Jordan HO Erie B-2 Steam Crane

[Steve]

HI everyone,
I am a friend of Andy's (ak-milw) and have been modeling on and off (mostly off  ) for about 10 years now.
I model in HO but when I do projects like this one...I sure wish it was O scale. Too many tiny parts!!!

Anyway, I wanted a crane for my upcoming scrap yard and got the Jordan kit:

Here are those tiny parts:



Getting started:



Going off script. I was "google-ing" pics of Erie cranes and I came across a modeler who left the side panels & doors off his crane...I liked the open way it looked and decided to do the same:



ready for final assembly and some paint:


Finished product:










I learned a lot from this project...but I have to be honest and say that I almost used this crane for scrap. I find working on vehicle and equipment kits in HO scale very frustrating. Having gorilla mitts doesn't help either 

Take care!
Steve

[ak-milw]

Well Buddy, The crane sure looks like it belongs in the scrap yard, I don't think it has run in years.

Another excellent job Sir.

[Mike Engler]

Steve- great job- the weathering is superb. Hope we see more builds from you.

[GPdemayo]

Excellent work Steve.....the weathering is wonderful. 

[ACL1504]

Steve,

Nicely done.

Tom

[S&S RR]

Steve


Very nice work! Thanks for sharing it with us.

[Polux]

Nice work Steve.
I like it!

[jimmillho]

Great looking Crane and the weathering is excellent.

Jim

[Dave K.]

Gorilla mitts or not...a nice job. I need to try one of the Jordan kits. Have a few in the stash. Nice work! 👍🏻

[Raymo]

Nice job!

[ReadingBob]

Looks great Steve!  I have the HO Erie B-2 Steam Shovel (not built) sitting somewhere on the workbench.  I need to muster up the courage to tackle that thing one of these days.   

[bparrish]

Steve......

Great crane.

You definitely have rust figured out..

thanx
Bob

[Zephyrus52246]

Wonderful job on the crane.

Jeff

[Janbouli]

Thanks for showing Steve, I have one still in the box, this was sure encouragement to build it.

[Steve]

Thank you everybody! I appreciate the warm welcome and kind words 
I have really just started to poke around this site, but I am in awe of the work that I have seen posted here. Excellent stuff

Thanks again
Steve