Last week I went to check out a building site related to work, and I used the opportunity to take a back road to see if there were some treasures along the road. Indeed it was!
A well-kept tractor, obviously not abandoned:
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Proof that the often modeled "tent" effect is not just a myth:
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A small sawmill:
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All this was found within a distance of 3-4 miles.
Great pictures!! Thanks for sharing them.
Jerry
I concur. -- Russ
Here's Ten photos from Utah,
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Gordon Birrell
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Actually nine. One appears twice (and it was worth seeing again). -- Russ
There's a Facebook group called 'The art of decay NZ' that features photos of this ilk on a daily basis collected by the various members on their travels around New Zealand. Some real gems amongst the merely average for sure.
Great pics! The sagging red building, and the abandoned block building in Utah, would both be fun modeling subjects.
The first one is Russ' bedroom window. His housekeeper's last name is Dillon.
The corner beckons, young Lawton .... -- Russ
To all, feel free to chip in! Roadside finds or silly comments, thats your choice!
Not really back roads, but off the main highway and within easy walking distance from home (or were within living memory):
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2867/33382369933_4cfbc431d2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SRTnyi)Camborne Track (https://flic.kr/p/SRTnyi) by Krustysimplex (https://www.flickr.com/photos/43338286@N05/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/7305/9887868735_414d5c07c2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/g4KUTr)Paremata (https://flic.kr/p/g4KUTr) by Krustysimplex (https://www.flickr.com/photos/43338286@N05/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3878/15014831421_8358bd0abe_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oSNWgP)Bright Building Supplies, Paremata (https://flic.kr/p/oSNWgP) by Krustysimplex (https://www.flickr.com/photos/43338286@N05/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3862/14840191617_a72f6384d7_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oBnRWH)House, Steyne Ave, Plimmerton, 1982 (https://flic.kr/p/oBnRWH) by Krustysimplex (https://www.flickr.com/photos/43338286@N05/), on Flickr
I'll pass on the corner! Nick's is full and the others have scary, heavy set grannies in thongs with bad teeth, saggy bellies, and creepy thighs who are waiting for Russ.
Here's Ten photos from southwest Wyoming and around Manila, Utah. The train yard is in Evanston, Wyoming
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Gordon Birrell
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Thank goodness those old structures still exist. Very few seem to remain in California. -- Russ
That brick engine house is a real gem!
Here are a few from years ago. The concrete truck was on a back road not far from Stratford, ON, photographed in the early 1970s. I often wonder what happened to this truck. Hopefully someone rescued it. The building was the Blacksmith Shop in Lompoc, CA, photographed in the 1990s. Not particularly good photos: the truck images were scanned from 35mm snapshot prints, the Blacksmith Shop was photographed with a very early digital camera.
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That cement mixer is very interesting!
Quote from: Ray Dunakin on October 07, 2022, 09:05:26 PMThat cement mixer is very interesting!
Here are a couple additional shots Ray...
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In the Backwoods of Stratford Upon Avon England UK - Found in a Architectural Reclamation Yard ( a posh expensive name for a tat yard dealing in expensive Building materials of all sorts ) a MILLARS (of Pinners Hall,London EC) Road Roller I have searched High and Low for information but can only find stuff on cement mixers/dump trucks and alsorts of construction equipment that MILLARS specialised in - The dump truck appears to share the same chassis ( looks like a narrow gauge type of chassis) but the road roller chassis has been badly hacked and has a late Ford OHV crossflow engine fitted with the Ford Radiator mounted be-hind the original cast aluminium radiator which is badly damaged - the wooden box also looks a bit of a hash job to ! the exhaust pipe looks like a copper drain pipe. The Good news is it runs/stops and starts perfectly ! its a true "Odd Bod" love to know more about does any one know anything ? A man from one of the tractor mags said he has never seen one. Could be rare but on the other hand who knows
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Could be worth modelling just to keep the "rivet counters" at bay
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Now that cement truck is VERY modellable! Lots of detail so it would need to be minimum 1/24 scale. Barney, any truck kits in that scale that would work as a basis for the model?
Les
Les if you built things in 1/35th there would be no problem at all loads of car / truck type bodies and chassis to do the trick - in 1/24th not much offerings in the 1 ton to 2 ton vehicles to convert you would defiantly require one with a separate chassis and it wood have to be of hefty construction - it looks like the rear part of the chassis has been well beefed up to carry the weight of the cement mixer with a loaded drum of cement - the Ford bible /manual of the 1920/30 era shows most chassis extended with separate leaf springs at the rear and extra cross members most appear to have double rear wheels or of much heavy type of construction
Is it a large chunk of wood that can been seen running along the length of the chassis on the photo
Special chassis were often built by other companies than the car manufacture for special usage
I agree it would make a nice build in 1/24th but it would give most of us a head ache
Barney
I'm wondering if that cement truck was used to mix the cement on-site, or just haul it to the site the way modern cement trucks do?
With ref' to many articles (Gracies Guide and vehicle manufactures) of this sort of set-up - normally used only for site use Unless You were brave ! But you never know some one will come up with another answer - the days of ready mix had yet to come!!
Barney
A nice find from my vacation, at Hallamore Lake near Clearwater, Canada.
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The mechanic must have taken a few liberties. Especially the mounting of the fan is quite bizarre.
Bernhard
Quote from: Bernhard on October 13, 2022, 02:52:51 AMA nice find from my vacation, at Hallamore Lake near Clearwater, Canada.
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The mechanic must have taken a few liberties. Especially the mounting of the fan is quite bizarre.
Bernhard
Great find!
Always nice to see pictures of old tractors.
Very Nice - Some more for my library
Barney
Quite a tractor find, Bernhard.
Two thoughts about the "fan"
1. Could the vehicle be a very early prototype design for Ian Fleming's"Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang"?
B. Could the fan be mounted there to keep the exhaust from blinding and choking the driver?
III. Could the spinning blades be a simple whirligig to amuse the operator during long boring sessions of tending the fields? ;D
Doesn't it take a lot of pressure to inflate those tires?
Here's ten photos from the state of Nevada.
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Gordon Birrell
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This is a great thread and series of photos. Gordon what is the truck in the second pic for? Is it a mobile drill? Another that inspires a model.
Les Tindall
We have "back roads" here on the Isle of Wight, a couple of examples attached.
Les Rindall
Another find from my vacations: a H.K. Porter B-P-O compressed air locomotive.
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It is exhibited in the Bankhead ghost town near Banff, Canada. However, it did its service at the Canamore Mine nearby.
I have wanted to build a model of a Porter locomotive for some time, as a comparison piece to the EIMCO 401 (see here (https://www.finescalerr.com/smf/index.php?topic=3007.0)), which is powered by a 5 cylinder radial piston air motor. Now I think it's definitely time for me to go to the drawing board for it.
Bernhard