It's been a while since I've been active on here as well as on the layout. Too much real life to deal with... : - (
But alas, I have started to work on the Ore dock. I've never claimed to understand or even be good at track laying and when I first built the elevated track line that runs across part of the city and to the ore dock itself it I've never put any track onto it. I love the way ore docks look, but was disappointed to find that there isn't and hasn't been one made in N-scale. (Like many things!) I'm not adventurous enough to try the stick building process so I needed to come up with some sort cool looking support structure below it. I suppose I could have bought more of the Imagine that elevated line kits and used those, but I already used 10 of those kits for the run up to the dock and they just don't have the structural dynamics I was looking for. Then I looked at the Kato truss bridges, flipped one upside down and walla! That's the type of trussing I was looking for. Attach those to some gator foam core board and I just might be on to something here!
But alas, I have started to work on the Ore dock. I've never claimed to understand or even be good at track laying and when I first built the elevated track line that runs across part of the city and to the ore dock itself it I've never put any track onto it. I love the way ore docks look, but was disappointed to find that there isn't and hasn't been one made in N-scale. (Like many things!) I'm not adventurous enough to try the stick building process so I needed to come up with some sort cool looking support structure below it. I suppose I could have bought more of the Imagine that elevated line kits and used those, but I already used 10 of those kits for the run up to the dock and they just don't have the structural dynamics I was looking for. Then I looked at the Kato truss bridges, flipped one upside down and walla! That's the type of trussing I was looking for. Attach those to some gator foam core board and I just might be on to something here!
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| Looking down the existing elevated line to the ore dock Note the lack of track on it! : - ( |
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| A look from the opposite direction. You can see the edge of the gator board and 2 different colored Kato bridges. |
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| A view of the west side of the dock. I'll need to fill the gaps between the Kato bridges. It will take 4 single truss Bridges to complete the dock understructure. |
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| A view from the east side of the dock. Don't look too close at the dusty water, with the cat footprints on it. I haven't decided if I'm going to make the dock dump from both sides or only from one. I'm not sure how realistic that will or will not be. |
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| Here's one last view looking to the north. I will cover about 1/3 of the dock with corregated sheets and then make some ore dumping chutes. I was also going to fashion some type of a crank wheel that in theory would have been hooked onto the ore cars with a cable and as they got dumped they would then get pulled onto the east side track so an empty load of cars could get pulled away from the dock. |
I have to say I really like what you did with those Imagine That kits, but the upside down Kato trestles is brilliant! They look great!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jerry. Stay tuned, the Kato bridge's are just the skeleton for the dock, I need to add some meat to them bones.
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