I want to put a scavenger crane on a couple of my scum ships for fun. Mainly the YV-666 and Shadowcaster. I've looked around and haven't found anything that really strikes the right cord. I basically just want a small tower crane I can glue on and paint to match. Anybody else done anything like this?

No, but when I was in my youth I used to have a Micro Machines truck with a crane that could have probably worked for this.

Try looking at some N scale (1:160) railway stuff.

Z scale (1:220) is closer to the 1:270 X-wing, but harder to find.

5 hours ago, Force Majeure said:

No, but when I was in my youth I used to have a Micro Machines truck with a crane that could have probably worked for this.

They're probably still around if you check out a Target or Toys'r'US. Nice idea to phys rep the ships actual upgrades.

Scratch build one from stryene.

I have some Dystopian Wars terrain which would be the right size and probably the right look. Or bits from old ww2 ship model kits. I always keep my eye out for old plastic model kits for just this reason, you can sometimes find them for cheap enough to be worth it just to harvest them for parts for future projects.