1/2"-Scale Lumber Stacker

[danpickard]

Does Heidi do work in 1:48 as well?

Its a well stacked stacker Ken, great looking model (and the other plastic stuff you're doing in the pictures is ok as well).

Dan

[TRAINS1941]

Does Heidi do work in 1:48 as well?

Its a well stacked stacker Ken, great looking model (and the other plastic stuff you're doing in the pictures is ok as well).

Dan

Ken
Ditto!!!!  On what Dan said!!!!
When your done with her maybe she could vist for awhile.
Well anyway just an outstanding model your building there.

Jerry

[Ken Hamilton]

Heeeeyyyyy....you guys are getting the wrong idea about Heidi.
She's a no-nonsense, upstanding (sometimes), highly skilled professional model.

[Marc988]

Nice pics and progress ! I am sure looking forward to the rest of the drivetrain.

BTW: If you need any more info for the front suspension, you might want to look at the front suspension of WW2 German half-tracks ( e.g. sdkfz 250 and sdkfz 251's)

[marc_reusser]

M

[chester]

Well you did say there would be figures but I didn't expect Heidi. Interesting front end (I mean the stacker)

[NORCALLOGGER]

Ken,
That is looking really good. Nice job on that home made suspension.
I'm glad to hear your going with that "unique" drive train.
I thought it had/has as much character as the whole rest of the machine.

Keep it coming.
Rick Marty

[Ken Hamilton]

Very true, Rick.  It'd be a shame to hid all that good stuff under a floor.
Thanks again for inspiring the new direction of this project.

Chester:  You wanted figures.....you got figures. (PS: See you Saturday??)

[marc_reusser]

Ken,

Since you are moving along so fast with this project, and are such a fan of the strange and cobbled together, I thought I might prod you with an idea for your next project.

This piece of equipment was a prototype that was designed and built for the Red River Lumber Co., in Calif.. The two photos below are from a series of pics I have likely from when it was being put through trials. As far as I know it never went into operation, as other than these pics I have not seen any others that I can recall.

This should be a funky enough piece for you for your "woods" portion of the logging/lumber machine set.


Marc

[Ray Dunakin]

Wow, cool log hauler! That would definitely be a good subject to model.

[marc_reusser]

...and if that machine don't grab you, maybe this one will warm the cockles of your twisted car kit-bashing heart.

Check out the way they hust crammed that engine into the side of the cab.


M

[Ken Hamilton]

....you just HAD to show me that, didn't you?

[chester]

Ditto, I am tempted.

[mobilgas]

talk about uneven !!!!!!that pickup is cool....  thats what i like about backwoods logging.  Craig 

[RoughboyModelworks]

Now that is one twisted looking truck... love child of Herman Munster & Ruth Bader Ginsburg.    How the hell did they mount that engine in there?? At least they chocked the wheels while using it.

Paul