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 Posted - December 06 2014 : 9:00:49 PM
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...something about the design of the IHC building I think the builder used makes me look again.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tyco-US-1-Trucking-Custom-Gravel-Terminal-w-Track-Trailer-Exc-Cond/171563769846
Image for semi-permanence:
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What we have here is a nicely made custom US-1 'gravel terminal' aka cement plant. It appears to be a clever kitbash of the dump track from the US-1 gravel terminal (which just sat atop a fence-looking box thing) and the IHC carded built-up cement plant that was all over the closeout retailers for cheap when they folded up (and seeing as it sells for like $30 on ebay right now, I should have picked up a few...)
But look at the design of the cement plant. Does that not look like a Tyco design? It's got that square, rugged, rather plain look that you see in the structures of the other operating accessories, like the piggyback loader/unloader and the post office. The other manufacturers who had operating accessories never seemed to build them quite as simply and solidly as Tyco did. Look at that band of four horizontal windows, just like the Tyco piggyback unloader has. Look at the notches in the base, as if to clear wires that the non-operating, unlighted cement plant has no need for. And remember that IHC got the Tyco molds. And look how just-right the size of the under-bin space is for the US-1 truck...and how the chute area of the truck comes up just under the building center when the activation track is lined up with the edge of the base. It's just big enough to operate the truck...
Is it possible that the IHC built-up cement plant really is made from an unused Tyco US-1 operating accessory? Maybe even something designed to integrate well with trucks and trains at the same time?
Edited by - Autobus Prime on December 06 2014 9:04:00 PM
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Posted - December 06 2014 : 9:07:04 PM
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That's very interesting.
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Posted - December 12 2014 : 10:35:23 AM
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I believe this may be related to Tyco but cannot prove anything. Below are my thoughts:
I have a Polo grain unloader that uses the circular bin as the brown one in that picture except min is green. Some of the buildings in this kit are the same too.
Knowing that IHC was an importer and did not make most of their own items this was probably made by someone else.
I have a different Polo train station that was later sold as a Tyco. Also a Polo Factory that was later sold by Tyco.
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Posted - December 12 2014 : 11:35:45 AM
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quote:I believe this may be related to Tyco but cannot prove anything. Below are my thoughts:
I have a Polo grain unloader that uses the circular bin as the brown one in that picture except min is green. Some of the buildings in this kit are the same too.
Originally posted by tkruger - December 12 2014 : 10:35:23 AM
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tk:
The "Grain Unloading Bins" also sold by Model Power, right? Two bins on some steelwork. This cement plant's bin does look like a simplified version of those, with the same general shape, but less detail.
I was able to do a little research. I did actually buy one of those plants when they were cheap. Just not a few. :) My son has it, and I was finally able to find it again.
The bottom of the bin is plain. I didn't take anything apart, but I looked underneath to see if there was any indication of what those notches were for. Each of them has a short, tubular post molded just inboard like so:
Now I'm thinking they may not be clearance notches for wire, but notches meant to clear some sort of connecting tab that fit over the post, joining the base pad to something else, like roadway pieces or another structure. I've shown in the image what the tab would look like, has anybody seen roads or anything that would connect like this?
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Posted - December 12 2014 : 2:31:52 PM
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| Mega cool.
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