LoudMusic said:This is a seriously long wood surface flatbed. Good work!
N Gauger said:great Stuff!! Here's a thread on my MOW Outhouse engine and mobile repair facilities
http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=16693&highlight=tower+kitbash
David Rosser said:The scratch built multiple tamper.............
bloyseboy said:i really like that side boom and the 8 on the same car there. did you buy those two peices as is? loooks great man.
shaygetz said:Wayne, Patrick, David...great stuff:thumb:
Gotta love those pics of the snap track train, Tom...:thumb:
Here's a couple of mine...the dozer and backhoe are highly modified toys. The cab of the backhoe was a special piece. I built the cab from clear styrene after scribing the windows into it. Once assembled, I painted the frame in black then Dul-Coted it. The flats are modified Tycos with the original decks scarred up with a razor saw then weathered. The rotary plow is an MDC/Roundhouse 3-in-1 kitbasher kit---the kind where they gave you a box of parts and an idea---you supplied the rest. The biffy is a resin casting. I made the master and Phillip cranked some out for me. The speeder is scratchbuilt from flat styrene and some N scale wheels.
tomd81 said:Patrick:
Very nice work on the Southern MoW cars!
What do you know about the lead and drone type track cars that were built by Southern in their Coster shops to carry track panels. I am starting to make a couple of them. Do you have any photos of these cars. There is one in the Southern Color Guide, and I saw some in Spencer in 1996.
There were two types of these cars:
Lead 991126 – 991127
The lead cars are used to lower the track panels. A photo of one is at the bottom right.
Drone 991101 - 991125
The drone car carry the track panels, and pass them to the lead car to be placed on the ground.
From the September 1966 Ties Magazine
Completed track panels move three at a time on powered roller chains into a line of special cars. Each car holds nine to ten panels. Panels already loaded are hydraulically lifted to allow the next set of panels to be moved in underneath. When the end car is loaded, power roller chains in the floor of the car can be activated to move the entire load of panels into the next car. These special cars are also equipped with devices to lower the track panels into place on the ground at the installation site.
I am looking for photos of the lead cars, and end shots of both types of cars.
The following photos are all from Ties Magazine.
Thanks
Tom
shaygetz said:Wayne, Patrick, David...great stuff:thumb:
Gotta love those pics of the snap track train, Tom...:thumb:
Here's a couple of mine...the dozer and backhoe are highly modified toys. The cab of the backhoe was a special piece. I built the cab from clear styrene after scribing the windows into it. Once assembled, I painted the frame in black then Dul-Coted it. The flats are modified Tycos with the original decks scarred up with a razor saw then weathered. The rotary plow is an MDC/Roundhouse 3-in-1 kitbasher kit---the kind where they gave you a box of parts and an idea---you supplied the rest. The biffy is a resin casting. I made the master and Phillip cranked some out for me. The speeder is scratchbuilt from flat styrene and some N scale wheels.
bloyseboy said:i think i like the idea of bashing the wal mart stuff better. your sideboom looks impressive. i would like to see the ripper cat too. looks like i need to make a trip wal-mart. i'm just getting going in ths stuff and i bought a bunch of track on ebay and now i'm waiting for it so i'm starting to do some painting and get soem stuff ready, i work in construction in northern B.C for the winters and i wanted a construction scene. you gave me some good idea's with your M.O.Ws. i was going to use lowbeds. but why not cars.
thanks again
bloyseboy said:i think i like the idea of bashing the wal mart stuff better. your sideboom looks impressive. i would like to see the ripper cat too. looks like i need to make a trip wal-mart. i'm just getting going in ths stuff and i bought a bunch of track on ebay and now i'm waiting for it so i'm starting to do some painting and get soem stuff ready, i work in construction in northern B.C for the winters and i wanted a construction scene. you gave me some good idea's with your M.O.Ws. i was going to use lowbeds. but why not cars.
thanks again