UP Rotary Snowplow Build

[Jerry Barnes]

I've been making a rotary snow plow of a UP prototype. Built on a Aristo FA-1 B chassis, using a drill
motor to turn the vacuum cleaner blade. Covered with metal duct tape foil that I embossed a rivet
pattern on with a pounce wheel(Micro Mark has them).

[Ray Dunakin]

Pretty cool, Jerry!

[finescalerr]

Creative use of duct tape! -- Russ

[marc_reusser]

That think looks huge!.

Are planning on adding some weathering?


M

[Jerry Barnes]

Thanks guys, waiting for some E-8 round grills to put on top. 

The duct tape is good for metalizing things. It
is actually metal, even conducts electricity, hence the split in the front scraper. It has a peel off backing you take
off, once you have put in the lines/textures you want. Stuff really sticks on good!

Marc-I had planned on some weathering, but then saw the one in the Cheyenne roundhouse,
it is polished up like mine, hard to take pix of it it's so shiny. So, not sure now.

[marklayton]

Jerry -

I'm seeing terrorized bunnies and squirrels being persued down the main line by the shiny death machine! 

Mark

[Jerry Barnes]

Chasing critters sounds like fun! No progress on the Rotary, did figure out the lettering, wife will cut  it out of vinyl, she used to run a sign biz, but retired and kept the plotter. Sometimes I can get her to cut lettering for me.  Did a repaint on a used RS-3 I got to help push on the rotary and for my bladed snowplow.

[John McGuyer]

Jerry, you are one creative dude and quite an original thinker.

John

[Jerry Barnes]

Did the first run with the rotary, not too bad, chute clogged up some, had some slippage. So have changed the blade and added weights to the pusher and the rotary. Video below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewugstqn6LU

[Rucksack]

Hi Jerry,

cool Video

here another type of a snowplow.
East german construction "Schneefraese" with a turbine
http://www.modellbahnclub-hoyerswerda.de/eisenbahn.html

Sven

[Jerry Barnes]

Rotary is coming along, added some weights to it and the pusher RS3 loco. Got the red handles on, the one in Cheyenne has those. Still need lettering, maybe I can get my wife to cut some from vinyl. New blade was painted also.

[Jerry Barnes]

Sylvia cut the lettering for me out of vinyl, she used to have a sign shop out of the home. Still has her plotter/cutter.

[Ray Dunakin]

Looks real sharp, Jerry!