Korm Kormsen said:

Pete Lassen said:

Is that about 1/2 tubing on the first car?

 

looks more like 3/4" to me.

and the big ones coud be 3".

3/4” OD and 4” ID

Pete Lassen said:

Is that about 1/2 tubing on the first car?

looks more like 3/4" to me.

and the big ones coud be 3".

Is that about 1/2 tubing on the first car?

Dan Gilchrist said:

Bob McCown said:

Today I finished (less paint, its 30f out right now, so no painting) some flatcar loads today.

Another pipe load.  Thin-wall styrene tubing.

Large sectional pipe load.  4 sections of thin-wall styrene tube

Ya got me thinking.  What would a steam era pipe load be made of?  Clay? Iron?

Terra cotta 

Bob McCown said:

Dan Gilchrist said:

Bob McCown said:

Today I finished (less paint, its 30f out right now, so no painting) some flatcar loads today.

Another pipe load.  Thin-wall styrene tubing.

Large sectional pipe load.  4 sections of thin-wall styrene tube

Ya got me thinking.  What would a steam era pipe load be made of?  Clay? Iron?

Sections of cast or ductile iron pipe would be my guess.  They have HUGE flares on the ends.  I bet using PVC electrical conduit would be a good starting point.

 Bob, I ask because I wondered how you were going to finish them.  Maybe 3d print some flanges!

Like http://www.jwdpremiumproducts.com/duha-11406-30-rusty-flanged-pipe-load-ho/

or http://greenway-products.com/greenway-products/loads-for-railcars-and-trucks/heavy-equipment-loads/flanged-pipe-load/

Dan Gilchrist said:

Bob McCown said:

Today I finished (less paint, its 30f out right now, so no painting) some flatcar loads today.

Another pipe load.  Thin-wall styrene tubing.

Large sectional pipe load.  4 sections of thin-wall styrene tube

Ya got me thinking.  What would a steam era pipe load be made of?  Clay? Iron?

Sections of cast or ductile iron pipe would be my guess.  They have HUGE flares on the ends.  I bet using PVC electrical conduit would be a good starting point.

Bob McCown said:

Today I finished (less paint, its 30f out right now, so no painting) some flatcar loads today.

Another pipe load.  Thin-wall styrene tubing.

Large sectional pipe load.  4 sections of thin-wall styrene tube

Ya got me thinking.  What would a steam era pipe load be made of?  Clay? Iron?

Rick Marty said:

Nice loads Bob.

 

Where did you get the large thin wall tubing in the second picture?

I'm not 100% sure (I've had this stuff for years), but my best guess would be US Plastics (https://www.usplastic.com).  Theyve been my go-to for tubing and non-sheet plastics forever.

Nice loads Bob.

Where did you get the large thin wall tubing in the second picture?

Nice loads, Bob....  That half a flywheel will get folks talking....                

Nice up grades, but who are you and what did you do with BD 

Today I finished (less paint, its 30f out right now, so no painting) some flatcar loads today.

Another pipe load.  Thin-wall styrene tubing.

Large sectional pipe load.  4 sections of thin-wall styrene tube

Half a flywheel.  3d printed in quarters.  Some of you have seen this over in my 3d print thread.  Epoxied together, and some filler on the seams.  Needs some more finish work before painting.

I am so looking forward to this!

Jim Rowson said:

Nice work, Rick. Gonna do a board-by-board snow plow?

 

 

 

 Yea, probably, I'm still scratching my head on just how to resize from standard guage to narrow gauge.

Looking at the plans the 1 x 6 boards taper from 5 1/2 to 1/2 in the lencth of the blade, that's gonna take some doing. 

Nice work, Rick. Gonna do a board-by-board snow plow?

Horse crap ....that ain't a Snow Plow as the topic states! It's a flanger that is missing ditch lites and HEP cabling ! You west coast guys seem to forget the Donner family and what CAN happen without the PROPER SNOW PLOW !

Nice work

Well we can stick a fork in this one, it's done!!

Now on to the plow.

That is a nifty technique for the roof. Have to try that...

Back from the last camping trip of the year and got a little more done on this project.

The cabin and car are painted the base color, faded red/brown and the roof is done.  For the roof I used white muslin cloth cut in strips and laid over a coat of Titebond III then painted with a second coat of glue after the first is dry.  After everything is dry I trimmed the edges with an ExActo blade.

The finished roof after painting and a little weathering.

Coming together, not much left to do now.

Thanks for taking a look

NO RULES !