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Gable Bottom Dump Car Photos available

General Discussion
#1

… I tried to post a few photos here yesterday, but had no luck. My website has the complete information on this new kit for G scale. If you are interested, please “stop by” and take a look in the Large Scale Emporium at www.thomasayorke.com

Thanks,
Tom

#2

Hi Tom. I could not find any reference to a drop bottom Gon. But I sure like this.

Any chance of doing it in 7/8n2?

#3

I finally found it by going via the kits website page. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Yorke_Kits/ It looks very tasty.

Good luck with the project.

#4

Tony,
That green machine is in Gn15. It uses a Bachmann On30 Street Car motor block. Its in 1/2" scale. Believe it or not, it is copied from the prototype as exact as I could get it! A resin kit. As for 7/8" scale – that would be a cool loco! I have no plans for doing a kit though. It would be a crowd pleaser though!

Tom

#5

The ore car is beautiful! Looks very authentic. The little plywood loco is cool too.

#6

Nice ore car, Tom!

#7

Sorry If this is a repeat, I really cant remeber. Heres a bogie animal I made out of a couple of green LGB thingies

Its sitting on one of those short, small Bachmann flats. Does nt have the character of the nice job above yet tho. cheers

#8

How do the sides open up for dumping? They’re hinged at the top, so I assume the sides are supposed to open, as opposed to opening something underneath the car. But I can’t see how the bar running across the bottom of the side panel could allow it to open.

#9

Rod, your ore car is cool too! I may try building one of those sometime.

#10

Rod, thats a VERY cool idea. I’ve got a few of these that I’m gonna have to do that to.

/me gets out his razor saw…

#11

Ray,
Notice the rings that loop around the end grabs and operating lever. Lift the rings and the weight of the load will open the doors.

Nice job on the double door car!

Tom

#12
tom yorke said:
Ray, Notice the rings that loop around the end grabs and operating lever. Lift the rings and the weight of the load will open the doors.
I see the rings. What puzzles me is the hinge or bracket that holds the bar in place, at each end of the car. It looks to me like it wraps completely around the bar, preventing movement. Or does it only go half way around, acting as a catch?
#13

Maybe he meant this:

Regards, Greg

#14

Thanks, although if I made another I would stick to the opening mechanism working both sides at once. You can see that I modified it to work each side individually.

If this was done in real life the car might tip over if you only opened one side fully, so thats a mistake I think.

Cheers

#15
Ray Dunakin said:
tom yorke said:
Ray, Notice the rings that loop around the end grabs and operating lever. Lift the rings and the weight of the load will open the doors.
I see the rings. What puzzles me is the hinge or bracket that holds the bar in place, at each end of the car. It looks to me like it wraps completely around the bar, preventing movement. Or does it only go half way around, acting as a catch?
Ray, The end steel bracket is held in place with rivets and the bar pivots in the hole at the bottom. The bar is actually a lever. There are "stops" in the middle of the bar under the door that hold the doors shut. When the rings are lifted, it releases the bar and said bar pivots in the hole. It rorates and allows those two stops to rotate along with the bar (they are affixed to it), thus releasing the door. I think you are trying to make it more complex than it really is.

Cheers,
Tom

Incidently, these car kits are now on sale until the run is gone.

#16

Thanks Tom,

That explains it. I was confused about the opening too. What you all stops that rotate with the bar, I would call dogs. In either case I didn’t see these as attached to the bar, but rather attached to the door. Thus the confusion.

Makes perfect sense now.

Beautiful stuff. Thanks for posting. Makes me want to find some place to use them :slight_smile:

JR

#17
Jon Radder said:
That explains it. I was confused about the opening too. What you call stops that rotate with the bar, I would call dogs. In either case I didn't see these as attached to the bar, but rather attached to the door. Thus the confusion.
Yeah, that's exactly how I saw it too, that they were part of the door.

Thanks Tom, for taking the time to clear that up.