8. Michael Awdry27 August 2013 at 10:32

    An ingenius device and no mistake; lovely additional wagons and as for that diorama - wow!

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  9. Unknown27 August 2013 at 10:46

    Your builds are always great Paul. More prison wagons, now you need to build more gallows to hang the criminals riding in them.

    That dio is beyond belief. It would be a treat to see that in person.

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  10. Jay27 August 2013 at 13:10

    Nicely done crane. The paddy wagons are a great vehicle for cleaning up the country side.

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  11. Daisy Gowan Ditchburn27 August 2013 at 18:09

    absolutely increadible!!!!! great stuff Paul, you are the master of the scratch build. as for the castle perhaps all they need is a lot more workers, ones that don't need to be paid... hmmm there are a few students at school I could send on a work based detention to france... though knowing those students they'll be a hinderence not a help to the construction effort.

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  12. Sean28 August 2013 at 08:40

    Nice work Paul, and that Croeburn dio is amazing.

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  13. peter2 September 2013 at 10:34

    Is the crane to escape from prison? :-D

    Great built again Paul!

    Greetings
    Peter

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  14. BigRedBat3 September 2013 at 04:25

    Paul, how big is the crane, please? Would it work with 28mm?

    Croeburn looks amazing!

    Cheers ,Simon

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    1. Paul´s Bods3 September 2013 at 06:27

      It´s small, definately meant for HO/OO -1/72nd scale bods. Mind you, seeing as there were no actual Standard sizes for such things..no european regs etc, ?
      I´d like to be able to send a pic with a 28mm bod next to it but the crane is with it´s owner..all I have is the photos. There´s a pic on the link to Modelbau Luft showing HO scale bods next to it ..using that it´s possible to judge wether it´s ok for 28 mm as a small one man driven crane.

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  15. BigRedBat3 September 2013 at 06:32

    Thanks Paul! I'll have a look at Modelbau, as you suggest, that will help me judge. Again, great modelling.

    Cheers, Simon

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  16. Simon16 December 2019 at 06:41

    Hi Paul, I eventually made the model I wanted inspired by your original. It's here if you want to have a gander mate; https://stgbooks.blogspot.com/2019/12/medieval-crane.html

    I think I will be looking through your blog a little more closely in the near future :) Suggestions always welcome.

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