rlundy90
Armchair Engineer
Building Jordan Spreader BN 972673 .
I started building this spreader last year for my friend Rick. He happened to mention he had the old Roundhouse kit. I had seen it on a forum somewhere and had been looking for the kit but I couldn't find one. I offered to build it for him and here we are.
I started a thread on a forum last year some time but can't remember which forum for the life of me. I ran into a few snags and put it away for a while, so thought I would start over again, here. Hopefully it will get completed this session.
When Rick gave me his kit to build, the first thing I did was grab the instructions and look them over. It looked fairly complex but nothing too crazy.
On the box lid it states,"Kit Bashing" is necessary and the purchase of some construction components from other manufacturers is needed. Undecorated kits.
This is a bit of an understatement, to say the least. I looked in the box and couldn't find many of the pieces. I was almost ready to call Rick and tell him I wouldn't be able to build his model cause all the parts were missing. I took another look at everything and realized everything that was supposed to be there, was.
What the kit actually contains for the Jordan Sreader, are the drawings and a white metal frame, possibly from a Roundhouse tanker kit. The box contains a bunch of spare parts from other models which you use to basically scratchbuild the spreader and 2 other maintenance machines.
With Rick being a BN modeller I thought I would try to track down a spreader similar to the kit version. I found BN 972673. This fits the bill well, so with my drawings and my tanker frame, plus a few pictures of 972673, I started to build.
The first thing to be done is to take the one part that is supplied and lay it on the plan. It then has to be cut to match the plan.Once this is done you can start on the floor and cab. I used the plans for as many of the parts as I could, but there were many that were different. The plans gave me the basic dimensions of the spreader floor, which was a big help. I used the plans for the dimensions for the cab as well.
I started building this spreader last year for my friend Rick. He happened to mention he had the old Roundhouse kit. I had seen it on a forum somewhere and had been looking for the kit but I couldn't find one. I offered to build it for him and here we are.
I started a thread on a forum last year some time but can't remember which forum for the life of me. I ran into a few snags and put it away for a while, so thought I would start over again, here. Hopefully it will get completed this session.
When Rick gave me his kit to build, the first thing I did was grab the instructions and look them over. It looked fairly complex but nothing too crazy.
On the box lid it states,"Kit Bashing" is necessary and the purchase of some construction components from other manufacturers is needed. Undecorated kits.
This is a bit of an understatement, to say the least. I looked in the box and couldn't find many of the pieces. I was almost ready to call Rick and tell him I wouldn't be able to build his model cause all the parts were missing. I took another look at everything and realized everything that was supposed to be there, was.
What the kit actually contains for the Jordan Sreader, are the drawings and a white metal frame, possibly from a Roundhouse tanker kit. The box contains a bunch of spare parts from other models which you use to basically scratchbuild the spreader and 2 other maintenance machines.
With Rick being a BN modeller I thought I would try to track down a spreader similar to the kit version. I found BN 972673. This fits the bill well, so with my drawings and my tanker frame, plus a few pictures of 972673, I started to build.
The first thing to be done is to take the one part that is supplied and lay it on the plan. It then has to be cut to match the plan.Once this is done you can start on the floor and cab. I used the plans for as many of the parts as I could, but there were many that were different. The plans gave me the basic dimensions of the spreader floor, which was a big help. I used the plans for the dimensions for the cab as well.
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