Hulett Ore Unloader in 1:32th

[Bernhard]

Now it's time to fit the reinforcing angles. I have already milled the necessary four bends from a 4 mm brass plate.



These are first tacked to the outside of the side plates. Then pin rivets are soldered from the inside and rounded on the outside.





Before assembly can continue, I now have to punch hundreds of rivets into several meters of 4 mm angle. So back to the workshop and off we go.

Bernhard

[Hauk]

Bernhard, If you every now and then hate us for convincing you that you had to include every rivet on your model, I dont blame you!

[Bill Gill]

Hauk is right, but I've got to admit they all look fantasic.

[finescalerr]

Until you posted those photos showing the overall size of the components, I had no idea how enormous your model is. When it is complete, where will you display it? -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

Wow, this thing is going to be HUGE!

[Bernhard]

Thanks Hauk, Bill, Russ and Ray.

Until you posted those photos showing the overall size of the components, I had no idea how enormous your model is. When it is complete, where will you display it? -- Russ

I haven't really thought about exhibiting the model yet. First of all, when the model is finished in a few years' time, I'll probably put it up in my office. Then every year in Friedrichshafen, Germany, there is a big model building fair. That's not far from us, so maybe I'll show the model there. And finally, maybe it will find a place on the other side of the pond, in its home country.

Bernhard

[Hauk]

Then every year in Friedrichshafen, Germany, there is a big model building fair. That's not far from us, so maybe I'll show the model there.

That´s this very weekend. You better hurry up finishing the model!
Seriously, I think it would be a great idea to present it as a work in progress next year. I will seriously concider going there just for this project. And how about an Westlake Modelling Forum meet at The Faszination Modellbau fair in 2025? It´s the last week of october that year.

[Hydrostat]

And how about an Westlake Modelling Forum meet at The Faszination Modellbau fair in 2025? It´s the last week of october that year.

Phantastic idea! I'd be there, too!

[Peter_T1958]

After my last visit in Friedrichshafen I decided to go no longer down there (too much electronic stuff instead of serious scale models). But when the ,,creme de la creme" will be there, I will make a rare exception to meet these people... 

[Chuck Doan]

Astounding. All of it.

[fspg2]

Hello Bernhard,

it's always impressive how you work through the huge amount of individual parts!

I recently discovered a few links on YouTube to hulett unloaders, which I'm sure you already know. They were huge monsters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9drS3Wqyp8&t=579s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JErREoMOdDc&t=687s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNuJ9uhXwj8&t=155s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNuJ9uhXwj8&t=184s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjLq2cBS6Zs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2B-V2n4b34&t=744s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2B-V2n4b34

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RJfnk2S330&t=2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnvaYAu79Qc&t=241s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHR7YzX0ru4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-URVQgQZI_k&t=148s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNuJ9uhXwj8&t=403s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulEeasLb9bY


...and as a model realization - but not comparable with your craftsmanship:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKDO_kEf0QQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRRuTTAgeZU

I have to mention it again: It's great that you recreate the rivets!

[Bernhard]

Thanks Frithjof for sharing the links. I already know most of them, and I've also seen interesting details in some of them.
The Meccano model is impressive and really well done. It also shows the motion sequence well. By the way, it is also in 1:32 scale.

Bernhard

[Sami]

it is the work of a watchmaker. Congratulation !

[Bernhard]

Thank you for your interest and your comments.

As I said, I had to add embossed rivets to a total of almost 20 m of longitudinal angles. That is a real labor of patience.



Part of it is now ready for assembly on the first sheet metal parts.

[Bernhard]

The angles are not soldered over the entire surface, but only attached with a soldering point approx. every 50 mm. Otherwise the parts would probably deform considerably due to the much greater heat input required.







The brazing of the angles has already made the sheets much more stable.
The supports for the larry car track are being drilled for fastening, then they will be glass-bead blasted.