Sand hopper

Post by **-steves-** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:55 pm

They look amazing Rik, great work

Post by **ge_rik** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 4:11 pm

Thanks folks
Now finished them off - though they will need to be weathered in my time-honoured way. Took them outside for a test run before the weather breaks tomorrow.

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I think they will do the job!

Rik

Post by **philipy** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 5:36 pm

What a lovely train, Rik. Well done indeed.

Post by **-steves-** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 6:02 pm

Love the video, particularly impressed by the nice scale speed

Soar Valley Light · Post by **Soar Valley Light** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:01 pm

Post by **ge_rik** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:29 pm

-steves- wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 6:02 pm Love the video, particularly impressed by the nice scale speed

Thanks Steve. Glad you noticed the speed. It's one of the things I strive for on my railway.

Rik

Peter Butler · Post by **Peter Butler** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:12 pm

They do look good together..... your line is beautiful with the moss growth and rocks strategically placed. Clever use of camera angles too.... you're pretty good at this!

Post by **ge_rik** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:54 pm

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:12 pm They do look good together..... your line is beautiful with the moss growth and rocks strategically placed. Clever use of camera angles too.... you're pretty good at this!

I take that as a great compliment, from someone who has a great eye for detail and realism.
Thanks.

Rik
PS - I assure you that 'strategic' in my case is purely accidental.

gregh · Post by **gregh** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:15 pm

The problem with being 12 hours in front of you guys means I'm 12 hours behind and EVERYONE has said EVERYTHING I'd want to say.

ditto......ditto.......ditto.... ad infinitum

Post by **ge_rik** » Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:40 am

Thanks Greg
Of course, I hold you responsible for this project. Had you not sent me a dozen+ HLW wagon chassis a couple or three years ago.........

Interestingly, they came with 24.5mm Bachmann metal wheelsets rather than the standard 31mm wheelsets which at the time I was uncertain about as it meant coupling heights would be different to all my other stock. By chance, the clearances beneath the wagons meant I could only use 24.5mm wheels and, of course, since then I have been changing over to my own version of LGB style couplings - the mod for the couplings on these wagons was extremely straightforward - in fact spookily coincidental ...... life can be strange sometimes.

Rik

pandsrowe · Post by **pandsrowe** » Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:46 am

What a superb video, I really had to concentrate hard to realise it is a garden railway and not a full size one.
One point, are the loads sand glued to inserts or some other miracle from the Rik workshop ?

Post by **ge_rik** » Tue Apr 02, 2019 10:23 am

pandsrowe wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:46 am What a superb video, I really had to concentrate hard to realise it is a garden railway and not a full size one.
One point, are the loads sand glued to inserts or some other miracle from the Rik workshop ?

Piece of ply with either a sculpted balsa block or a piece of foam packaging suitably crumpled and covered in sand. Nothing fancy. Removable so I can run the wagons empty Down the line and loaded back up.

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Rik

Post by **ge_rik** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:30 pm

Been using up some scraps of foamboard left over from the brewery to make a loading hopper at the quarry. Decided that, rather than conveyors, the quarry will have a Gn15 railway system. Now ordered more materials to make another two of these to sit side by side.

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No idea if there is a prototypical precedent for this type of hopper. Searched the net and came up with nothing useful, so tried working out what might have worked.

Rik
PS - The diagonal bit at the top will eventually be covered in corrugated iron (well corrugated aluminium in reality)

Post by **philipy** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:44 pm

That looks good Rik.
Much as I like foamboard, I'm not sure I'd have used for something spindly and structural as this is. So I will be interested to see how it goes, longer term.

Post by **philipy** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:54 pm

Just had a quick look around to see what I could see regarding sand loading and came across this little gem from Leighton Buzzard. Now you could build a dredger and divert your stream to fill a quarry....! (I'll get my coat)

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Actually, many years ago I was commissioned by a dredging company to build a working 4mm suction dredger almost exactly like this, for their trade stand at industry exhibitions. They specialised in dredging rivers and ornamental lakes, etc.

Post by **ge_rik** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 7:08 pm

Are you sure this isn't the secret stream-related project you're working on?
Actually, the site for the quarry siding is just below the upper source for the stream........ No, I must stay grounded...

Rik

Post by **philipy** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 7:16 pm

Soar Valley Light · Post by **Soar Valley Light** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:23 pm

Oh, go on, treat yourselves!

Post by **philipy** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 9:13 pm

Soar Valley Light wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 8:23 pm Oh, go on, treat yourselves!

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Post by **ge_rik** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:42 am

That does look interesting. I wonder what sort of pump mechanism would be able to cope with all the abrasion?

Rik

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