New kress carrier built HO scale {Steel mill related}

[slagpot]

Hello all,

I just completed my latest scratch/kit- bash project of a 1987
design scrap bucket carrier.Drawings for the prototype were
downloaded from the US patent office.Carrier took about four
days,working in the evening after work.

The base of the project was again a HO Norscot 627G scraper.The
whole rear half,from the yoke to the back wheels was scratch
built.The crappy scrap bucket {which will have a better looking one
built} was a tide cap and junk parts laying around.

As of now I still haven't been able to build my shed to house the steel mill layout.So what does one do? Simple build everything that goes with a large intergrated steel mill before building the layout.

This kress carrier makes the third sister to be built.Another one is in the planning phase,it will be a large slab carrier on a 1989 design.


Hope you boys enjoy the pictures.

Patrick
Beaufort,SC
Dragon River Steel Corp {DRSC}

 

[bigsteel]

WOW,jawdrop that is sooo incredible!!!!! i cant beleive you scratch built that! i wish they had those in 56!cause ida definatley had one! great stuff slagpot :thumb: --josh

 

[doctorwayne]

Great job, Patrick. :thumb: :thumb: Even the temporary stand-in for the scrap bucket is more than passable. I look forward to seeing your slab carrier, too, as those are the ones that I'm most familiar with.

Wayne

 

[Ralph]

Terrific work on such interesting vehicles! I especially like the cable and hose details!
Ralph

 

[Nomad]

That is really a pro looking job:thumb: .

Loren

 

[TruckLover]

WHOA Patrick, that is AWESOME!!!! I always love seeing new stuff from you!!!

 

[slagpot]

Thanks guys,really means a lot. Hopefully one day soon I can set all this stuff up. My work bench is crammed with almost everything needed for the mill.Sheez I'll have to build a shed ,just to get this stuff out of the house. Wife feels the same way,she can't wait to see it all out of the house.

Patrick

 

[Triplex]

Hey, aren't those Lego wheels - the kind used for airplane landing gear?

 

[jbaakko]

Hey, aren't those Lego wheels - the kind used for airplane landing gear?

I was going to say the same!

 

[bigsteel]

there is always something to use out there! and a new way for a great nodeler to use them! .but ive never seen a better use for old lego parts.-josh

 

[alastairq]

well dne...what scratch building is really all about?

How d'you wheedle those wheels away from the kids without them noticing?

Or were they the neighbour's kids?

 

[slagpot]

Hey, aren't those Lego wheels - the kind used for airplane landing gear?

Yeah sure are. They are the closest thing I could find the the back wheels of the real machine. I love legos....if I can't find a part in my scrap box,I go searching in the lego pile for it.

Patrick

 

[slagpot]

well dne...what scratch building is really all about?

How d'you wheedle those wheels away from the kids without them noticing?

Or were they the neighbour's kids?

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I have a friend at work,who finds old toys such as lego parts and keeps them for me. Working for local county goverment in DPW solid waste division has its perks.
One mans trash is another man treasure.

Patrick

 

[alastairq]

modelling has never been the same since they corrugated baked bean tins??

 

[doctorwayne]

modelling has never been the same since they corrugated baked bean tins??

Neither has the steel industry!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Wayne