Wow, it’s been a while since I last updated this topic. I confess that I have done very little 3D drawing since March mainly things that I intended to machine and modelled them to make working drawings.

I have done so little that when a friend whom I had drawn a number of items in the past asked me to draw up a GNR axle box and horn guide I had no idea how to go about it. Fast forward to a week ago and I decided that after drawing up the side control spring for the 8F that I needed more practice and to relearn how to draw in Fusion beyond the basics. Having recently messed about with gears and I had recreated some gears for my Medley Models Cravens Crane, I decided that I would attempt to draw up a hand crane similar to the one that I built some years ago from a Wagon and Carriage Works kit.

I wanted to go a step further than I have previously where I have built up a design as one entity and create components which would eventually create an assembly.

The W&C kit is designed to make either a wagon mounted mobile crane or a ground/plinth mounted yard crane. I have drawn up parts for both and started to assemble the Yard crane variant first as being the slightly simpler of the two.

It’s been a bit of a learning curve but an enjoyable one.