THE MUSEUM DIORAMA IN GRAND BEACH

This diorama was commissioned by the Grand Beach committee for their museum in 2013

The built and modelling done by Peter and Joe

The frame of this truck was modify to allow all the pieces from 2 others trucks and two custom finishing kit so that it all fit together

The box of the truck, crane and the hyrail is made of white metal (custom finishing kit) and the rest of this unit is plastic

This unit was also modify to allow all the different component to fit, this unit should really be a Holland unit.

The purpose of this unit on the maintenance of way is to weld the joint of new ribbon rail track. It use a very high heat that melt the rails together then the grinder finish the job.

This unit is built from the parts of 4 trucks to make one, the hyrail is a custom finishing kit

The purpose of this unit is to do maintenance repairs or assist a small crew with supplies and help with some lifting, it may be use along with the signal division crew as assist.

Started with a Herpa semi cab to which the frame has been strech and one set of back axle added. The rest of the wrecker is totally scratchbuilt from photos.

Jamie with his Hr 117 and the signal pickup (not finish yet) along with his competition Al Quiring and the green beast. Both wreckers are very different from one another, the Hr 117 is double independent booms while the green beast is a double attach boom.

The green beast has a double boom, side hydraulic cylinders and two winchs on the upper and lower main boom plus two side stabilizer with two functional side puller, both with working winchs. The grill is different from the Hr 117 but built the same way.

The moose catcher is made of styrene and brass wire then painted with a high gloss black followed by chrome paint (sprayed not brush)

those wreckers take around 60+ hours to built and are one of a kind and unique models. Each of them are 5.5 inches to 6.25 inches long when completed.

Each heavy rescue wreckers required around 200+ pieces to put together. All the booms extand, the winches do work and are loaded with steel wires, the stabilizers also work. The chrome on the wrecker box is from burnish metal foil.