| Crane Mould
As the crane was an unusual shape, a two-piece mould would not work very well, so I made a one-piece mould and slit it up the bottom of the crane when set to pop out the master and the subsequent castings. |
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| Crane Castings Casting turned out to be difficult for some reason, and I ended up with a "bone pile" of failed castings, but eventually got the two good ones I needed. Once the castings were cleaned up, then I could add the single railing to the side by soldering 0.20 brass wire, as well as the steps, Steigesen (steps), and scratch-built wheels for the cable. |
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| Ship's Crane Machinery For the machinery at the base of the crane, all I had was a single photo of some sailors on Pommern looking very grubby after coaling. There in the background, was the only image I had ever seen of the base of a Ship's Crane on Pommern. What was critical, is that unlike Deutschland and the other ships , there was a large flat ring around the base, and no visible serrated teeth. What was really interesting, is that the coal winches (for loading coal) are visible on the upper funnel deck, but this photo proved that on Pommern, there was a coal winch bolted onto the aft part of the boat deck. It also showed that there were deck lights around the aft structure, so these would have to be made as well. |
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