RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

[Richie]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Hi Steven
The lettering i have is made by Woodland Scenics comes in a sheet with different size letters and numbers and several colours red green black gold , i just have white got mine from Steve at Back2bay6 i think they cost £4.50 . They could be on the Woodland Scenics web site .

hi agian...so i did txt him for the decals last nite but got reply from nice bloke saying sorry havent got them at all.....mmmmmmmm........

Thats odd he had several packs on the counter the other week must have sold them all

 

[Richie]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Have resprayed the boiler last night looks alot better Have added the decals to the plow tonight will take some pics at the week end . I'm about to spray the decals with Matt Varnish do i spray the whole plow body or just the decals all new to me ????

 

[steven large]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Hi Steven
The lettering i have is made by Woodland Scenics comes in a sheet with different size letters and numbers and several colours red green black gold , i just have white got mine from Steve at Back2bay6 i think they cost £4.50 . They could be on the Woodland Scenics web site .

hi agian...so i did txt him for the decals last nite but got reply from nice bloke saying sorry havent got them at all.....mmmmmmmm........

Thats odd he had several packs on the counter the other week must have sold them all

u mite be rite....,,,,,,,mmm..never mind..will txt him agian to ask him if he can ordered for me as possible....
so looking forward see y photos again.wink

 

[Richie]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Added decals to the plow yesterday and sprayed body with matt varnish today , just started on the glazing . Not much more on the plow but work to be done on the tenders .

 

[beavercreek]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Mmmmmmm yummy.

You should be very pleased with this Richie, it looks the dog's **ll***s
It is really professional...enter it into the G Scale Society kitbash competition at the G Rail later this month I would bet on you doing very well!

http://www.g-scale-society.co.uk/g-rail.htm < Link To G-RAIL 2010 will be on Saturday 24th April 2010
at
The Harvey Hadden Sports Complex
Wigman Road
Bilborough
Nottingham NG8 4PB​

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I would order one from you instead of doing my own kitbash as it would be very hard to equal your piece.

 

[Woderwick]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Very very nice,

 

[Richie]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Mmmmmmm yummy.

You should be very pleased with this Richie, it looks the dog's **ll***s
It is really professional...enter it into the G Scale Society kitbash competition at the G Rail later this month I would bet on you doing very well!
[align=center]http://www.g-scale-society.co.uk/g-rail.htm < Link To G-RAIL 2010 will be on Saturday 24th April 2010
at
The Harvey Hadden Sports Complex
Wigman Road
Bilborough
Nottingham NG8 4PB[/align] [align=center]
[/align] I would order one from you instead of doing my own kitbash as it would be very hard to equal your piece.

Cheers Mike
I really can't believe it my self that the plow has turned out this well Was only thinking the other day about entering the G Rail Competition but i can't see me finishing the two tenders in time so maybe next year would like it to be complete before entering ( will put it in with yours Mike ). My wife would say i've spent to much time on this project should have seen her face when i told her i got two tenders to build yet :impatient:
So sorry Mike i won't be taken orders to build a second .

 

[Dave Hub]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Super job mate, I don't care what your other half says, taking your time has really paid off. Excellent detail.

 

[Richie]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Finished off work on the plow this week have put the glazing in all the windows , added chains to the trucks ( this was a very hard job with my fingers took the whole of one everning to do these ) Fixed a firebox under the boiler onto the truck and coupling so that it moves from side to side on tight curves . Glued the boiler into the plow bodie and fitted piston and coupling rods to small motor painted all the wireing to match the green interior put on a tap and hose pipe next to the fire box made from black wire and brass rod. Tried all the electrics and every thing worked fine , the fan on the front span so fast that it started to propel the plow backwoods Just need abit of snow to test it now Started work on tender number one pics will follow .

 

[steven large]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

what a very good stuffs u did doing all this kits...aslo i likes it.....so where did u get tht black hose pipe where u fitted on the door?

 

[Steve]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

WOW

 

[Richie]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

what a very good stuffs u did doing all this kits...aslo i likes it.....so where did u get tht black hose pipe where u fitted on the door?

Hi Steven
The hose was made from a bit of black electric wire with the core pulled out and fitted onto a tap made from brass rod .

 

[steven large]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

what a very good stuffs u did doing all this kits...aslo i likes it.....so where did u get tht black hose pipe where u fitted on the door?

Hi Steven
The hose was made from a bit of black electric wire with the core pulled out and fitted onto a tap made from brass rod .

ah.tht is good idea...thks...are u having figures on it richie?
http://www.dragon-gscale.co.uk/woodland-scenics-208-c.asp

 

[Richie]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

what a very good stuffs u did doing all this kits...aslo i likes it.....so where did u get tht black hose pipe where u fitted on the door?

Hi Steven
The hose was made from a bit of black electric wire with the core pulled out and fitted onto a tap made from brass rod .

ah.tht is good idea...thks...are u having figures on it richie?

Hope to get some Woodland Scenic,s or Just Plain Folks figures to go on the plow also been looking at adding sound to the tender .

 

[trammayo]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Lovely job - just brilliant attention to detail - really enjoyed this thread.

Mick

 

[Miamigo259]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Just need abit of snow to test it now

Will it be any good in clearing volcanic ash...??!!

More seriously, a superb job and finish - almost too good to use outside!

 

[Richie]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Lovely job - just brilliant attention to detail - really enjoyed this thread.

Mick

Many thanks for your kind words Mick , i also love your thread on your loco build 3 into 1

 

[Richie]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Just need abit of snow to test it now

Will it be any good in clearing volcanic ash...??!!

More seriously, a superb job and finish - almost too good to use outside!

Was only thinking the same thing :thinking: , shell only use in snow up to 1"or 2" deep as i would hate for any of the detailed parts to break off :wits:

 

[Richie]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Started work on tender number one today . Began by cutting off the front of my old Bachmann 2-4-2 locos tender and fixed it on top of the Delton one to give the extra height , With plastic card i built up the frame of the coal bunker cover and started to clad with wood strips like i did with the plow .

 

[Richie]

Re:RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Few shots of the wood work , Didn't come out too well in the last set of pics with the bright sun shine .