Large Scale Central

Making a new mine

Modeling
#21
Mik said:
Geoff George said:
Mik I love the new train shed. That should hold a train or two. :)
Not a train in it, nor workbench yet, and it's already 1/3 full of crap. I'm seriously going to have to put a TENT up just to have room to work!

I haven’t started putting down track yet and some rubbernecker looking at the layout this afternoon almost got tagged. That’s the 4th or 5th one this week. Y’d think nobody ever saw a little village in a yard before…


Be careful that you don’t get written up as creating a public nuisance by a cranky neighbor. Hide it from the street, somehow.

Where did you get those numbers and what do I look under. Great idea, probably a lot less expensive than using acrylic.

#22

From work… I mooched the broken ones and some that were the wrong size for the new sign…

#23

Today I made 2 of the adits. One is actually a drain pipe to prevent rainwater from flooding the mine area. The other is just for looks… I may add another adit, and I may frame them all with timber… I’m not sure yet.

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P4200002.jpg)

Another view…

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P4200001.jpg)

I just couldn’t resist roughing out the tram trackage, just to make sure everything would fit. There will be a couple more turnouts and a crossover in the final version. But I have to pour a bit of concrete first.

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P4200003.jpg)

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P4200004.jpg)

#24

Thats cool Mik. Use timber on those adits. I think it would really add to the scene.

#25

better?

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P4210002.jpg)

now I have to either gather up some small rocks, stack and glue, or build timber wing walls

#26

Much better. You are going to hate me but I agree go with the timber walls. This is how I did my mine.

(http://i39.tinypic.com/1zn7gwp.jpg)

#27

If I’m lucky, today I get a bag of concrete and a $1 dish tub to mix it in… If I’m not, it will be another week. Gotta love negative cash flow.

#28

The arrival of more 32mm track yesterday, and a break in the rain today allowed me to make some progress. I had to relocate one of the adits to allow for the sectional track. I think it looks fairly proper and functional.

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P4250001.jpg)

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P4250002.jpg)

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P4250003.jpg)

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P4250004.jpg)

#29

Wellllllll, I guess I’ve been away from this project longer than I thought. Today I FINALLY set the tipple and made the conveyor (a section of square plastic downspout - fast n’ easy).

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P7110002.jpg)

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P7110003.jpg)

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P7110004.jpg)

Still need to make a boney pile. under the chute

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P7110005.jpg)

#30

Mik,
If you still have the container the Arrow Building came in, check where it was made.

#31

Box is long gone. It’s whatever one Home Depot had on sale this Spring

#32

Bringing it together (build pix, vintage pix, and text) all on one page: http://www.the-ashpit.com/mik/coalmine.html

#33
Mik said:
Bringing it together (build pix, vintage pix, and text) all on one page: http://www.the-ashpit.com/mik/coalmine.html
Pretty neat. Wish had some ideas for that mine motor power brick to give you.
#34

I thought about a self contained o-gauge dismal truck… but for the price of used 2 rail stuff I could buy a new nwsl ‘flea’ type thing. And Kimmee says, “NO MORE MONEY!” on trains for a while…

#35

Mik,
The mine looks great.
Enjoyed the mining photos too.
Ralph

#36

Mik the mine looks great. I cant believe what you got done in such a short period. Love seeing pictures of your RR.

#37

I made a little more progress on this over the last week. The most noticeable is a ‘boney’ or tailings pile. 3 parts real boney, 1 part cement. You can also see the blower house upper center part of the pic In the real world, the piles can be a eighth mile or so long and over 70 feet high… so the rest is off layout…

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P7250002.jpg)

I also started putting together the 8 NoS Delton wooden hoppers – only to find a bunch of truck sides have gone missing… So I only have 3 completed cars at the moment. (yes, this one needs couplers)

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P7250003.jpg)

Under the tipple. I’m considering single tracking it and adding a 32mm track to serve some coke ovens instead.

(http://i397.photobucket.com/albums/pp52/steamnut1917/mine/P7250001.jpg)