Bob, you never cease to amaze me. As in earlier years I am again inspired by your kitbashing and scratchbuilding. Your previous photos have given me a few new projects to plan. Thanks!
Dunc
Branch Line Railways Corporation - sporadic service since 1980
markpierce
That is a neat little plow/flanger. Did you scratchbuild it? What scale?
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Some should build a model of this.
A few more of mine:
A track panel car, based on a local prototype.
A water car for MOW use, made from an old tender, based upon a local prototype.
A Walthers crane with an etched brass boom from Sheepscot to make a pile driver.
A toy-like crane made a bit more prototypical looking.
Bob Boudreau
CANADA
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Bob and others - you have done some great work!
Thanks for sharing.
Found some more:
An Athearn rotary plow that I shortened and covered with wood sheathing.
Scratchbuilt pile driver.
Kitbashed crane on a caboose chassis.
A car for carrying spare trucks in a wreck train.
Hello my MOW equipment is not as detailed as what I have seen so for. But I am trying. Here is a inspection loco I kit bashed and then a Titchy crane and boom car I kit bashed.
Have a nice day Frank
A few more of my creations:
Kitbashed rotary plow, inspired by a prototype owned by a logging railroad.
Jordan Spreader from a Roundhouse "3 in 1" kit, mostly scratchbuilt.
Plow converted from a Tri-Ang model, based upon prototype
Interior of GT plow, made from photos and measurements of prototype.
Very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!
DM&IR- HO Scale
Greg
RailphotogSome more unusual MOW equipment: This pile driver is an etched brass kit by Sheepscot Scale models. The tracklaying machine was scratchbuilt using plans and supporting gussets and such that were "bonus" parts in the pile driver kit.
This pile driver is an etched brass kit by Sheepscot Scale models.
The tracklaying machine was scratchbuilt using plans and supporting gussets and such that were "bonus" parts in the pile driver kit.
Bob, my friend George Barrett of Sheepscott would be pleased to see his work so well modeled and photographed.
As I said earlier, I dug around in some boxes and found some more of my MOW equipment
This is an Ambroid Russel winged snowplow that I originally built in the 60s, and restored and repainted for my freelanced Bunker Hill & Eastern RR in the late 80s.
The BHE flanger is from a Roundhouse 3-in-1 kit
The tool flat, I made from a Mantua flatcar
The 25 ton Brownhoist is a Walthers kit and the crane tender is also Walthers, ex-Train Minature kit
The blacksmith car and ballast flat are also Walthers, ex-Train Minature kits
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Here's my entry. A rotory snowplow with a MOW F-7B unit.
A 250 ton bacyrus erie crane with idler car
chuck
Great thread, here are a few of mine
All the rotary plows were upgraded with can motors to spin the blade only, all were dcc equipped and one had lights.
alco's forever!!!!! Majoring in HO scale Minorig in O scale:)
Some more MOW from the archives:
A scratchbuilt plow in On30, based upon plans & photos in the Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette. Original was for 2-foot gauge.
American Hoist & Ditcher railroad ditcher, white metai kit by Rio Grande Models.
Athearn crane converted from steam to diesel, custom details & paint.
Walthers Jordan Spreader, large front plow replaced with white metal smaller one by Custom Finishing.
All working parts on the spreader have been made operational, original ones were supposed to work but did not.
hon30critter Bob! Do you know if this plow had a special purpose other then not requiring a means of turning it? I could see it being useful on a wye if there was a run around track close by. Actually I guess it required a run around wherever it was to be used in reverse. I have often wondered what it would be like to ride in a snow plow at speed. The crew must have been bounced around pretty good! Cool model! Thanks Dave
Bob!
Do you know if this plow had a special purpose other then not requiring a means of turning it? I could see it being useful on a wye if there was a run around track close by. Actually I guess it required a run around wherever it was to be used in reverse.
I have often wondered what it would be like to ride in a snow plow at speed. The crew must have been bounced around pretty good! Cool model!
Thanks
Far as I know the double ended plow was just intended for branch lines where there were no turning facilities, but I imagine it could be used for wyes or whatever. I was fortunate to be able to photograph and take measurements off one that wasn't too far from where I live.
I have a commercial video on snowplows at work, and at the end there is a segment showing a CP rail plow crew trying to buck their way through some really heavy drifts. A real hard run resulted in the plow going airborne, almost vertically, then falling down on its side. The crewmen inside were banged up a bit (!) but were OK. They quote one of them as saying that when he signed up for snowplow duty, he didn't think he'd be a candidate for astronaut service!
I have lots more MOW gear, will post once I put them into my Photobucket account.
Thanks again, I noticed brutally that I only shot one side, so here is the other....
This is the 'other side' of the DM&E SnowPlow.. Proving that I'm not a "One Side Jack". Yes, I like to make both sides appropriate, & with scratchbuilding, one side can look better than another. When I was viewing my pictures, I myself, thought hey, I only shot that one side!!! Ooopppsss.. I do that some times. Well, here is the other side, & you can see, I got it about 95ish percent nice... With a heavy (Unfinished) IC&E SD45 pushing it into next fall, but probably doing a number on those late summer weeds, as I'm sure she is not going at all, very slow.....
PlowGuy & other Folks...
Well, in an amature-ish way, I used a Propane torch... Yeah a torch & styrene (& I light a cigarette with my paint thinner, Yup...)
No, Really!? What I did, was to make cardboard patterns. Then selected brass tubing to form the radaii from. I marked the cardboard in the "square" angles of the 'desired' (I meant 'Desired') shape of the finished unit. Once I was satisfied with that, I transferred that to styrene, & over cut a couple blanks. The right or 'engineer' side was a one time hit, worked out perfectly! The left side however, kept slipping or drew heat where not intended, & on the third try, was somewhat accomodating... I rolled it over brass tubing to get the nice roll draft, it was active as it was not just a simple bend over, I needed to wash out the ends. Once the centerline was measured & trimmed. the basic plow shape was intact. I then assembled, braced it, & squared it to the carbody. At that point it oddly looked like a figure '8' hourglass nightgown... Then, I remembered my Dad had one of those carpenters laser levels.. Hmmm.. Perfect for laying out the sides, so I did, & then trimmed them to specifications. That is pretty much the long & short of it.
Say, I really appreciate the kind comments, even if it is a fictional unit, Thanks guys!!! I appreciate it!!!
Bob:
Even more cool models!
The track laying machine is truly unique.
Chad: That DME ore car plow is Great!!! Thats what I like to see, the cars that are completely ordinary that you wouldnt find on another layout anywhere!!! I think you did a great job on it. What is your method for hot molding the styrene, it sounds like it may help me out with some of my projects, To use a sheet thin enough to bend to the curves I want sometimes makes the part to fragile, yet the right thickness is near impossible to manipulate to the radius' I need. Do you soak it in hot water, bend it and let it cool, dip in cold water???? I had thought about heating it but wasnt sure what would be the best way.
Bob, That track laying car is very impresive, I have never seen anything like that before. You gotta give it to the guys from way back in the day who came up with these ideas for making such a laborous job easier! (not you Bob, your a young buck! ;)
The details that go into your models are just amazing, everytime I see one I think it should be in a museum!!! You never fail to impress!
I want your Snowplows!!!!!
Scratchbuilt is the best and yours is supurb! I am not normally a 'rivet counter' but 1500 individual rivets is impressive.
I have often wondered what it would be like to ride in a snow plow at speed. The crew must have been bounced around pretty good! The last issue of Canadian History has a picture on the inside last page of a Russell plow bursting through the snow at a road crossing. According to the caption people would gather from several miles around to see the plows at work.
Cool model!
Some more unusual MOW equipment:
Bob B,
You inspire!
Great work, & Awesome collection!!!!!
Here is my freelanced plow, based on an ore car. (I'm sorry if you have seen this before..) The front truck is moved forward, a cover added & a few attempts at hot (heated) styrene molding sheet resulted in the basis of a unique plow shape. In these pictures it is shown with loco's that are almost done or mid-way before completion & weathering. (the loco's are not 'all' finished in these shots).. This Plow was one of my first serious scratchbuilding & freelancing projects, I still admire it... Thanks!
PS: I would really like to find 'data' on the real DM&E/IC&E plows that resembles a 'ButterCup' style car, to model one in the prototype someday.
PSS: She really 'rides the rails' if I put in 33" wheel'd trucks, pictured are 36" wheel'd trucks.
hon30critter Railphotog: Those are some really neat models. The cranes are very well done. I am curious about the double ended plow. What are its origins? I suspect it might be brass. Dave
Railphotog:
Those are some really neat models. The cranes are very well done.
I am curious about the double ended plow. What are its origins? I suspect it might be brass.
Nope, it was scratchbuilt:
Nice stuff, The pic of your crane tender did not show up.
I started digging through all of my pictures only to discover I've never done much photography of all of my kit-smashed MOW equipment. Here's some I do have.
Below: A trestle rebuild underway using my custom painted MOW equipment:
Below: I didn't build nor letter this unique crane tender, but I did add the wheel load and the track cleaner underneath:
Below: A re-worked Rivorossi plow gets checked for damage. The round hole is for a temporary coupler so I can tow the car both ways.
The Cedar Branch & Western--The Hillbilly Line!
teen steam fan Are those shovels kits? Where did you find them?
Are those shovels kits? Where did you find them?
The first (smaller) Marion shovel is a Rio Grande Models kit, I believe they are still available.
The second Bucyrus shovel started out as an MDC/Roundhouse "3 in 1" kit. These "kits' came with some parts from their line, and lots of instructions to fabricate much of it yourself. Most of the models posted first in this thread come from the same line. I've made them all too.
My completed model was OK until I discovered photos of the real Bucyrus shovels. My model took a tumble off the shelf and came apart, did not break. So I took this occasion to rebuild it more like the prototype, using photos as guides. New body, added details on bucket and boom, etc. Boom swivels and raises, all doors and vents operate, and the rear deck folds up into the body.
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