Model Railroading > Looking for HO scale port container crane. Kit. Any suggestions

Dear TOs, I have searced the web and beyound, found plenty of scratch built. My eyes are not up for that challange anymore. Any suggestions/links would be great TIA  robert

https://www.trains.com/mrr/news-reviews/reviews/staff-reviews/heljan-ho-scale-operating-container-crane/
They say its assembled.
RB

That is a nice looking model!

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

Checked around real quick but haven't seen the obvious. There's occasional examples on the net every so often, very popular hobby across the globe, not so much on TrainOrders though.

Boatnerd is a well known hobby site and there are others. Here's their links page that might give you some leads to follow up on or websites to check out.

https://boatnerd.com/links/#1563306574808-407295df-e51b

Container ships get kinda large in HO scale, the recent Sylvan Hobbies kist for a coastal type ship, often seen everywhere but the US ports, is 39 inched long.

https://www.sylvanscalemodels.com/

I've seen a module of a container ship with a harbor setting and crane on TO, or maybe another site. There out there somewhere....

Might try Walthers.

The Florida ports see alot of those 300 TEU ships. Running to the little island countrys
 

Faller and Bachmann also make these cranes. Bachmann seems to be only available in Europe.

Larger crane at smaller scale, might work and not too outrageous:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/222048006/port-crane-model-kit?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_b-art_and_collectibles-other&utm_custom1=_k_EAIaIQobChMI_8Cwxent8QIVeCGtBh0srQnbEAQYAyABEgIzfPD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_12573072625_126376602384_507505547724_pla-314954651973_c__222048006_144225936&utm_custom2=12573072625&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_8Cwxent8QIVeCGtBh0srQnbEAQYAyABEgIzfPD_BwE

Here is another option- this one through Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Yamix-Scale-Model-Train-Container/dp/B07YSK24SP

Cox Model Trains sold a older style of port container crane that you still see at train shows. Cox actually had a lot of neat items that you still see around. They were toy like, but could be detailed up into decent models.

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

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Looks like the COX Dockside Crane was later sold by IHC. Here is one on E-bay for $25;

https://www.ebay.com/itm/133804622612?

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Hey RB
You are correct about this product. They are very rare on EBay and the one I got with numerous accessories bided out at over $1300. Not for the faint hearted. But it is a wonderful piece of equipment during operations. I customized mine with some paint and decaling for my railroad



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robert162 Wrote:
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> Dear TOs, I have searced the web and beyound,
> found plenty of scratch built. My eyes are not up
> for that challange anymore. Any suggestions/links
> would be great TIA  robert

Walthers has offered a container crain kit in the past called Mi-Jack.  So no scratch building.  There are some on Ebay in the $18 -$27 range.

Cheers, Jim