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outside edge of the wheel well holes. Remove the wood. Trim
the floor piece to length and the glue it to the narrowed frame,
trimming off the excess flooring.
The ends of the car are a little tricky. Find the center of the end
and measure 2’3” from the center line on each side at the top
of the piece. Mark these points, as this will be the new width
of the car, 4’6”. At the bottom of the end, measure 6” on each
side of the slot and mark it. Draw a line from the top marks
and cut the excess from the end. Where the cut intercepts the
lower board, make an angle cut to the 6” mark and glue the
ends into place. Measure the distance between them and cut
the side boards to fit between them. To complete the cars, fol-
low the kit instructions.
Truck scale house
The truck scale house is located on the east side of the tipple
on the road that runs along the base of the hill with the mine
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2. Typical operation of the mine cars at the Jollar tipple
with the mule in position to pull them back to the mine.
The harness has yet to be attached and the cars are still
to be coupled using link-and-pin couplers.
trackage. Just beyond the truck scale house the road begins
a steep climb up the hill and over the ridge to connect with a
state highway.
I used a combination of the Builders in Scale kit 610 scale house
and scratchbuilding to model the Jollar truck scale. This kit is
designed for either a truck scale or a railroad scale, making the
components easy to use for any situation. For all intents and
purposes, this is really three structures – the truck scale, the
shelter, and the weigh shed. All are very simple structures.
You can construct this building on your workbench or in place
on your diorama or layout. I chose choice to build it on a 5”
x 4” piece of basswood painted with my earth-colored latex
paint. The first structure I built was the truck scale. I cut a
piece of .060” styrene 10’ x 16’. Scale 2” x 8” styrene was glued
to the edges. The entire assembly was then painted concrete
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3. Truck scale house with roof removed, showing the
scale and interior.
MRH-Oct 2014
