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To drill the six 0.8 mm holes in the "gear carrier tube", I milled a corresponding recess in a 20 mm thick Pertinax plate and inserted the brass part with the long neck facing downwards. Fixing it in place with masking tape was completely sufficient, nothing shifted during drilling on the CNC milling machine.

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The same Pertinax plate also helped with the vertical soldering of the M0.8mm hexagon screws. In the following picture, only a drop of soldering water is missing before the resistor solderer went into action.
 
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After inserting them into the corresponding holes in the base plate, a first functional test rotation followed.
The result looked satisfactory.

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A Faulhaber geared motor is to provide the rotation.
There is a choice of either a 2225V024S with a 243:1 reduction ratio or alternatively a smaller 1616E018S with a 485:1 reduction ratio.
The animation shows a vertical and a horizontal installation.

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(In the enlargement you can see the details better without disturbances : 1st click on the picture, then a 2nd click in the gallery that appears)


I favored the horizontal installation of the 1616 Faulhaber.
Let's see whether the 15 seconds calculated for a 360° rotation at 18 volts can be achieved - a little mass has to be moved, after all!
     
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Here you can see the motor mount for the 1616 Faulhaber motor. The exact alignment of the gear wheels is done later in the crane housing.

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Thanks Kim. Yes, very nice.

Hi Krusty.
No not my figures they are produced by a small German model works.
Figurendesign.
Nice hey.

I like the peoples. They have a lot of character without being caricatures. Are they your own work or are they commercial figures?

Very nice!

Well done!

Hi Russ good one I am trying but the selfy just misses the spot.
Hi Bill yes a different approach very little painted surfaces and more natural materials ,wood, card,
Halfway through this build I started to get the hang of the technique now I just want more.
The only roughed-up and painted part is the fence, contrast The ground cover is sandpaper. The roof corrugated paper cut as one piece.
A more stylized approach to miniatures.
The actual model is of a building that once existed close to where I live , long since gone.
The style was Australian Federation Cottages common about 100 years ago.
Simple living on the beaches.
Cheers

Hi Frithjof.
Wonderful.
I really don't think you should paint any of this, just use a bit of solid colour and a styled presentation much like what you would see at a top-line museum.
cheers Kim

I agree with Russ. I'm also looking forward to the mining locomotive.

Bernhard

Nice parts!

Bernhard