 | | First draft of my gravel silo MOC —Frank Buiting
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| | | Hi, I have just uploaded some pictures of the gravel silo I was working on. You can find the pics here: (URL) building was based on a picture in the Kibri catalog (1999/2000). I plan to also build an unloading station with conveyor belt to (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains) !
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| | | | | Re: First draft of my gravel silo MOC —James Trobaugh
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| | | | | Nice job Frank. It's funny that I've been working on a simlair project. Recently I finished a hopper car design that can be unload with a set of spring loaded doors on the bottom. The idea is that I'm going to have a RCX be able to unload the cars (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: First draft of my gravel silo MOC —Frank Buiting
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| | | | | | "James J. Trobaugh" <james@ngltc.org> wrote in message news:G9sIKs.MpM@lugnet.com... (...) RCX (...) empty. (...) contents (...) I'm very curious about the hopper design! I have yet to build a few hopper cars for the loading/unloading station and (...) (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: First draft of my gravel silo MOC —James Powell
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| | | | | | (...) Me too!. Having been the first to travel down this road, I expect you will have some difficulty (at least, I _think_ I was the first to do a automated load/unload sequence...I know someone did it with the Technic Control System 2 before me, (...) (23 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: First draft of my gravel silo MOC —Craig Livingston
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| | | | | Hi, Not much of a train person, but I like your model. I am nut for little details and I like the vent on the side of pic5. Keep up the good work. - Craig Livingston (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: First draft of my gravel silo MOC —Frank Buiting
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| | | | | | "Craig Livingston" <Craig_R_Livingston@...tmail.com> wrote in message news:G9sJA8.1vE@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks :-) -Frank (23 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: First draft of my gravel silo MOC —Brad Hamilton
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| | | | That looks great. When you get a chance, it would be cool to see some more pics of the loading/unloading mechanism. Frank Buiting <frank.buiting@infopulse.nl> wrote in message news:G9sI0D.LEv@lugnet.com... (...) You (...) plan (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: First draft of my gravel silo MOC —Frank Buiting
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| | | | "Brad Hamilton" <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message news:G9u04G.HI4@lugnet.com... (...) more (...) The uloading mechanism is completely hidden inside the building. Basically it's a switch: the gravel drops straight down for the dumptruck side and (...) (23 years ago, 7-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains)
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