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A Cranko or 2 or 3
« on: October 13, 2020, 03:04:27 am »
i recently  repatriated a Cranko from Aussie to NZ via eBay
 Well it arrived today after stalling at Melbourne for a while waiting for some wings .
I went to put it in the cabinet and buggar I already have 1 or 2 or ...

The green and  brown on the left is the first variation has SV but no filler bung and just a brass engine frame from mobiles .
All brown is second and has a cast engine frame and a filler bung
Both burners are the same .

Light blue is a basically same as all brown but a different burner and shorter chimney .
Now the burner has slides on the top and funnel at back  ??
Why ?? Well because it was originally built for the Loco  And it would appear he used what was on hand

3 have  Cranko in a diamond stamped in

The last one  bright red and green is a Cranko but only sort of .
It is made/assembled  by  Auckland Model Engineers at a later stage from some Cranko parts and some made .
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Re: A Cranko or 2 or 3
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2020, 12:30:29 pm »
You do know Dennis, some folks considered finding variations of a single item to constitute a whole collection in its own right.

I think you're there!

Cranko's in any form, are a true unicorn over on this side of the pond.
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Re: A Cranko or 2 or 3
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2020, 03:15:12 pm »
Yes i know i have it bad . With variations of engines
You should see my David Auld variants
And i see someone brought a “unfired “ Cranko on ebay uk
 I am calling bullcrap  on original unfired

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Re: A Cranko or 2 or 3
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2020, 07:11:10 pm »
Criyke that's A coven of Cranko's , nice and well done.
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Re: A Cranko or 2 or 3
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2020, 08:58:32 pm »
Nice collection Dennis and nice to rehome one.
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Re: A Cranko or 2 or 3
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2020, 11:04:14 pm »
Quote from: Scorpion2nz on October 13, 2020, 03:15:12 pm
Yes i know i have it bad . With variations of engines
You should see my David Auld variants
And i see someone brought a “unfired “ Cranko on ebay uk
 I am calling bullcrap  on original unfired

Cheers
Dennis

Great collection Dennis!! Thanks for sharing  8)

I think the green on the UK one looks way too bright compared to the original... I was wondering about the decal? Could it be what you mentioned above?

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It is made/assembled  by  Auckland Model Engineers at a later stage from some Cranko parts and some made .

Could it be a later “Auckland Model Engineers” roller using Cranko parts and painted a brighter green and taken off the “Movie Models” part on the decal? To me the decal looks deliberately painted over on that part...?? And if “restoring” you wouldn’t do such a good job saving the top half only to paint over the bottom...

Also noting that the flywheel spokes are black, just like your Auckland Model Engineers stationary... or maybe I’m just making a bunch of crap up from a complete guess? :D
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Re: A Cranko or 2 or 3
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2020, 12:05:37 am »
You are on to  it Nick
There is more to come as i can  see a lot of problems .

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Dennis
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