1/2"-scale Lumber Buggy

[NORCALLOGGER]

Hi Ken,
As I said before your model of the Straddle Carrier is superb, beautiful and very realistic.

What is really outstanding about this thread is the vast amount of modeling "how to information" that you have posted so that people like me can benifit from your experience.

To all you guys who know more about lumber operations than I do:  Would that arrangement
(bringing wood to the stacker with a Lumber Buggy) be logistically accurate for a lumber mill?

I don't claim to know a vast amount about the timber/lumber industry but I think you would be fine with that.  If you look back to page five of this post and the picture of the Cobb-Mitchell operation you will see the carrier is right there with the stackers. 

Don't forget the stickers, that is what the carriers actually picked up not the lumber. The stickers were heavy duty and used over and over again.

Thanks for the film clip link, a real trip down memory lane. I can't say for positive but I think at least part of that was filmed at the Casper Lumber Company on the Mendocino Coast.

One last item, there is a stacker sitting near a Tee Pee burner up the road in Adin, CA if memory serves it is very similar to the picture you posted.

I have enjoyed your project.
Thanks for posting it.
Rick Marty

[Ken Hamilton]

If you look back to page five of this post and the picture of the Cobb-Mitchell operation you will see the carrier is right there with the stackers. 
it.

You know, I was so busy looking at the carrier in that picture I never even noticed the stacker.
Thanks, Ricky.  Glad you've enjoyed the project so far. 

[Ken Hamilton]

The Lumber Buggy is so close to being finished I was going to wait until it
was totally completed before posted any more photos - but, the lumber load
turned out so cool I just had to show you guys....



I had tried pine but didn't care for the grain or color. A piece of some sort of hardwood
found in the garage turned into this on the table saw...



Still lots of little things to finish up, but this is almost in the bag.
Thanks for looking.

[TRAINS1941]

Ken

Thanks for the pictures finished or not its a thing of beauty.  What an outstanding job you have done on this.  Glad to have you as member of this forum.

Jerry

[Chuck Doan]

The perfect touch! That really fills it out. Most excellent Ken!

[Ray Dunakin]

Magnificent!

[finescalerr]

Lest they become redundant I reserve my superlatives for photos of the completed model. -- Russ

[marc_reusser]

It's just so very cool!....

M

[Ken Hamilton]

Done.....
(Except for maybe dulling the tires a little and adding some dirt).
It doesn't look much diifferent from the last update, but the drive chains
are in place and some final details have been completed.





No antlers, but the boys at the Mill managed to come up with a bowling trophy.....



More views to come.  Thanks for all the encouragement during this project.

[Ray Dunakin]

Awesome! I love the bowling trophy hood ornament! And the clipboard!

[Scratchman]

Ken,  You have done a fantastic job on both models. I am glad you went with the Serv-O-Link chain and sprockets.The chain  scales out to around 4 inches in  1:24 scale so it may be a little oversize but still very feasible It will look good on my 1:16 scale model when I get around to building it. What did you do with the Mack Truck the tires came off of? when you get the stacker finished you will need to built a tall diorama to set them both on. I have also enjoyed your step-by-step on this thread.   

Gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[finescalerr]

It'll do, Ken. -- Russ

(P.S.: Save all those construction photos for the article!)

[jacq01]

  This looks better than the best in show in Colorado.  Very very well done.
  Up to the stacker..........

   Jacq

[Ken Hamilton]

Gordon:
Here's where the Mack went....



Thanks very much for the tip on installed that chain.  It saved a lot of aggrevation.  While the chain IS a tad big, it looks better than anything else out there - and I sure wasn't going to scratchbuild it.

Uncle Russ:  I'll be getting in touch with you shortly.  Thanks for your interest in the project.

Jacq:  Thanks very much. How was the convention??


....now I need to get started cutting wood for the Lumber Yard diorama....

[jacq01]

   Ken,
   
   

Jacq:  Thanks very much. How was the convention??

I wasn't there, a bit far from Holland......googling for some results to see if it was better than last year, I was flabbergast that an exact copy of the Twin Mills from Brett Gallant was elected. They could have selected the original years ago. A good example of wrongly choosing selective compression.

  Jacq