Hulett Ore Unloader in 1:32th

[finescalerr]

Those components are just beautiful! -- Russ

[Stuart]

Beautiful work. Wonderful progress despite the problems with your rivet machine.

Stuart

[1-32]

Hi Bernard.
I can feel how much you are enjoying this project.
cheers Kim

[Ray Dunakin]

That looks amazing!

[Hauk]

Have you counted all the rivets in the model so far?
You are clearly heading for the world record for most hand made rivets on a scale model!

Seriously, this project is a pure pleasure to follow.
I look forward to every update.

[Bernhard]

Hauk, I actually counted the rivets when I made the parts list. In the front and rear tower together there are around 6,000 punched rivets and over 1,000 pin rivets. And that's just the beginning!

Bernhard

[Hauk]

Hauk, I actually counted the rivets when I made the parts list. In the front and rear tower together there are around 6,000 punched rivets and over 1,000 pin rivets. And that's just the beginning!

Bernhard

Rivet counters of the world unite!

[fspg2]

Hello Bernhard,

Do I understand correctly that you not only solder in the rivet pins, but also glue some of them with Loctite 648?
If so, how do the rivets behave when they heat up again during further soldering of the other parts?

[Bernhard]

Frithjof, I was worried that the cover plates would warp during soldering due to heat input at certain points. As the sheets have no structural function, I glued them almost completely with Araldit. Only the reinforcement plates for mounting the drive bearings and a few rivets are soldered. Of course, I did this before gluing.

Bernhard

[fspg2]

Hello Bernhard,
thanks for the explanation!

I'm starting to get withdrawal symptoms - how are you getting on with the building?

[Bernhard]

Frithjof and everyone else, to satisfy your curiosity, here is a brief update. First the good news: the display on the rivet punching machine has been replaced and is now working correctly again. But then I couldn't do anything in the workshop for two weeks due to illness. However, I used this time to prepare the next assembly, the main girders, for production. This meant marking the rivets in all the drawings, preparing the raw material order, creating drawings for the laser cutting, etc.

I had to solder four more trusses together for the rear tower.




Then I was able to fit the side panels and the curved top panels.




Next, I have to sand the whole tower clean, then I can mount the various platforms.

Bernhard

[finescalerr]

The whole tower already looks pretty good dirty. -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

That looks great!

[nk]

This is wonderful. You are making "rivet-counter" seem like an understatement.