The Classic Machinery Network

Thatis a very nice machine Chris, i keep toying about selling my 3c mk2 and getting a 3 or a 2D being just that tiny bit smaller would help round our place and the wife would get to keep her gateposts!!! I hesitated on a 2D that was pretty tidy and the chap was only looking for £1100 !it had been ow...

I have a few JCB models for sale 1 x NZG 3c mk2 yellow cab no box 1 x NZG 3c mk2 pale yellow white cab no box 1 x NZG 3c mk2 darker yellow white cab no box 1 x NZG 3c mk3 no box 1 x NZG 418 Loading shovel boxed 1 x NZG 520 tele handler boxed 1 x NZG Davric JCB 808 un-made kit boxed 1 x NZG 3CX all g...

Martyn a nice NCK Andes would be good, what is on your next model agenda then? I remember sitting at the controls in one, up in East Grinstead in the early 70s belonging to Sparrows it was Fantastic treat. (by the way the old JCB 4C is still there in Holtye)!! Very Nice models there i like the Pries...

I have just been trawling through E-bay and came accross this little beauty 290466917370 according to the ad it has been in storage and starts on the button it has to be a must for restoring and showing although it is in quite nice original condition anyway.

Try P.V Dobson in cumbria they advertise a fair few parts for MF machines at one point they even had slew actuators.

Here is a 3DX machine fitted with a hammer belonging to FNR from Ringmer, i think that the sitemaster was spec'd from the 3D machine.

Nice pictures of a nice restoration there Jason thanks for posting the pictures and as others have already said credit due for doing it outside too, is the old 3C mk1 you next project that you have in the background of a couple of your pictures. Keep us posted with pictures of that machine too. :thu...

That is one nice model Neil, i have the Ramondi LR60 luffer which was build by a chap in Italy, i did have one of the very rare motorised Bourbon Potain topkits still in it box in kit form with all the motors but had a very good offer on it. My mate also has a handbuilt Liebherr that came from a Ger...

More great pictures Neil, i must get up to town and take a few myself, there are a few more cranes begining to appear again but it's gonna be a long time before it was like it was 6 - 7 years ago. If anyone is interested in models of tower cranes have a look at http://www.cranesdiggersanddozers ther...

I managed to pick up an original Babcock tower crane brochure a few weeks back the last one of those i saw working was back in the early 90's in Dawlish. Potain 646 Now you are talking Falcons had a few of them up to 5 years ago.