XD/Buddy L Railroad Update 7-04-09. Bridge.

[kevrut]

I just finished my latest project. It's a coaling tower. It is 36" tall. More pics of project from start to finish.
This first one is just the basic framework.
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I used 100's of sticks in the building of this thing.
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About 90% done.
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Here's the front view.
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The side view.
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Corner view.
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Back corner view. Coal elevator on back side.
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Next to my water tower.
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Operating one of the two coal shutes.
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And finally, my reference pic.
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Thanks, Kevin.

[toyktdlgh]

Thats pretty slick. I wish i had the space to do a large scale set up with a train.

[MG-42]

>>> That's tough Kevin ! What a complete transformation since I saw this first hand while you were still in the construction stage with it. You just did'nt stop or put it off either. Great job !

[grunt1]

Kev, you have clearly mastered the art of stick building.. If I ever have need of a small scale carpenter, you're on the short list..

Well done!

[MK]

Nice! I can't believe how large the building is. Keep up the great work!

[kevrut]

Thanks guys.
Just some info on the coal tower.
I used...
3' of 7/16" square wood dowel.
30' of 3/8" square wood dowel.
70' of 1/4" square wood dowel.
8' of 1/8" round wood dowel.
And about 986 "Skinny Sticks".
5 FL. OZ. of Elmer's wood glue.

[FieroDude]

And how much Elmer's wood glue

[kevrut]

This is another Rail Road custom. I took a Nylint Michigan Crane and transferred the crane from the truck chasis to a tower I made.
What I started with.
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The tower is just over 21" tall to the top of the hand rail and 8" wide.
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I painted everything black and red.
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Here's a couple shots of them loading a Sherman on a flatcar.
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I put alot of weight in the rear of the crane for a counterweight.
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This is my reference pic. It's of an HO scale crane.
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Thanks and Happy New Year.
Kevin.

[FieroDude]

Very nice!

[scope uk]

Somehow i missed the other updates but they are all brilliant! very cool work and it's geat to see the progress shots!

[RED]

KICK-ASS BROTHER!!!! Nice work on the crane!!! Want to do some tradeing???? Again nice set-up!!!!---RED---

[KAMIKAZE]

The coaling tower was cool. The crane just blew me away! Awesome.

Mark

[grunt1]

Same here, not sure how I missed the crane. Totally off the hook Kev!!

Is the vehicle you took the crane from vintage or something you can order somewhere?

[grunt1]

Oh, and you better deploy some M16 Halftracks ASAP, I think I see Stuka's overhead......

[kevrut]

Thanks everyone!

grunt1,
The crane was built by Nylint in the 60's. You can get them on E-Bay anytime. It's the T-24 Clark Michigan Crane. I have another one with a clamshell instead of a wrecking ball or hook.

I noticed the Stuka later on, I wondered if anyone would notice it too.

[kevrut]

This is a pic of a Troop car. Many boxcars were converted to Troop cars when the war got started.
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This is the two flatcars I started with. I converted them to a Troop Sleeper and Coach. Each car is 22" long.
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I made the Sleeper and Coach cars out of cardboard.
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This is both cars ready for painting.
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These are the bunks for the sleeper car.
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This is the Sleeper car.
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Inside view of Sleeper car. It sleeps 18 figures.
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These are the cardboard benches.
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This is the Coach car.
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Top view of coach. I was going to leave them as wooden benches.
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I found this pic and tried to copy it.
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This is the finished interior. I used red felt for the seat covers.
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Another top view. This Coach seats 28 figures.
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Both cars be loaded at platform.
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Hooked up with Loco.
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Rear view.
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Thanks again. Kevin.

[Razor17019]

WOW!
What a cool, detailed item that has been overlooked by BBI and 21st Century. Did you have any detailed drawings or pics of the sleeper car?
I don't know why 21st or BBI doesn't hook up with one of the major train MFGs and come out with a train station/rail yard that could be used with exsisting G scale stuff?

Thanks for the building pics and final end product pics.
Great job!

[kevrut]

I just Googled a bunch of pictures. Thanks.
Kevin.

[tmanthegreat]

Awesome work! You're really going all out with that train

[grunt1]

Wow.. you really get a sense of how big this thing is seeing almost 30 guys (not sure Mr. Spooky counts ) riding in the passenger car! Very nice!

[kevrut]

Thanks again.

I'll post a couple reference pics that I left out.

I found these for the sleeper car.

This first one is a restored sleeper car.

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My Buddy L cars are only 22" long. That comes out to about 33' in 1:1 scale. I believe the diagram above is for a 50' to 60' sleeper car. I didn't have room for the sinks and toilet at each end.

Older Pullman car.

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Kevin.

[warhawker]

Very nice! That is some great work!

[MajorHoover]

That is incredible!

Really great work and attention to detail.

[kevrut]

Just posting some pics of a project I'm currently working on.
I've found a few pics online to get an idea of what I'm wanting to do.

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The shop is 30" long, 18" wide, and just over 18" tall. (So far.) I haven't decided what kind of roof to do yet.
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I have hung the doors on each end and put the floor in.
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My shop also has an overhead crane. I may make two of them before I'm done. The loco weighs 26 lbs. by itself.
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The crane runs the whole length of the shop.
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A close-up of the operator's basket.
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That's all for now. This will take another month or so to finish. I will have windows in it just like in pic #1, and skylights on the roof.

Kevin.
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[grunt1]

Good to see you back at it kev.. Looks like a great project. Do you have plans for the brick wall texture? I posted some links a great while back to a site (I'll dig it up if it will help) that had sheets of various wall textures. Would seem to be a nice fit for the building based on the reference photos.

Still need to get my sandbag factory online so I can send you some defensive dugouts for the AA you've got to post around that yard. It's growing to become quite the critical wartime asset!