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Avast Ye Lubbers, a new wind powered inspection car

Modeling
#1
Arrgg! Ye Monkey Crew! 
 
New for the pizza, a inspection car that doesn't need coal or gasoline to get around, instead using a sail instead.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Its a Stomper drive, on a basswood frame with an HLW gondola body, the rest is basswood dowels and whatever stuff I could find lying around, the nameplate is an old part from a long dismantled AMT General kit, the belaying pins are small pop rivets, the pulley blocks are scratched from basswood and the sails are tissue paper stiffened with white glue.
 
 
 Believe it or not this has been done many times around the world,
 
 Examples from the real world:
 
 http://www.copsewood.org/ng_rly/sailbogie/sailbogie.htm
 
 http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/sail/sail.htm
 
Perhaps the most widely known version was from "Around The World In 80 Days"  
 
http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/popmech_80days_4.htm
 
 
Condensed  building log to follow:
 
#2

Quick building log:

Basic chassis, HLW gondola, bass and some balsa wood, some leftover wood trim, and the stomper drive:

(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Sail%20Rail%20Car%2001.JPG)

(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Sail%20Rail%20Car%2004.JPG)

(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Sail%20Rail%20Car%2005.JPG)

(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Sail%20Rail%20Car%2006.JPG)

Mast added:

(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Sail%20Rail%20Car%2007.JPG)

(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Sail%20Rail%20Car%2008.JPG)

Seats added:

(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Sail%20Rail%20Car%2009.JPG)

Painted, wood stained, belaying pins and stanchions added, beginning rigging:

(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Sail%20Rail%20Car%2010.JPG)

(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Sail%20Rail%20Car%2011.JPG)

The main yard is actually a cheap wooden paint brush handle, I pried off the brush, sanded it clean and stained it, lug sail added, rigging well underway:

(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Sail%20Rail%20Car%2014.JPG)

(http://1stclass.mylargescale.com/vsmith/Sail%20Rail%20Car%2015.JPG)

The name is a leftover from a model kit of the General, if anyone asks, it called the General because of a disagreement in the Borracho Locomotive Works crews, one faction of Johnny Rebs wanted to call it the General Lee, but the Yankee’s in the Works wanted to call it the General Grant, in an attempt to quell the dispute the foreman suggested calling it the General Patton, finally the President tired of the intrigue, declared, “its gonna be called The General, and you can add whatever the hell name you want to afterwords yourself”

#3

LOVE IT!!!

#4

Cute, Victor, very cute!

#5

Only you Vic.

Very nice!

#6

Vic, you need a crows nest!!

I really like the rigging job you did what is the sail material?

Terry

#7

Terry Burr said:

Vic, you need a crows nest!!

I really like the rigging job you did what is the sail material?

Terry

Toilet paper…no sh*t (at least I hope not)

I took a square of the sacred parchment, cut it to shape, layed a thread line and folded one edge over it using white glue, then when dry layed it flat then carefully drabbled a glue/water mix onto it, then carefully lifted it up and strung tight between two helping hand tools till it dried. I also carefully worked the sail into a curved shape as it dried.

#8

A gaff rigged track inspection car.

Perfect.

There is probably a prototype somewhere, though I think that you will have to look for a long time to find one.

#9

Steve Featherkile said:

A gaff rigged track inspection car.

Perfect.

There is probably a prototype somewhere, though I think that you will have to look for a long time to find one.

Steve, several actually, try the web links at the bottom of my first post.

#10

This one is your prototype, I suppose.

(http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/sail/ffestiniog%204a.jpg)

But, still no sail powered TRACK inspection car. I did find one for inspecting Coastal Defense Batteries. I suppose that is close.

Still looking. :slight_smile:

#11

Does it fit in the tunnels on the “pizza” layout?

Cool no matter what.

Greg