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Post by muleskinner on Aug 18, 2011 17:00:33 GMT -5
William, i am glad to see you are feeling better. And again working on this beast. On your 6-7 pulleys did you makes sheaves or just a roller for the cable? Whatever you did. I looks good!! Gator Marc, The 6-7 has individual pulleys in them. I thought about roller but decided it would operate better with individual units. I recently bought a new tool from Micro Mark which helps to find the center hole in a circle, so it helped a great deal in making the pulleys. If you are interested in such a tool as they come in handy, the number for it is #82285 1-1 1/2" centering square. Can't remember the price right now but I know it was cheap. It can be found in their cataloge or on line at their site. William |
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Post by muleskinner on Aug 26, 2011 11:26:18 GMT -5
Did some backtracking last night on the photos of the 1:1 and discovered that the main air tank for the compressor unit was not visible on the photos. Spent the evening blowing up photos and found that when the original was moved to Camp 6 up in Tacoma, the tank, it seems, was not with it. The air control unit which operates the raising and lowering of the jack stand raisers at each corner of the Lidgerwood is also completely gone and so I had to go back into my books and find out where they were located. It seems every unit was different, so the air tank for my model will be located back next to the feed-water pump where the compressor is attached to the boiler, and the controls on the hook tenders side. Anyway I took a couple of the fuel tanks from the pay Hauler kits and attached them end to end and removed all the detail and after sanding them down came up with a good rep of a cast steel air storage tank with the riveted bottom. The plumbing was added to it and it will be installed permanently where it now temporarily sits on the Ledgered model. The first three photos show the completed tank and the last shows it in place where it will sit on the model.     This is one of the hazards of building off of photos old and new. it seems you always find something missing which has to be researched out. William |
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Post by muleskinner on Aug 30, 2011 14:13:16 GMT -5
Had a chance to sit down and weather the loading crane and add the roof to the main deck of the Lidgerwood. Since the roofs on these were actually more or less rain deflectors, I had to build the framing and then apply the panels. Once this was done I added two layers of toilet tissue for a base and then painted the roof flat black and the rest of the framing gloss black. The tissue paper was to represent the fiber 5-10 lb. paper used around the turn of the century which was laid down and then tarred over. Once it was applied to the model I began to apply the Flat black paint which caused a wrinkling effect of the tissue, just as the tar would have on the fiber paper of the olden days. Once the black had dried I gave the whole roof a wash of Old Concrete and dust mixture to give it a weathered and dirty look. The roof itself is made to be lifted of the Lidgerwood for access to the main winches, for cleaning and dusting.   The following photo shows the rippling effect and the finished weathered roofing paper.  Also in between building and weathering the roof I weathered down the loading boom and added the rigging to the winches and added the blocks for the main boom. It is still in the finishing stages as indicated by the gold chains and the unstained cording, plus the blocks and the winches need painting. Since the main part of the boom is wood timbers, I weathered them down first with stains I made by mixing Old Concrete and flat charcoal gray paint with water at about 1 to 4 ratio and then stained them. I then went in with the rust for the metal areas of the boom and winches. Once the loading boom is finished it will be attached permanently to the turnstile plate at the front of the Lidgerwwod deck.    There is still to riveting to be added to the roofing frame and trim strips for the edgings of the roof itself which will be added at a later time. The next thing which must be done is where the cross members of the roofing frame show white plastic, they will be cut out and a framing plate will be added to the lower edge of the roof opening where the main line rigging's will go upward through the roof to the tower mast where the main blocks are located. |
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Post by muleskinner on Sept 7, 2011 14:17:01 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2011 14:35:20 GMT -5
Absolutely incredible work! Great weathering & attention to detail.
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Post by muleskinner on Sept 16, 2011 16:31:44 GMT -5
The monster is growing more and more each day. I've almost got her to where I can move her outside and attach the main mast and rigging. I had a big mishap happen to the main tower and had to strip and repaint the whole out side areas of the main unit, as a can of silver paint when kind of wild with a stuck nozzle and got her.   But other than that here are some Pics of the progress so far.  This image show the foul weather doors hanging on the lower side of the main housing.  This pic shows the doors in the up position as they would be in operation. This shot also shows the position of the air tank mentioned in a previous post.  Another shot of the doors forward of the main housing.  This pic shows the cogs on the main loading crane drive after I spent a day and a half cutting, shaping and attaching them to the drive wheels.  The tower after the mishap with the stuck nozzle. It cam out kinda rough but when it is re weathered the roughness won't matter as I will chalk it up as sub surface rust.  Again a shot of the tower with part of the over hanging roof for the loading crane attached.  frontal shot of the framing for the roof structure. All in All she is coming together slowly and may not be completed by my dead line I had set for it but I intend to keep driving away at her to completion. Any comments or recommendations welcome. Thanks. William |
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Post by Arnd on Sept 17, 2011 15:25:19 GMT -5
Hy William
very impressive work on that one. All that details make it really realistic. And then how big it is!
so long Arnd
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Post by muleskinner on Sept 20, 2011 16:11:55 GMT -5
Added the mast to the tower and a few more details which were made up a few months ago which had to wait till now to install.   These two photos show the base of the mast attached to the tower top. The top of the mast has about five inches of clearance in conjunction with the ceiling of my work room. Also shown in the photos are the main tightening lines which go up through the inside of the mast to the top guy lines.  The ACME Skyline Carriage (1:1 Built locally in Myrtle Point) which will have the Slack, Haul back and skidder (choker line) attached to it.  The protective covering over the loading boom where you can see the main steam exhaust coming up through the roof. I had to find center point on the top side of the crane to attach this as when the crane pivots the pipe had to be made to pivot without binding in the roof.  The Number six block for the mast hoist mounted on its "A" frame in position in the hole in the floor. Here also can be seen the line guide unit for bringing the hoisting line from the right front winch of the winching unit mounted on the floor below the tower.   The access door at the front of the upper boiler housing was built of Evergreen Corrugated siding to match the rest of the building structure with a plywood backing. The hinges were modeled of of heavy duty Blacksmith "S" hinges made around the turn of the century for various building installations. The original Idea was not to have it operate but careful consideration ruled that I make the hinges operate and the door open and close as you see it here. There is also a lot of trim painting and touch up to perform on this model, which will take a lot of time. The build is getting close to the end and small details now rule the construction. Any comments o recommendations appreciated. William |
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Post by gatormarcstaug on Sept 20, 2011 18:26:29 GMT -5
Awesome work there William! I hope your rigger double checks his work on the carriage?  ] Be Well Marc |
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Post by truckabilly on Sept 21, 2011 14:17:31 GMT -5
This is really incredible. Such a big thing and such an attention to details. I can´t find words that would describe my admiration to your work. I just can´t help but wonder... what would you do if you found out that the ceiling in your work room was not high enough for the model? This is really tight, isn´t it?
Jarda
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Post by muleskinner on Sept 21, 2011 14:24:22 GMT -5
This is really incredible. Such a big thing and such an attention to details. I can´t find words that would describe my admiration to your work. I just can´t help but wonder... what would you do if you found out that the ceiling in your work room was not high enough for the model? This is really tight, isn´t it? Jarda Yes it is tight but, if it had not fit I have a lower computor bench which I would have set it on to rig it out. May have to anyway as I have to stand on a block to reach the top of the tower.  |
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Post by muleskinner on Sept 24, 2011 13:40:12 GMT -5
Thanks guys for all the comments on this build. I will be making one last posting on it with the rigging up and take some photos of it out side, by then it should be finished . Then I plan on taking a long vacation from model building for a while. Gonna go back to working on my N Gauge trains.
Once again thanks for the many really great comments.
William
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Post by gmc5star on Oct 3, 2011 11:04:23 GMT -5
Man this is one piece of workmenship. Woooow. You'r good rear good. Thanks
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Post by muleskinner on Oct 6, 2011 14:43:02 GMT -5
Thank for all the great comments on this build. I have been rigging the Lidgerwood Mast and here are the results of that massive project.  The ACME Carriage mounted on the skyline and the main skid line attached to the yarding block hanging below. Also the tensioning line for the yarding block tensioning line is shown in this photo attached to draw ring of the block. The main yarding line is also visible attached to the from of the carriage and the haul back line attached to the rear of the carriage. The yarding line is used to bring the turn of logs forward to the Lidgerwood and the haul back line is used to return the carriage to the fell area, to retrieve another turn.  This photo shows the top of the mast with the tensioning lines, Sky Line, Sky Line Tensioning line, Yarding Line and the yarding line tensioner is clearly shown in this photo. The main skyline which is shown in yellow has yet to be stained and weathered. Thanks for looking. William |
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Post by truckmaniac on Oct 9, 2011 0:32:15 GMT -5
Wow...amazing build in every little detail! I say it again...this skidder is 100% realistic made.
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But other than that here are some Pics of the progress so far.
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