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  • Member since
    September 2003
  • From: Ontario's West Coast
Posted by dpty_dawg_ca on Monday, May 4, 2015 8:30 AM

Sorry Tankbuilder for the delay in replying. I somehow missed your question.

To make a long saga short, the motorhome is a conversion I did of a Hess Oil promo model. I added a mostly scratch built interior and a few other details.

Thanks for noticing it

Carl

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    August 2008
Posted by tankerbuilder on Friday, April 24, 2015 10:11 AM

CARL ;

Gotta ask you .Where did you get the G,M Motorhome ?

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    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Thursday, April 9, 2015 9:37 PM

Nice work there!  

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

  • Member since
    September 2003
  • From: Ontario's West Coast
Posted by dpty_dawg_ca on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 7:51 PM

Equipment Echoes is the news letter of the American chapters. Dominion Iron is the Canadian newsletter. Sorry for the confusion. There are a few more closeups of the crusher here

cs.finescale.com/.../94144.aspx

Thanks

Carl

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    January 2006
  • From: California
Posted by SprueOne on Sunday, March 22, 2015 2:03 PM

Interesting pictures. I've still never made it out to one of those annual shows.

I've never heard of Dominion Iron, I'll look it up though. I get the Equipment Echoes quarterly as part of my membership.  

Anyone with a good car don't need to be justified - Hazel Motes

 

Iron Rails 2015 by Wayne Cassell Weekend Madness sprueone

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  • From: Ontario's West Coast
Posted by dpty_dawg_ca on Thursday, March 19, 2015 4:22 PM

Thanks Guys for the kind comments. The are much appreciated.  SprueOne, Glad to meet another HECA member on board.  Most of my model building centers around construction, agricultural and trucks. There is an article in Feb 2012 issue of Dominion Iron about the building of m crusher.

This is some of the action in the real pit at the HECA show that inspired this diorama

These two lads are in the process of restoring Sandy Crusher #17 back into working order at the HECA pit.

Thanks for your interest

Carl

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Thursday, March 19, 2015 11:34 AM

That's pretty darn cool! Much as I love military subjects it's nice to see something a little different.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    January 2006
  • From: California
Posted by SprueOne on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 10:49 PM

Hi Carl, 

I'm also an HCEA member. I like your diorama display. That scratch built crusher is very nice. 

Anyone with a good car don't need to be justified - Hazel Motes

 

Iron Rails 2015 by Wayne Cassell Weekend Madness sprueone

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    February 2011
  • From: St louis
Posted by Raualduke on Friday, March 13, 2015 3:49 PM

Hey, is it just me ,or are those girls kinda hot?

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  • From: Ontario's West Coast
Posted by dpty_dawg_ca on Thursday, March 12, 2015 1:04 PM

Thanks  CN. The fun part is chatting with all the old guys  who usually start the conversation with ï used to operate one of those shovels" or " Is that a Sandy crusher? My >>>> used to own one". And then they quote a string of model numbers to which I can only smile and nod and glean all the info I can.

Like old cars, old machines are addictive.

Thanks

Carl

  • Member since
    February 2014
  • From: N. MS
Posted by CN Spots on Monday, March 9, 2015 1:07 PM

That's outstanding!  You're gonna be busy cleaning off all of the 5 year old's finger and nose prints from the glass!  (and probably some 55 year olds as well)  

  • Member since
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  • From: Ontario's West Coast
HCEA action in the front gravel pit
Posted by dpty_dawg_ca on Monday, March 9, 2015 12:49 PM

I belong to the Historical Construction Equipment Association Canada (HCEA) because of my interest in construction equipment models. Every two years there is a Heavy Equipment Show at the International Centre is Toronto. HCEA always has a display there promoting the preservation and operation of old machines. They invited me to participate by displaying some of my models.

The HCEA holds two events annually at their home base, The Simcoe County Museum near Barrie Ontario. There are two gravel pits on site and old machines operate in these pits. The show is open to the public and is well attended. I decided to build a diorama depicting operations in the smaller pit during this show. I build in 1/25th scale and the size was restricted be the dimensions of my display case. Therefore things are much more crowded than would be permitted in real life. Consider this to be modeler’s licence.

The base is made from 1”extruded foam board covered with ballast and sand and other small aggregates in a white glue mix. It is in two section to allow installation in the case and ease of handling.

Well the Heavy Equipment Show has come and gone. It was a great success for us. The following pictures are of the diorama as it appeared at the show:

 

 

The width of the case makes things are a bit crowded. The spectators are closer than scale to the action, however I hope it portrays the fact that there is a construction equipment show in progress. The upper row is a few of my other models.

 

Since the diorama is too large to show detail in one picture, here is a series of close ups.

A Fiat -Allis FL10B crawler loader ( a weathered diecast) and a Hough 60 wheeled loader ( an extensively rebuilt diecast) are working the gravel pile produced by the Sandy crusher.

 

The crusher operator is preparing to start up the crusher to demonstrate its functions to the visitors. Material enters the crusher via the hopper (grizzly) in the left and is screened and crushed and deposited on the conveyor belt on the right side.

This is a shot of the bantam swing shovel that moves material from the pit face to the grizzly. The bars on top prevent oversized rocks from entering the crusher. The Bantam is a weathered and relaced with fishing line diecast from SpeCast. The crusher is completely scratch built. All of the models are 1/25th scale.

The old lad (there are lots of us) is an HCEA member who is explain things to the visiting public.

 

And cleaning up the corner of the pit is a D8 cat. This model is a conversion of the AMT kit. The straight hydraulic blade has been converted to an angling cable blade. The engine has been back dated to a non-turbo pup motor start.

Thanks for looking

Carl

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