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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    Hi Bill, Thanks for the welcome back - I feel so out of touch with the whole modelling side of things! I am happy I now have my own house and my own space in which I can hopefully find to put a layout again! Time is my biggest enemy as all of my work is away from home - and often for a week or...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    I know this has now been nearly 4 years since I posted anything to do with this - Unfortunately work and life got in the way of modelling railways, and I don't even have the layout built any more. I was staying with relatives around my work, but they have since sold and moved house so I had the...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    Newest update!!! Sorry for the really quick post guys... I dunno who, if anyone still follows this!! But I will keep posting for those of you who stick with me!!! Ive got the dumper working again, and it's all back together - just not in the layout, as I'm adding a couple of improvements to...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    Update Hi all, Just a quick update to say that my modifications of the dumper, to sit on rollers, and thus make the rotation smoother are currently suspended... I've been working on it, and got it all re-assembled. I tested everything along the assembly stages, and everything seemed fine, but...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    Sorry to keep you waiting!!! DUMPER UPDATE!!! Hi Guys, Sorry - It's been awhile since I've checked on here - I haven't been getting an messages saying there were replies to the posts! Firstly, Elliot... Your question about the cars and on the tracks. The dumper barrel has a couple of plastic...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    New Video out... Thanks for all the kind words guys. Just for your information - I've finally got around to putting up the new video. Shows the now painted dumper working with a 4 car train of coal hoppers, dumping them all, and the loadout conveyor removing the coal away to the hopper. The...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    Link to Pictures!!! Well, now I have the 15 required posts, I can now post pictures and links... Here's a link to photos of the dumper, and some of the workings. Click on the images for the full-size one. http://arabica.getcaffeinated.net/~marty/RotaryDumper/dumper.html enjoy, Marty
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    Thanks Hart! I'll Hopefully have a video up in the next couple of days of it going - and all painted... with the loadout conveyor working... Was hoping to get one done on the weekend - but had a couple of conveyor issues - with the driveshaft needing replacing etc. That's done now, but didn't...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    Hi Doc, Cheers for the feedback! I think you all will enjoy seeing it working, now it's painted. looks a lot more realistic (if you imagine that the bare MDF it's mounted on actually had some scenery to back it up!) The rotary couplers are good! I've had a few issues with them though -...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    Hi Bill! Happy New year to you! sorry it's been a while since I've posted anything. I have a whole bunch of pictures which I need to sort out, and will host them online, and in a couple of posts time, when I reach the magic 15 number, I'll post the link to the pics. The current update is that...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    Mmmm, I think obsession could go either way. But I'm not going to get into it - I think as long as we are all happy modelling the way we do, then there's no real problem. I've seen videos of people who zoom locomotives around tracks at full speed and then deliberately crash them into other...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    I agree. I don't have a large layout, so running trains at full tilt is no fun a) they'd probably de-rail on the curves... One of my two Athearn locomotives (I've got SD-70/SD75's) is terrible at de-railing on every corner... (yet the Kato locomotive I've got is fine). I've modified the trucks...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    An update: I've installed the rotary couplers in 5 of my hopper cars, I will install in the 6th, once I have done a bit of work on the hopper - as it's the one I had 'converted' for bottom unloading, before I won the auction for the Rotary. I'll get a couple of pics of the coupler on it's own...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    Hi guys, Sorry I've been away over the last couple of days, and haven't been able to reply. I've looked a lot at Pmack's pictures, and I like the colouring ideas he's used. I think I am going to go with a lighter colour for the main barrel though, and maybe add the accents with black. I'll...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    Well, after looking at some videos and pictures - most of the dumpers either seem to be Yellow, or Cream. with the appropriate coal dust marks. I personally think that cream is a bit too bland, so will probably go for a yellow colour... I might look at doing a quick coat of black, followed by...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    Hmm... Cheers for the tips Bill! They will be useful.... I think I'm going to have a look at some more pictures/videos of prototypical dumpers, and see if I can get any better ideas of colour. I think that even if I go with a dark green, then it won't look right. I think a lighter colour...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    I'm not sure what colour yet... The only real colour I have for painting plastics at the moment is a dark green. which I'm not sure how it would look. I don't want to paint it black, as that to me is a bit bland and too dark. Videos/pictures I have seen of prototypical units vary a bit -...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    I've uploaded 2 videos to YouTube of the dumper, and a third one of my loading facility in action, once again from when I was testing it. I'm still waiting for a couple of items to arrive, so I can finish motorising the conveyor belt, then I can test the system as a whole! I've tried to post...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    Oh, and Bill... In answer to your question... The kit itself had plastic cams that the dogs/clamps rode up onto to give clearance for the car to come out under. Which I was planning on using, until I found that that they didn't lift the dogs high enough for a locomotive to pass under. Which...
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    Working HO Scale Rotary Dumper

    I will keep posting, don't worry! I have some pictures of the dumper, and a couple of videos of it in operation. I've also just added cabling today to the rotary part, to carry track power, as the locomotives didn't like just picking up power on one axle... I've managed to keep the cables...
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