{"id":7720,"date":"2026-05-12T10:16:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7720"},"modified":"2026-05-12T10:16:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:16:05","slug":"3d-printed-hand-cranes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7720","title":{"rendered":"3D Printed Hand Cranes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before fitting them, I painted the jib(s) wood coloured again using a mixture of Vallejo Woodgrain and Burnt Umber this time over a red oxide primer which gave a very nice looking result. This is one application where small visible layer lines actually add rather than detract from the overall finish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-Jib-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-Jib-1024x347.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7721\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-Jib-1024x347.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-Jib-300x102.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-Jib-768x260.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-Jib-1536x521.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-Jib-2048x694.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-Jib-500x169.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So much so that people who have seen and handled the jib thought it was a piece of wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-with-Jib-Assembled-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-with-Jib-Assembled-1024x506.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7722\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-with-Jib-Assembled-1024x506.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-with-Jib-Assembled-300x148.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-with-Jib-Assembled-768x379.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-with-Jib-Assembled-1536x759.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-with-Jib-Assembled-2048x1012.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crane-with-Jib-Assembled-500x247.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&nbsp;still have to fit the yard Crane jib, but it&#8217;s painted up ready to fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yard-Crane-with-Jib-still-to-be-assembled-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"595\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yard-Crane-with-Jib-still-to-be-assembled-1024x595.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7723\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yard-Crane-with-Jib-still-to-be-assembled-1024x595.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yard-Crane-with-Jib-still-to-be-assembled-300x174.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yard-Crane-with-Jib-still-to-be-assembled-768x446.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yard-Crane-with-Jib-still-to-be-assembled-1536x893.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yard-Crane-with-Jib-still-to-be-assembled-2048x1191.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Yard-Crane-with-Jib-still-to-be-assembled-500x291.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before fitting them, I painted the jib(s) wood coloured again using a mixture of Vallejo Woodgrain and Burnt Umber this time over a red oxide primer which gave a very nice looking result. 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