RIO GRANDE ROTARY SNOW PLOW OY

Rotary snow plow OY came out of the Charma work shop (my shed) today
The Rio Grande have put in a new motor and fan , have also added another piston and cylinder inside to drive the plow but both now don't run . I came across a old photo of the OY with white rims on the wheels so have painted them to match the tenders . I also put in a new 18v light at the front and a new light in the cab .
Make over complete

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The Rio Grande had the Rotary OY back into the work shops today to carry out modifications to the front scoop after it's poor performance with the recent snow full
Have filed the front scoop down and enlarged the opening for the snow to enter the blades so the snow should now slide straight up the scoop into the blades but won't know until it snows
Will post some pics of the work done tomorrow

look forward to seeing the modifications Richie.

Just a few pic's of the work carried out yesterday on the front scoop of the plow .
Just needs repainting and bolting back together and some snow to test it .

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Looks a bit like the scoop on the OY now

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Have repainted the front rotar housing with red oxide primer and applied some small OY decals on the front head light as i came across a photo with them here . This was then bolted back on to the plows bodie ready for more action . Did wake up to snow this morning but it melted very quickly  .

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Looks the biz Richie. 
Now just set her back and wait for about 10 months....................

beavercreek


Looks the biz Richie. 
Now just set her back and wait for about 10 months....................

Cheers Mike
If it doesn't work next time round i think i will give up and just use it for show .

Hello, I came to this thread via another forum so have been reading through it with great interest. First let me say as somone who is also performing their first bash and understand the learning curve, you my friend are an artist. That is just excellent work.
 
Second did you ever get it to throw snow the way you wanted?
 
I am only just toying with the idea of building one. I have other projects I should focus on and since my proto type never did use a rotary until they were gobbled up by NP and converted to standard gauge it is not an important piece. I just love rotary plows and building a narrow gauge one would be a fun challange. And your write up will go along way in helping me should I decide to ever do it. 
 
Again exceleent job.

d_sinsley


Hello, I came to this thread via another forum so have been reading through it with great interest. First let me say as somone who is also performing their first bash and understand the learning curve, you my friend are an artist. That is just excellent work.

Second did you ever get it to throw snow the way you wanted?

I am only just toying with the idea of building one. I have other projects I should focus on and since my proto type never did use a rotary until they were gobbled up by NP and converted to standard gauge it is not an important piece. I just love rotary plows and building a narrow gauge one would be a fun challange. And your write up will go along way in helping me should I decide to ever do it. 

Again exceleent job.

Hi Devon
Glad you enjoyed the building of my Rotary OY Many thanks for your kind words
Enjoyed every minute of the build turned out a lot better than i ever thought , have had it throw out some light dusty snow but the last snow we had was really wet and heavy just clogged up the fan just need some 1:24 scale snow . I also wrote a article on the build for the G scale Society and entered it in our local area group competition and won first place
Good luck with your build remember to post some pic's
Regards Richie

Richie I've only just come across this thread - absolutely bleddy awesome - congratulations on an excellent build
 
 

Could be snow here in the next few days,post it over and I will test it for you ) )

Don Gilham


Richie I've only just come across this thread - absolutely bleddy awesome - congratulations on an excellent build

Cheers for your comments Don

nico


Could be snow here in the next few days,post it over and I will test it for you ) )

Hi Nico snow due here tonight but will be at work tomorrow so no chance to run the Plow .