Plank and Tie Mill

[camelot]

Hi Jon , here is a picture of the cover of the "Plank and tie kit from Woodland scenics , not sure which kit came first , this one or the one shamus has.

Hi Jim , I like your alterations on the Plank and Tie kit , hopefully mine can look as good once its planted in the layout.

Cheers

Ian

 

[jon-monon]

Thanks, Ian, I'll be keeping an eye peeled for it a the LHS or have them order it one fine day

 

[Jeff Law]

I built the same kit for my HOn30 Bigg & Orsum Railroad - see http://www.datamasta.co.nz/hon30/b_and_o.htm for a photo.

Like most Woodland Scenics structures, it is relatively small and thus ideal for a small, narrow-gauge layout.

 

[jon-monon]

You've done a nice job on all of those structures, Jeff!

 

[camelot]

I agree with Jon , nice stuff Jeff , hows that Climax Class B coming along?

I myself am not that good with modeling , i am awaiting the Spetrum 50 ton HO Climax with a hungrey wallet ;-)

Cheers

Ian

 

[Jeff Law]

Class B Climax

Hmmm, the Climax, it was only a matter of time before someone brought it up!

I ran into a problem a few weeks ago when, despite all of my careful planning, I found I had the jack-shaft (the transverse shaft) rotating the wrong way in respect of the wheels. Rebuilt the drive only to find that it had made no difference!

I've now added two NWSL spur gears to the Transfer Case to provide reversal of rotation, so now it's waiting for me to mill a new front chassis sub-frame to take it.

In the meantime, I've been building a Backwoods Miniatures Hudswell-Clarke 0-6-0 Diesel Loco (as used in Fiji). This kit is brilliant, but not for the faint-hearted. I'll post some photos soon.

 

[jon-monon]

Jeff, sorry to hear abouthte Climax troubles Love to see a piccy of the Diesel! Fiji, Japan? I follow some Asian loco's when I'm not looking at Danish loco's, when I'm not looking specifically at Filipino locos, when I'm not looking at American loco's or doin' sumpthin' else We yahoo groups for the Asian and Fil lokeys.

 

[Jeff Law]

Take a look at http://www.backwoods.dabsol.co.uk/xhc2.JPG to see the pre-production prototype of the H-C. Mine is almost at that stage, complete with Umelec DCC Sound Decoder and Speaker!

These locos were used on the sugar-cane railways in the north of Fiji.

 

[jon-monon]

I love it! Until so recently, they were running steam in the Philippine sugar-cane plantations.

 

[Wyomingite]

Wonderfull job and beautiful pictures.

Ron ;thumb;

 

[Jeff Law]

Actually Ron, that is the manufacturer's pre-production prototype!

However, I hope mine will be just as good.

The nice thing about these Backwoods Miniatures kits are that the etchings are done in Nickel Silver, not Brass, which makes soldering a breeze!

 

[Wyomingite]

Hi Jeff,
I wish you all the luck in building that beautiful model. Be sure to send us a picture when its finished. I'm waiting for a steam donkey kit myself and sure can't wait to get started on it. Good luck'

Ron

 

[Jeff Law]

Hi Ron,

Speaking of Donkeys, I have an idea that I sketched out to make an operating Steam Donkey, driving a high-line rig on a pair of spar trees. The Donkey's motor would be DCC controlled, using a sound decoder, so that it could sound all of the correct whistles, etc.

Is that getting a bit carried away!!

 

[camelot]

Is that getting a bit carried away!!

Yes

but it sounds like fun

Ian

 

[Glen Haasdyk]

Here's my Tie and Plank Mill, named after my Father-in-law. eventualy I'm planning on having a small narrow guage logging spur that will supply the trees for it.

 

[m_reusser]

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[sumpter250]

Pity I cannot get 0n30 ones like them.

Paul,
I believe that Lifelike has a set of O scale work figures, that are reasonable looking. They might need a bit of a touchup (Lifelike doesn't have you working for them), but should turn out quite nicely, with very little effort.
Pete

 

[m_reusser]

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[CrazyShay]

Awasome Job with the Mill Camelot!

Just a question,
What did you use to paint it?

 

[jon-monon]

Welcome to the-gauge CrazyShay!