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Post by nsc409w on Oct 13, 2013 18:17:33 GMT -5
I am almost done with this scratch built International 7600 hi - rail roto dump truck. The dump box spins 360 degrees and the knuckleboom crane is fully functional. A Boley cab combined with a few herpa parts and the rest was scratchbuilt. I still need to add bumper corner posts, a toolbox on the side of the chassis, an exhaust stack, and custom decals for the cab and crane. enjoy and have a great day.  [/URL] |
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BNSF Jay
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Modeling the modern day East Bay in Nor Cal in HO scale.
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Post by BNSF Jay on Oct 14, 2013 6:43:47 GMT -5
Looks AWESOME. Great work.
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Post by Canadian Atlantic Railway on Oct 14, 2013 7:21:53 GMT -5
I like it! What brand of material did you use for the flooring around the boom controls?
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BNSF Jay
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Modeling the modern day East Bay in Nor Cal in HO scale.
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Post by BNSF Jay on Oct 14, 2013 7:53:12 GMT -5
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Post by nsc409w on Oct 14, 2013 8:28:51 GMT -5
Hi folks, I appreciate the kind words.
Railnet, the platform around the crane and the headache rack was built from evergreen styrene and the etched metal decking was a spare set of etched roof walkways from an Intermountain PS 4750 covered hopper. Tichy ladders, bolt heads and .015" wire rounds the platform out. On the kick plate below the operators chair 600 grit sandpaper was used as the antiskid material.
BNSF Jay, I check the 1-87vehicles site almost everyday and when Jesse posted the article it lit the fire. I used the article as a basic guideline to placement of the parts. I had the luxury of meeting Jesse 2 years ago and he allowed me to take over 100 pictures of his various trucks which helped as well.
I just have to send the cab artwork and the palfinger logo in to Jim of Highball Graphics and add a few odds and ends and it will be done.
Shane
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BNSF Jay
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Modeling the modern day East Bay in Nor Cal in HO scale.
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Post by BNSF Jay on Oct 14, 2013 8:55:39 GMT -5
Pls keep us updated with pictures and keep up the great work!
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Post by antlorch on Oct 14, 2013 10:48:39 GMT -5
Very nice and please post more pics when you can.
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Post by nsc409w on Oct 14, 2013 14:09:50 GMT -5
Here is a shot of the other side. I will post some more photos and progress after I finish a steel I beam load for one of my bulkhead flat cars. Shane |
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Post by nsc409w on Oct 14, 2013 14:10:28 GMT -5
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BNSF Jay
Road Foreman
Modeling the modern day East Bay in Nor Cal in HO scale.
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Post by BNSF Jay on Oct 17, 2013 8:40:34 GMT -5
Great work, can't wait to see it finished:)
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Post by railfansd40t2 on Apr 12, 2014 11:24:55 GMT -5
That is just cool.
Paulie
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spike
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They say I can't be Spike anymore, so Mr. Burns it is!
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Post by spike on Jun 8, 2017 16:06:23 GMT -5
This is an old thread, but it gave me an idea. A few years ago, I found 1:87 scale GMC 9500 resin cast cabs, on eBay. I got them because my family had a trucking company, which had a fleet of these GM trucks. As a kid, B&M used to have a GMC 9500 rotary dump, at the local yard. One of my cabs might just end up on a B&M dump truck.
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