The two grates in the floor of the dump house were made using the jigs shown here (above left). The frame for the overhead truck lift (above center) was modeled using styrene I-beams and chan- nel. The lift cradle (above right) was assembled from styrene and
ing two Grandt Line No. 5156 cast iron washers. Brass wire attaches them to blocks on the frame. Other details in- clude SS Ltd. No. 2377 gears and No. 2185 sheaves, Western Scale Models bearings, and AB brake parts. The pulleys for the lift and the cradle
each consist of two laminated No. 110-4 NWSL .010″ bronze thrust washers with their bores plugged with ¹₁₆″ diam- eter styrene rod. The mounting brack- ets are modified Grandt Line No. 5095 hinges. Grandt Line No. 5045 1″ scale nut/bolt/washers connect the cradle wood to the frame, and Detail Associ- ates No. 2524 brass flat bar formed the triangular brackets for the lift cable pulleys. The cable guards are Detail As- sociates No. 2522 flat bar, and the ca- ble, Cloverhouse No. 289 .009″ cable. The aforementioned Kewanee bro-
chure included diagrams that enabled me to model the lift and cradle. In ad- dition to lifts, Kewanee made many other accessories, including all steel grain grates and flexible grain spouts. Its home was Kewanee, Illinois. The dump body for the truck was
drawn with CAD from a photograph of a 1932 Ford in a book entitled, Illustrated History of Ford, 1903-1970, (Crestline Publishing) by George H. Dammann. I estimated the dimensions of the body and drew it by studying the photo. The cab and chassis were kitbashed
from a Jordan REA truck and from Wheel Works REA and Ford service trucks. Scratchbuilt details include the wishbone; rearview mirror (a Detail As- sociates No. 1709 headlight lens, sand- ed flat); windshield wiper; headlights, bracket and license plate, the latter cor- rect for a 1936 Camas County license tag, designed using the Microsoft Paint® program and with much help from my daughter. The wheel rims were lined us- ing Prismacolor No. PC949, Metallic Silver. To fill slight gaps in cab joints al- lowing light to pass through, Polly Scale Steam Power Black was mixed in Dev- con five minute epoxy and applied with
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flat bar. The cradle, with the front wheels of the truck in it, and the overhead truck lift mounted to the rafters above it, can be seen in the dump house (below). The truck was kitbashed from Jordan and Wheel Works kits. The dump body was built of styrene.
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