Here is a video of it working. I will also do a quick build video to show how it goes together. I will have these up on my website pretty soon.
I plan on making a ore car also. I will make new masters and make a simple ore car since you can’t get any from western scale anymore…
That is a neat idea Landrel. Hope you don’t mind if i copy your idea?
I like to maybe, set it up my mine with a yard light motion detector so when some one walks by, it turn on the Mine Elevator motor.
Here are photos of some mine carts that I think I got them from Ozarks castings… There all unpainted metal.
They would go great and look good with your type of Mine Elev. I was trying to figure out where to put them and like your idea now.
I made them to be manual operate for dumping.
I changed out the wheels with Ho Frt. plastic wheels. Now fits on some Ho Flex tracks.
These can maybe fit in your elev. but the carts are kind of heavy tho. Have to put some kind of counter wt. on motor end.
very cool
Great video of your mine frame in action. I love seeing what you come up with and then produce it for others to enjoy also. Keep it up.
Thanks Guys,
Well I got to piddling with the idea of more ore cars. And of course you can’t get anymore from Western Scale Models. So I decided to make my own. Yes you can get some from Ozark Miniatures but at $33 each. I can make my own…
As y’all probably have figured out i am not a rivet counter. So I looked around the internet for different types of ore cars. I ran across a drawing for a wood ore car. I have not seen one of those done. So i figured I would give it a go.
Last night i started with the wheel. I took an old 25 gallon barrel that I cast and it was slightly over size of what i needed. I chucked it up in the lathe and produced 1 wheel. It turned out pretty good. I made a master mold of this and then cast more . I will make a second mold of 4, so i can do 4 at a time…
My first picture id very blurry…
"Thanks Guys,
Well I got to piddling with the idea of more ore cars. And of course you can’t get anymore from Western Scale Models. So I decided to make my own. Yes you can get some from Ozark Miniatures but at $33 each. I can make my own…"
Boy I didn’t know Ozarks Miniatures got so expensive… I got mine as a kit with the man for 18 bucks if I remember right long time ago.
We’re watch the build.
I don’t blame you on making your own and looking good do so far.
Thanks Noel,
Here is the body of the car all framed up ready to cast…
Here is the second ones out of the mold. When casting real wood if I don’t seal it, all the trash ends up in the mold. So the first one cast pulls all the trash from the mold.
I did put rivets on the body and I cast the door separate,so it will be functional. I use pins for the hinges
that looks better, than most of the professional castings, we buy.
Spiffy. And that’s quite a shot of lathing in progress.
Coool!
Thanks Guys for the comments…
Here is the finished product…
Very cooooool! 
Geeee… you make it look so easy!
very nice little kit
Thanks Guys,
Here is the first one painted. As always you have to wash the castings and then I primed them with a ruddy red primer. I painted the wood with a desert sand acrylic and them used chalks the darken the colors. Then went back with a rusty rail color. For the metal parts. Once dry dry brushed with a Barnwood acrylic.
Hopefully giving it the crimey look of use in a mine…
Outstanding!
Still too clean … More dust… inside of car…
