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using a vertical spool Dolbeer.
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Rick,
The crew took that vertical spool off, but couldn’t find any winches or spools laying around.
Buying a new one was not in the budget, so they put it back on. It still might be replaced at some point.
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/jebouck/loader3.jpg)
Nice!
Can I talk you into putting that on 89’ flats with rails on top?
Roost,
Your wish is my command.
80’ of flats, some rail and a loader.
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/jebouck/80ftloader1.jpg)
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/jebouck/80ftloader.jpg)
THAT RULES!!!
Pretty neat John :]
Nice build John.
Beautiful work, John. If that’s a fuel tank behind the boiler, did you scratch build it?
Nice.
Dennis
Ohhhhhhh! That is really cool. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome!
-Kevin.
Dennis,
It came from Ozark Miniatures, along with the tongs, pulleys, and the donkey kit.
http://www.ozarkminiatures.com/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=1220
Thanks, John. I think I see it now, along with their donkey kits. Sometimes their catalog confuses me for scale, but I think I saw in there that everything was 1:20 unless noted.
I made up a list of things to order, then it totaled so high I’m having to back out items. Ha.
Dennis
John,
That is a nice model you made from my drawings in the Gazette. You did leave off the raising and lowering screw jacks at each of the four posts as the plans show. Surrey-Parker loaders were quite common in the eastern US with the last being used at Argent Lumber in Hareeville, SC about 1959. They were never used west of the Mason-Dixon Line. Never. Please do note the copyright marking in the lower left of the drawing. I am retired now and this is how I earn my living by publishing drawings among a few other odds and ends. Please be careful when you post things that belong to other people. A simple letter to me asking for permission would be fine in the future. I also trust you will not be selling any prints of my drawing. I can offer those myself from; [email protected].
Enough said. It is a really nice model.
Tom
Tom,
No, I won’t be selling any drawings. I assume that drawings that are printed in magazines are there for a reason. So that readers can use them to build their own models. Otherwise, why would the drawings be published at all? There is also a notation on the drawings that readers may copy and use them for their own use. I’ll remove the drawing from my post.
On another note, please send me an email with a list of your drawings. If there is one I would like to model, I would be glad to purchase it. Good drawings are hard to find.
The removal of the drawings isn’t necessary, John. My intent was not to be nasty at all. Just to inform that copyrighted material belongs to the artist. Yes, the drawings are intended to use for model building and photo-copying is perfectly fine for the individual modeler to do. But re-publishing or selling by other than the artist is not OK. It is a fine and sticky line to be sure. In this case, please leave the drawing up. You have done a fine job worthy of note.
On another note, I don’t usually enlarge plans to build from. I just use the dimensions shown like a home-builder would do with plans for a house. If one has the proper scale rule to use, then it is easy.
I do not have a web site at the moment. That will have to wait for a while. I was piggy-backed on another site but the owner withdrew it, so of course, I lost it. I do sell 6 plan books and one for Gn15 also showing many, many drawings for vehicles, structures and rail items including locos and rolling stock. There are too many to list here as there are about 100 of them in total. If you can narrow the topic a little, I can list some for you. Rolling stock, tank cars, box cars, flats, town structures, etc. Most are drawn in 1/4" or 1/2" scales and can easily be copied to your scale if necessary.
Just send me an e-mail and ask.
Tom
Thank you, Tom.
I left off the screw jacks (and some other stuff was altered, as well) because I couldn’t quite figure out how to build them correctly. So I made “adjustable” legs. My crew simply jacks it up and pins the legs in place.
As to a specific location of a certain model prototype, I don’t pay much attention to that. If it interests me, I buy it or build it. That’s part of the hobby, right? I model three non-existing logging and mining RR’s, using bought, borrowed, or built rolling stock.