Hi all,
It's been years since posting on MR forum. I'm back modeling heavy industry but smaller than my huge steel mill of by gone days.My vision still sucks but I don't let it slow me down. It just takes longer to scratch build.
Instead of modeling the whole complex,I decided on scaling down a bit.
The build started with my grandsons Bruder Caterpillar D9 . Gave it to him when he was five. He of course destroyed this toy but left pieces . So this build all started with the tracks.
So far I've built a shreader feeder apron (three months) and next working on the scrap shreader. Aside from the massive scrap yard planned. There will be a heavy forge shop,Ingot plant, and other goodies.
One of the goodies is an HO caterpillar 350MH material handler feeding the shreader. Kit bashed from a KDW brand die cast toy.One good thing about kids and grandkids. A never ending supply of toy parts for scratch building...
I don't have a computer hooked up to share photos but will try to get my better half to post something.
Fear an Ignorant Man more than a Lion- Turkish proverb
Modeling an ficticious HO scale intergrated Scrap Yard & Steel Mill Melt Shop.
Southland Industrial Railway or S.I.R for short. Enterchanging with Norfolk Southern.
Very cool. We have a couple of scrapyards on our layout, one industrual and one automotive. They make a great spot for broken scenery bits and those kits one never seems to be able to finish. One of these days, I might try my hand at a "live" boxcar- or engine-scrapping scene.
Your scrap yards sound interesting. Any custom built scrap equipment or are they kits ?
Started on my auto shredder today.This will take some time to scratch build. Bachmann makes some decent resin details,such as silos and conyayors. That's about it for buying things for this build.
Should have something interesting to share soon.
I've got a small scrapyard.
Over the years, I collected a few of those "piles of junk" castings, and finally had enough to populate the scrap yard. The old cars were the kind of plastic toys that used to come in cereal boxes, heavily weathered and rusted.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I've built one on the club layout. I'll post a pic later of it
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
No modelled scrapyards on my layout, but lots of scrap passing through, either to or from a scrapyard...
All of the loads shown are "live" (loose material) and most of the loaded cars shown weigh around 8-10oz. Having the scrap run through in this manner, rather than laying around in a scene, saves industrial real estate for the other industries which I find more interesting. I also have a lot of industries which are not modelled, but nevertheless ship and receive cars from designated industrial staging tracks. This allows me to ship scrap in for sorting, and out for the industries which will process the sorted material. At various times, the same staging tracks can represent a myriad of other industries, too, saving valuable layout space, but still generating traffic.
Wayne
Doc, nice supply of scrap metal. Looks like we shop at the same dumpster. I will be adding a scrap yard at some point to the real estate. I will have to watch this thread.
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The material handler in the background started life as a KDW brand toy. Bashed/scratched into a Caterpillar 350MH with a high rise cab. The Caterpillar 992 is a Shinsei 1/96 model.Close enough to HO for my taste.
More to come as Shreeder gets bigger...
Enjoy
Scratch built from styrene signs from Lowes. Strip cut by old school paper cutter. Many hours months to build thus far. I did have to buy I beams from my local hobby shop.
dragonriversteelHi Doc, It's been many years since we spoke. Love the scrap loads !
Good to see that you're having lots of fun. Though a fan of heavy industry I settled on having a minor scrap metal pile because of limited space.
Regards, Peter
Peter,
Nice bit of industrial heaven you have. What brand of weathering powder did you use ?
To me and many others I imagine. Weathering is an art form. Care to share any secrets ? Great work.
Mister Beasley, great looking scrapyard. The old cars look really good!
On my layout, I have a typical rural junkyard. The junk is mostly resin castings. The old garage, I got at a swap meet. The office building is a Laserkit.
Johnson's Junkyard.
Overhead view
Outside wall made out of recycled boxcar doors.
I forget who makes this casting. The small shed is Woodland Scenics.
Doctor Wayne, outstanding scraploads. Here's my attempt made from salvaged wheels, trucks, etc.
My scrap yard is not a major sized one.
Look carefully, and you can see Dawg, the junk yard dog. He is a mean one.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
I found the dawg! Very nice looking scene.
If you look closely at my last junkyard photo, you can see a dog with his dog house. Woodland Scenics casting.
Those are some very nice-looking small scrapyards...makes me wish I had room for one, but my industrial districts are either full or have their proposed industries awaiting completion. John, I like that dilapitated roof on the garage - is that Campbell's corrugated roofing or did you make it yourself?
dragonriversteelWhat brand of weathering powder did you use ? To me and many others I imagine. Weathering is an art form.
Thanks for the kind words. As to weathering being art or craft is debatable, I like to think it the former, but regardless it's certainly a fun flow of creative energy.
The scrap pile and load are comprised of chopped up bits of left over styrene model parts and sprue. Air brush painted with a couple different shades of rust colored paint and weathered with Bragdon powders and some dry brushing with grey paint and colored pencils.
No secrets and very little innovation in my weathering efforts. Just the results of trail and error experimentation with various techniques and materials learned from modeling magazines, videos, internet sites and forums. And I'm always on the lookout for new methods and materials.
JOHN C TARANTO I found the dawg! Very nice looking scene. If you look closely at my last junkyard photo, you can see a dog with his dog house. Woodland Scenics casting.
John ... Thanks for commenting. I see the dog house in your last photo. I like your scrap yard. I see you recycled box car doors.
Peter .... Your load is nicely rusted.
Wayne .... Your gon loads look real.
Dragoin RIver.... I like your heavt machery. Thanks for starting this thread.