Post by muleskinner on Apr 1, 2011 15:05:08 GMT -5
This model was built off a small steam Donkey which is presently at the Coos County Museum, located in North Bend, Or. It is one of the early small horizontal type units which required a horse or Oxen to reel the lead line out to the logs of the turn, so the chocker setter could choke it and then the Donkey was powered up and the turn was dragged to the landing. It was a slow process until the lead and return system came into play on later models.
The model started out as an AMT Transformer for the boiler modified into how you see it. The skeg unit which the donkey sits on is An old broom stick which I cut down and carved with an Xacto to get it to look like the actual skegs. All cross member's were made of scale 10x10 timbers of basswood. The rest of the unit was made of Evergreen Plastic and when completed it was weathered to look like the one at the Museum. The sides and top of the skegs were scratched and jabbed with a caving awl to give it the look of many years of Caulk boot wear and scratches into the logs. This was a very fun build as it gave me a chance to venture into areas of weathering I've never been before. Hope you like it.
The model started out as an AMT Transformer for the boiler modified into how you see it. The skeg unit which the donkey sits on is An old broom stick which I cut down and carved with an Xacto to get it to look like the actual skegs. All cross member's were made of scale 10x10 timbers of basswood. The rest of the unit was made of Evergreen Plastic and when completed it was weathered to look like the one at the Museum. The sides and top of the skegs were scratched and jabbed with a caving awl to give it the look of many years of Caulk boot wear and scratches into the logs. This was a very fun build as it gave me a chance to venture into areas of weathering I've never been before. Hope you like it.
