1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

[D8R]

The rust never sleepes! Lucky you to find this out not a couple of days before show. I remember us having the discussion regarding paint or not. For shure, now the model will stand time and humidity better. My 463 scraper has been sitting in untemperated storage for some years now without any problem but it's painted of course.

[9W Monighan]

After several hours over the past three weeks I'm making some headway.
Here are the shifting forks needed to shift from drag mode to walking mode. I needed to do this for quite some time. I just needed an excuse to tear down the machine.



Here they are fitted into the main machinery frame. I am still working on a method to fit a servo to make the shift. I also need to make a brake band to keep the drag drum from unwinding when the clutch is moved over to the walking clutch.

[9W Monighan]

Now that everything is torn down on the main frame and tub. I cleaned and primed them.

Dirty Tub


Added some sheet to the bottom of the ballast compartments finally.



Primed and ready for some reassembly.

[Rvjimd]

Wow, you better wear a name tag so we can find you now! Not gonna recognize the new dragline! jim

[JAMMER]

It sure is a shame that all that rust came on and you had to tear it all apart. IT is hard enough to put it together the first tome with out doing it the second time. Ed

[9W Monighan]

Originally Posted by JAMMER

It sure is a shame that all that rust came on and you had to tear it all apart. IT is hard enough to put it together the first tome with out doing it the second time. Ed

I knew it would have to be done someday Ed. I never put all of the screws in it because it would take too long to put them in and remove them when the time comes. It also costs a few bucks just to buy all the alloy socket head cap screws. I have a couple thousand on order right now at $.07 each.

[9W Monighan]

Here are some more pictures of the I beam frame coming together. I spent about 28-30hrs putting this much together. Every hole had to be re-tapped to make sure the 0-80 screws go in easily. My thumbs and fingers get cramped up doing all those.











Finally...Paint