Beaver Tail Flat Car Build

[Richie]

Cheers Mel & Ian for your comments
just need to repaint the silver and black parts then i can have ago at weathering the dozer would look good done with a air brush .

 

[Richie]

nice looking lump of yellow metal Richie, the beaver tail is brill,​

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I seem to remember as a kid having a few BlawKnox dinkey dozers of a really odd scale that look about your scale??​

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that yellow looks right and serious,,
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Many thanks for your kind comments Pete
I happen to have one of those old dinkey dozers in the loft but not in very good condition was well played with when i was a kid .

 

[Richie]

hey up richie...i have my bulldozer and roller and aslo digger!! lol.
the bulldozer is from ebay..the rest from the chairty shop..will post some picture ok...

You always do well at your local charity shops never find any here . Be good to see some pics

 

[beavercreek]

Now Richie ....just get that dry brush out and give that cat a real dirtying!. I manged to get a yellow 1:24 dozer some time back and realised that it was not 'right' being clean. A lttle dirt, a bit of rust especially on the caterpillar tracks, some soot from the exhaust and she just looked fine.
Saying that, I still haven't plucked up courage to weather the red International jobbie you saw when you came down.....

 

[Richie]

Cheers Mike
I could always play with the dozer in the mud and have natural weathering

 

[beavercreek]

Cheers Mike
I could always play with the dozer in the mud and have natural weathering

A visit to a local club on a night showing 'mud wrestling' could also be utilised. Just ask the ladies to play with your 'dozer'

 

[steven large]

hey up richie...i have my bulldozer and roller and aslo digger!! lol.
the bulldozer is from ebay..the rest from the chairty shop..will post some picture ok...

You always do well at your local charity shops never find any here . Be good to see some pics

yr area ave no chairty shops:impatient:? mmmmm... i will find some good one and will post picture so b the way does they use tarmac roller in the 30 to 5os?
what is it like? any picture.
p.s.u can put tht bulldozer in mud! lol lol.or use some tooth brushes and put some garden fence stain and flick it.lol.lol.

 

[steven large]

hi richie..there u go..
roller...does usa still use it in the 30 to 50s?
bulldozer......what do u think?
aslo got some digger and aslo another one as well.
p.s.it will needed some weatherin aslo junk effect as well

 

[Richie]

hi richie..there u go..
roller...does usa still use it in the 30 to 50s?
bulldozer......what do u think?
aslo got some digger and aslo another one as well.
p.s.it will needed some weatherin aslo junk effect as well

They look good Steven

 

[Richie]

Finished painting the dozer last night looks like it's just come out the factory , Seems a shame to weather it as it does look nice . Should i weather it or leave it as it is :thinking: What does every one else think i already know Mels answer

 

[yb281]

Well it could be a brand new one being delivered of course Rich, but even so, it would have to have been driven onto the wagon? So you could just do some dry brushing over the tracks to simulate their "delivery mileage"?

I won a tractor on ebay last night which will be the load for my new standard gauge flat wagon. Believe it or not, I'm not planning to give it a drastic weathering as it will be being delivered brand new as above.

 

[Granitechops]

Quote ""be being delivered brand new""
that could narrow down the time period of your railway to the year that digger was manufactured.
or
or you could have an advert board on it,
with wording similar to
'restored to original condition by " Heritage Plant Restorations Inc." '
or somesuch

 

[steven large]

u need weatherin it as it look like it been working on the land? if i were u i wud go for weathering.
if use it without weatherin it will look like brite yellow from factory..lol
so try weatherin to see if u r happy.. best way is
1st....picture of without weathering
2nd picture of weathering
to make members will votes it.by the way ave u ever thought abt chains wrap it over to stop the bulldozer come off cheers

 

[CoggesRailway]

I think you should weather it... but it looks great as it is. arguably more shiney equipment goes on trains than used.

 

[beavercreek]

. . . of course there's always this (1:25th).
It just fits on the Bachmann flatcar!!

Having got one of these fine dozers from you Rossy I can agree that it fits but you try and pull it up my incline in a consist of cars and just watch my locos puff their cheeks out!
I still have not got around to weathering this little beauty...it would seem such a shame

 

[Richie]

Cheers every one so it looks as if i'm going to weather it as it's a hard working dozer so lots of mud and grime me thinks
Have put some hooks on the flat bed Steven so that i can chain the dozer down when finished .
That dozer of yours Ross looks a very nice model Mike showed me the one he has very heavy but very well detailed

 

[steven large]

hwdy richie... thought u mite see this one before if im not sure? it will suit u on yr layout...

 

[Richie]

hwdy richie... thought u mite see this one before if im not sure? it will suit u on yr layout...

That looks very nice Steven is it one of your master builds

 

[steven large]

hwdy richie... thought u mite see this one before if im not sure? it will suit u on yr layout...

That looks very nice Steven is it one of your master builds

lol lol it from the websites!!! i wishes i want one!
so btw hw is yr layout? mine is fine as it been raining on and off for week...not good at all.so hopefully i will get my battery steam switcher runnin on the tracks with oyes cars,caboose and aslo fleet of transports as bulldozer,roller,etc..

 

[Richie]

Just finished weathering the Dozer today don't have a air brush like Mel so used a mix of paints on a sponge seems to have worked well followed with some weathering powders for rust . Have also added a bit of undergrowth to areas which might get caught up with in the woods and on the deck of the flat car
Just need to find some chain to hold the dozer in place job done