Building Realistic Steel Rebar Car Loads
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2020
- Hello everyone, in this video we're going to replicate some Steel Rebar Loads at go perfectly with the newly released ScaleTrains Finger Rack Flat Cars. Commercially Available Kits have been sold out for a while so we're going to build these ourselves for about $6 per load.
I've never seen rebar loads that are perfectly lined up In real life and another thing to take into consideration is that loads tend to shift allot in transit. other than that it looks good
Good job, nice loads! Since I'm a truck driver, I like the semi load the best. If you choose to do a semi load, just to inform you, if you have a 48 foot flatbed, you can carry 56 foot loads without having over size signs on the semi. You would place 4-4x4's on the trailer at the front, then place 1-4x4 about every 10 feet on the trailer. Then place the rebar over hanging the front of the trailer about 3 feet and then hanging off the end of the trailer about 5 feet. DOT doesn't count the over hang in front, just the over hang in back, 48'+5'=53'! They usually only haul 1 layer, maybe 5 or 6 bundles across the deck. 3 inch wide straps or chains to tie it down. Also, some businesses require spacer blocks between the bundles so they can unload it. Some places use an overhead crane, some use a forklift to load or unload.
Pros: Overall presentation was excellent, especially the selection of material and costs.
I started using the tag wire at work years ago. Took me a few years to realize the model value. I’m in N scale and used it wrapped around a pencil to create coils of wire rod shipped out of our local steel mill. Great job!! Nice work.
For more realism, put tiedown straps at each sticker point. (Where every layer of wood is)
For the green wire have a look at what florists use for their arrangements. I got a packet of 50 lengths from the dollar store real cheap.
hello SideTrack... really great work !!! fyi... your stainless steel load IS actually prototypical especially in the nuclear world where i worked as an industrial safety engineer for 33 years and just recently retired. we would get all sorts of metals shipped to our plant via everything from small delivery trucks to rail cars and a ton of what we received was stainless in all shapes and sizes. after receipt/delivery inspection, which had to be done by a trained and qualified inspector, the loads, shiny as they were, would be sent to a storage area for use later on. so don't listen to all the folks about your stainless steel rebar NOT being prototypical because it surely is !!! the only thing i would tell you is that some of the stainless we received at our plant had either yellow/orange/red paint on the very ends of each rod, which served not only to "seal" the end of the rod where it was cut during the measuring process but also served as a safety "indicator" for operators to see during any and all lifting movements. the rebar we got from canada ALWAYS had this paint, but the american providers not so much so. keep up the nice work, sidetrack and blessings to you !!
I'm definitely going to give this a shot. Would love to see more realistic load how to videos!
Some really helpful tips, especially the tag wire suggestion. I made a rebar load from a brush with long plastic bristles. The bristles had a slight corrugation which helped mimic the corrugation on the rebar. But the bristles were still on the short side. That tag wire is wayyyy too shiny, should overspray with some medium gray and dull coat.
Rubber cement work a whole lot better Then super glue to hold the bundles to the car
A nice rust wash would look good. Great video.
Awesome video.. to the point dialogue.. very nicely done
That was really an excellent video. Great narration, great show and tell, realistic looking, and great results. I think the bundles are a bit too shiny, need a little dull coat or some whisps of track paint just to give the bundles a more weathered appearance.
Green enamel magnet wire 28awg mnay work well to duplicate the epoixy coated rebar look.
Great job
Great idea and it looks great too! Thanks for sharing
really like this......Thanks for sharing!
NZ - Retail we sell D12 & D16 at 6mtr lengths made from plain steel which looks rusty. Also have galv tie wire and also plain steel wire (1kg bundles) which would match our rusty rods in scale.
Awesome video, defently going to be doing this for my finger rack flat cars and my bulk head flats!
Uhhh, Ive never seen rebar that isnt rusted. So whilst yes, it is a great looking load of steel, it certainly doesnt look like any rebar I have ever seen.