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Budget tippers

Post by pskipper » Thu Mar 24, 2016 8:55 pm

Based on the double pack of Binnie bolsters that they sell for bogies I fancied something a little different in the way of a tipper truck for the quarry. I had been planning on making some Ruston tippers (and probably will eventually) but a chance observation when we bought some discount fairy cakes from Tesco's resulted in these....

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As I already had the 2mm plastic sheet and paint from the little mine trucks I'm making the two tippers cost a total of £11.70 and because the cakes were 3 for 2 I still have a tipper bucket spare.

They still need a little bit of paint work and then I might try my hand at weathering them.

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Post by sstjc » Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:37 pm

They are brilliant !
(and I like cupcakes)
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Post by Peter Butler » Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:15 pm

Superb.... Tesco has a whole new attraction for me now!
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Post by Big Jim » Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:46 pm

They don't look a million miles away from the slag ladles that are used in steel works. Nice job.

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Post by Lonsdaler » Fri Mar 25, 2016 9:27 am

Big Jim:116960 wrote:They don't look a million miles away from the slag ladles that are used  in steel works.  Nice job.
Well that's not very nice, I thought, until I reread it and saw that it says ladles, and not ladies :roll:
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Post by Dannypenguin » Fri Mar 25, 2016 11:14 am

Nice idea :thumbright:
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Post by pskipper » Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:28 pm

Thanks for the nice comments :)

We have friends who live the other side of Scunthorpe so go past the steel works every so often, it's possible the slag ladle they have by the road there crept into my subconscious.

The mine at the far end of the railway is to be limestone and ironstone (in keeping with the original Lincoln quarries and mines) so perhaps there is a hidden feeder branch off to a steel works and they 'borrowed' some slag ladles :)

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Post by MDLR » Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:31 pm

It's nice to see that - back in the day, when there wasn't a lot of kits for stock, we used to keep our eyes open for such things as this to make little wagons.

If you're coming to Peterborough, bring one to stand on a sheet of A4 paper with a little write-up and put it on the Show 'n Tell table on Budget Boulevard!
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Post by pskipper » Mon Mar 28, 2016 10:20 pm

Sadly I won't be able to attend this year, I have the joy of taking our toddlers to a party and have been told by SWMBO that I'm not allowed to persuade the toddler that he'd rather go to the show.

If Budget Boulevard is still in existence next year I'd be happy to bring it along for show and tell :)

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Post by MDLR » Mon Mar 28, 2016 10:44 pm

In the meantime, write 'em up for SMT - it'll make a nice page!
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Re: Budget tippers

Post by ether823 » Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:09 am

Why cant I see these photos?
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Post by markoteal » Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:23 am

Lonsdaler wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2016 9:27 am
Big Jim:116960 wrote:They don't look a million miles away from the slag ladles that are used  in steel works.  Nice job.
Well that's not very nice, I thought, until I reread it and saw that it says ladles, and not ladies :roll:
LOL - I also read it that way as well on first pass - I then blinked and re-read!
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Post by tom_tom_go » Fri Nov 17, 2017 12:08 pm

ether823 wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:09 am Why cant I see these photos?
The photos are hosted with Photobucket who no longer allow you to share with 3rd party websites unless you pay a fee.

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Re: Budget tippers

Post by pskipper » Sun Dec 10, 2017 7:14 pm

Sorry, been offline for a while with house moves. Here's the original pictures...
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I keep meaning to try and make some more as I like their look!

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