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Re: Scrap transloading!! - modelsof1900 - 02-07-2013
Very good styrene modeling!
Re: Scrap transloading!! - long island jack - 02-07-2013
Looking good Jack, hope you did a "this is how i built it"
See you at Glasgow,i'll probably will be pulling my hair out (whats left) while trying to switch Sweethome Alabama and talk to all those punters watching
Ray
Re: Scrap transloading!! - shortliner - 02-07-2013
sailormatlac Wrote:Awesome built Jack... What's the project layout that will house this little gem?
Matt
Matt. I don't want to post too much about it, as an initial article will appear in Modelm Trains International magazine in a couple of months, but an australian guy called David Bromage posted this on the MTI forum
Western Transloading Corporation, Annacis Island, British Columbia.
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It could handle almost any sort of traffic.
I need a small-ish transportable layout and this seems an ideal proto-based concept - the overbridge in the plan below is fictional and hides the sector plate which is shown in its 3 positions. It will probably consist of a 4' board and a bolt-on 2' skeleton board for the fiddleyard or , possibly, a plug-in fiddle-stick . with a pivot in each case
Re: Scrap transloading!! - long island jack - 02-07-2013
TVNAM Bound????????? :o :o
Re: Scrap transloading!! - Harry - 02-07-2013
modelsof1900 Wrote:Very good styrene modeling!
Re: Scrap transloading!! - shortliner - 02-07-2013
Thanks to everyone for your kind comments
Ray - Hopefully - if it ever warms up so I can get it built - at the moment the temperature is chugging along below freezing, too damn cold to be in the garage, building baseboards! I'm staying indoors and building scenic accessories - I have a grab crane, and a BIG forklift to put together from kits, and the paint job on the tilter to keep me busy!
Re: Scrap transloading!! - kamerad47 - 02-07-2013
Is it something I'm not see But, are they not loading wheat or grain into the containers from covered hoppers ???????
Re: Scrap transloading!! - sailormatlac - 02-07-2013
kamerad47 Wrote:Is it something I'm not see But, are they not loading wheat or grain into the containers from covered hoppers ???????
I thought the same thing when I saw the cut of Canada grain hoppers! ;-)
Indeed, an inspiring small industry.
Jack, it will be a pleasure to discover in the future. Keeping a few mysteries won't hurt us until then!
Matt
Re: Scrap transloading!! - shortliner - 02-08-2013
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Re: Scrap transloading!! - shortliner - 02-14-2013
It had its first coat of paint and I ran out - more photos will follow when it has been given the second coat
Re: Scrap transloading!! - Kev1340 - 02-14-2013
Looks great already
Cheers,
Kev
Re: Scrap transloading!! - FCIN - 02-14-2013
This is too cool! Not only something entirely different, but outstanding scratch building to boot!
Re: Scrap transloading!! - sailormatlac - 02-14-2013
Amazing stuff Jack! It's always great to see your little projects take shape and life.
After all these great efforts, wouldn't it pay off to sand down the casting pin seen on the doors?
Matt
Re: Scrap transloading!! - shortliner - 02-15-2013
You won't believe this, but until you pointed them out, I hadn't noticed them! Now, of course, they are staring at me! Doh!
Re: Scrap transloading!! - shortliner - 02-15-2013
Project complete - 2nd coat and gloss coat applied - _Whoops I've just noticed te Hydraulic cylinder - a minor repair job awaits = then to think about baseboards
I have to be honest and say " I'm quite pleased with this!"