Rock Quarry & Cement PLant Free-Mo Layout

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railBuilderDhd

railBuilderDhd

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I'm currently designing a free-mo module that will be a quarry and cement plant. The layout is still in the design phase and I originally got the idea of from a Walthers Bulk Transfer Conveyor w/Pit kit http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3519 I got some time ago. So as I started doing the design of the layout I thought I would start on the weathering of the Bulk Transfer Conveyor kit (like I need to start yet another project). So here is the status of what I got done on the kit so far. I started on the conveyors last week and did some detail work like I added the catch bin at the bottom to of the top conveyor, I made conveyor belts (not shown here), and I added the detail parts to the motors (on both conveyors) to look a little more like motors and not plastic cylinders. I got the base colors done last week as well that are a boxcar red base coat and a white top coat.
Today I got time on them to do weathering but it was slow going. Don't ask how long it took - it was something like 5 hours to do the rusting on the lower conveyor belt frame.

Here is what they looked like after I added the power lines and some airbrushing for dust from the sand and rocks being passed on the conveyor belts.
conveyor2SidePreRusting.png


Here is the rust/weathering I was able to get done today on the lower conveyor belt.
Side 1:
conveyor1Side1.png


Side 2:
conveyor1Side2.png
 
looking likea used and abused conveyor. like most are. Darken up the belt a little... even tho they are used for rocks and coal and harsh stuff, the belts always stay a dusty black, some pits even use a garden hose to water over the belts for duest control. this keeps then fairly black and clean.

I attached a pic of a very busy pit in ELK grove IL. look at the belt if you can see it.

look in next months MR they have a write up about modeling a rock pit. I think I just might pick it up to see the pics and to see how correct they are about it.
 
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Thanks for the photo Trent. My plan is for the walthers kit to be an older section of the quarry not in use any more or older section of the cement plant so I was looking for a really run down look. I'll be posting the layout soon and the work as I go. That's why I posted in the layout forum.
Dave
 


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