I'm going with the 9310 also... Then I would have to say the CC8800 as it was the 1st mass produced large scale crawler that was offered at a reasonable price.... It created quite the buzz back in the day.

My favorite crane is my M-18000 because it is the first die-cast crane I ever bought and, I was really blown away by its size and detail. It had a couple of issues when I got it but, now it is perfect. I think it's great "therapy" to be able to take it apart and reconfigure it from time to time. But, there is a special place in my heart for my scratch built pile driving crane. It was my first attempt at building a crane.

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It's pretty sad when the only modeling tool you own is a box cutter.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, you start to see every problem as a nail. Abraham Maslow

Fred thinking to himself, "The human wants to go out in 5 degree temps, shovel a path into the backyard and drag two cranes out of the house for a few photos...idiot!"



I picked up the 1300 a few months ago on E-Bay. Terrific quality by NZG and confirmed by most of the Forum members. Just to break up the routine, I display it with just the main boom - both my 1750 and 18000 have jibs.



Couldn't bring out the 18000 in one piece! LOL



A real dedicated member would probably build an iceroad and have a steady train of scale Pete's and COEs bringing out the boom / jib inserts. Little Preiser figures would be scurrying around assembling the 18000, etc, etc. Did I mention it was 5 above???









I drilled out the pinned "dampers" on the jib, cut them in half and added sleeves so all pendents are now load bearing. Having the jib masts "immobilized" seemed to really detract from what is a pretty attractive model.



I also extended the pendents closer to the equalizer - I don't know if the original TWH set up (length wise) reflected reality. When the back jib mast was un-pinned, I discovered the pendents wouldn't support the load evenly - one string is always a little slack. I believe the problem lies with the attachment of the jib mast at the boom tip - the connecting rod is not a snug fit. Anyway, I eventually just put some spacers in the boom / equalizer pendents so it looks like the two sets of pendents intersect squarely.



The tip of the jib is about 8' high - maybe a bit higher since I took out a set of links to bring the boom more vertical for the outside shots. The model may not fit inside the house with this configuration!





Originally I wanted to alternate blue / white inserts, but the main boom on the standard model is pretty short - the back mast is almost the same length! I didn't really have the selection of "Lampson blue" pieces to get the pattern and anyway I was limited by 8' ceiling heights in the house...