Post by muleskinner on Oct 25, 2010 16:30:10 GMT -5
This model represents one of the Cats in the logging industry modified to do a specific job and that was assist in the recovery of rolling stock at logging train wreck sites. Snce the largest majority of rolling stock was half the size and lighter than most major railroad rolling stock the need for a heavy cumbersome unit like the major railroads of the era used was not in the books and a lighter version was instead built by the many logging units and railroad lines for the recovery task. My model represents one of these which was built by the logging railroads from what they had around the shops and from what they could get from other logging units by barttering or some other means of proccuring which we won't go into to used in the building.
The model has the standard boom crane mounted on the right sidee with the winchining unit on the left. There was no need for the blade as there was no plce or means to attach it with the crane boom occupying the whole of the right side. The winching unit was attached to a point above the left side tracks and attached to this was the counter balance unit which was Hydrolically operated by a pair of hydro rams at the front and rear of the winching housing. This suspended balance was either filled with heavy scrap metal, rocks, dirt, or concrete in which concrete was the better choice as far as weight goes. This weight was used as a counter balance to the weight being hoisted on the crane.
There is also a CARCO winch mounted on the back to give the unit more versitillity at the wreck site. On the front of the unit is a steel wicker platform which was used when servicing and for laying extra blocks and tools used at a wreck site. The top of the skinner cage was made to look as if the old one was replaced by one in better shape and this is the reason for the color difference in the top and the rest of the unit.
The whole unit was painted Japanese Dark Yellow and then weathered in my usual manner of acrylics and ink.
The model has the standard boom crane mounted on the right sidee with the winchining unit on the left. There was no need for the blade as there was no plce or means to attach it with the crane boom occupying the whole of the right side. The winching unit was attached to a point above the left side tracks and attached to this was the counter balance unit which was Hydrolically operated by a pair of hydro rams at the front and rear of the winching housing. This suspended balance was either filled with heavy scrap metal, rocks, dirt, or concrete in which concrete was the better choice as far as weight goes. This weight was used as a counter balance to the weight being hoisted on the crane.
There is also a CARCO winch mounted on the back to give the unit more versitillity at the wreck site. On the front of the unit is a steel wicker platform which was used when servicing and for laying extra blocks and tools used at a wreck site. The top of the skinner cage was made to look as if the old one was replaced by one in better shape and this is the reason for the color difference in the top and the rest of the unit.
The whole unit was painted Japanese Dark Yellow and then weathered in my usual manner of acrylics and ink.
