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Modeling a loading ramp 1
Posted June 25th, 2008 at 05:40 PM by Wolfgang Dudler
Diamond Valley has a team track. They needed a loading ramp too. Sometimes arrives farmery equipement on flat cars which has to be unloaded.
Instead of building a new ramp they bought an old used heavy-equipment loading ramp.
Such a ramp described Harry W. Brunk in Model Railroader January 1990, p 122. This project is just suitable for scratch building.
first I calculated the data like 24' length x 30.48 will be 732 centimeters, divided by 87 I get 8.4 cm. This way I got the main data and looked / sawed suitable wood which I stained at first.The first picture shows the main pieces.
Then I made the vertical short support timbers. This required a bit sanding.
Next part was fun, drilling holes and inserting the nut-bolt-washers and drift bolts.
Instead of building a new ramp they bought an old used heavy-equipment loading ramp.
Such a ramp described Harry W. Brunk in Model Railroader January 1990, p 122. This project is just suitable for scratch building.
first I calculated the data like 24' length x 30.48 will be 732 centimeters, divided by 87 I get 8.4 cm. This way I got the main data and looked / sawed suitable wood which I stained at first.The first picture shows the main pieces.
Then I made the vertical short support timbers. This required a bit sanding.
Next part was fun, drilling holes and inserting the nut-bolt-washers and drift bolts.
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