The Gold mining Trommel at Huffkins

[fspg2]

Barney, a beautiful realization. I like to watch!

[Stuart]

Barney,

An impressive project and you seem to be moving along at lightning speed with it.  Slow down so I can catch up! 

[Barney]

Stuart - But what I did not tell you I started in December 24 - and that was after a false start in 1/24th scale
 So you should be able to cope from now on at a leisurely pace
Barney

[Barney]

Last bits on the Trommel still waiting for supply of "more" nuts /bolts and rivets
The wires at the back just visible are the main power cables to power the electric motors  but can not fit them until Paint work is finished plus a few more water pipes small bore versions
Barney

[Ray Dunakin]

It looks great even without paint!

[Bernhard]

What a great model! And it comes at just the right time: the price of gold is higher than ever. So start sluicing soon.

Bernhard

[finescalerr]

I LOVE that thing. Most satisfactory! -- Russ

[Barney]

Humbrol enamel Undercoat / primer coats on - now getting ready for a bit of colour what else "but green"
hope to achieve a reconditioned look in its early days but well looked after with a oily rag look 
Barney

[Stuart]

Amazing work. But how in the world were you able to come up with such incredible detail with only those few rustic photographs you posted at the beginning of your thread?

Stuart

[Barney]

The principle of trammels are the same even for modern types The ore is passed through a rotating tube which has graded grids on them and then water is pumped over the ore under high pressure or more like a "raging torrent"
the fine graded ore pass over filter beds and the gold sinks to the bottom thick matts are often used as well as the grids some of the ore grids use vibration as well as the high pressure water - managed to get some early and late brochures from companies like Dove who make quite modern versions there are some early UTUBE versions of trammels in action and Dove have some superb photos of later versions
The early contraption I posted at the start is actually a mine head but its just the look of it that gave me inspiration. 

[Barney]

If its read-able the basics of a trommel

[Stuart]

Thanks Barney.  It's all perfectly clear to me now, you're just a mechanical genius!

Stuart