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Corn syrup tanker

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#61

I’m probably a month away from being able to offer it for sale as a kit.

The coupler in the photo is a stand-in. It was one of my early revisions in stainless steel. The real coupler to go with the kit will be brass, and have a working trip pin (I found it was practically impossible to uncouple two double shelf couplers without a trip pin).

The wheels are also stand-ins. They are from NWSL. They’re not bad, but kind of pricey. I’m still hoping to use Gary Raymond wheels, but we’ll see. If that avenue doesn’t open soon, I have another option I’m going to try.

#62

As always nice work !

#63

Really nice Burl. Outstanding in all ways.

#64

Burl Rice said:

The coupler in the photo is a stand-in. It was one of my early revisions in stainless steel. The real coupler to go with the kit will be brass, and have a working trip pin (I found it was practically impossible to uncouple two double shelf couplers without a trip pin).

Sound like they are working as they should then! Really fantastic work on this. I love seeing what modern tools and products are inspiring people to create.

#65

excellent work, Burl!

“he advised me to increase the inner rotation speed of my machine…” did you increase the speed and how much?

What are you using for markings?

can you describe your brass coupler in more detail?

TIA, Clark Cone - LSC newbie…

#66

Clark: I was running the machine at 5rpm on the inner axis and the outer. Mike at Alumilite recommended increasing the inner axis rpm to 10. I only had sprockets on hand to get me up to 7, but it appeared to be sufficient.

I print my own decals on an ALPS printer.

For the coupler, see: http://burlrice.com/_LS_Coupler/

#67

I finished the instruction sheet last night: http://burlrice.com/_LS_CornSyrup/

This was my last big item. Now I’m just waiting on couplers and wheels. I expect the couplers to be here any day now.

#68

Hey Burl Saw this and instantly thought of your build

These are, I am assuming, empty oil cars retuning to S. Dakota. This is hands down the longest train I have ever seen. All of the tankers. Must have been every bit of two miles long. And each and everyone looked like a large replica of your tank car.

This is the lifting bridge at Hastings MN crossing the Mississippi.

#69

I ordered some wheels from The Train Department (W203-26L) a couple weeks ago, and they came in yesterday.

(http://burlrice.com/_LS_Trucks/70t1.jpg)

(http://burlrice.com/_LS_Trucks/70t2.jpg)

(http://burlrice.com/_LS_Trucks/70t3.jpg)

I don’t know if they intended these for 1:29, but they came in pretty close. The price is also very reasonable. I am seriously considering going with these for my kits. I will add some weathering (rust) later to give them some more depth, but for now I wanted to photograph them the way the I’d be shipping them.

#70

I ran all my numbers, and the total price for the kit is going to be $275 (+ s/h). This includes trucks and couplers. You will have to order the printed parts from Shapeways separately - they will be $75 per car.

#71

I put the finishing touches on the instructions today. Now I’m just waiting on decal paper.

(http://burlrice.com/_LS_CornSyrup/parts_lr.jpg)

#72

Very nice. Will you have various decals available for users prototype preference?

#73

The only prototype photos I have at this time are all Cargill cars, so that’s what I will be offering with the kit for now.

#74

Got the first one boxed up and ready to go:

(http://burlrice.com/_LS_CornSyrup/boxed.jpg)

I have parts for several more that I can ship next week. After that I will make them up as needed, but there will be a 2-3 week lead time.

Anyone interested can contact me through my website: http://burlrice.com/

#75

Wow what a fantastic kit. Everything is inside including glad hands and hoses. The trucks alone look state of the art!

#76

I owe Burl an apology as I put this kit away and forgot to get back to it. I had too much else going on. So when I got to cleaning around the bench, I thought I’d see where I left off on this. My pics are no reflection on Burl as I’m just slapping this together to get 'er done.

#77

You have pics of the box showing it’s Burls kit?

#78

Yes Sir, I could post it. It looks just like the brown cardboard box posted above. We’ll just keep them guessing!

#79

That was good Joe

#80

If Burl sees this… ?

I got to the part where it says to install the airlines in the instructions. I think an average builder may not know exactly how to plumb it. I don’t have any idea anyways. It would be great to have any diagram or even pictures of the real one’s brake line rigging. I just down loaded the prototype pics on Burl’s site to get some ideas.

Does anyone know how the lines run to the air reservoir and the valve body thing on the other side?