Scratchbuilt Sand Tower

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IRB Souther Engineer

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From: Sunny West Coast of Florida
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Posted by IRB Souther Engineer on Monday, June 7, 2010 3:38 PM

WOW! Thumbs Up

DTI356

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Posted by DTI356 on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 8:30 PM

Thanks guys

Brian

PJM20

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Posted by PJM20 on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 4:55 AM

Very impressice craftmanship! Great job and keep up the good work. - Peter

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Jerry Barnes

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Posted by Jerry Barnes on Monday, May 31, 2010 8:33 PM

WOW, that is real nice work!

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DTI356

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July 2006
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Scratchbuilt Sand Tower

Posted by DTI356 on Monday, May 31, 2010 6:13 PM

Hey guys, Here's my latest scratchbuild project. A 1/29 scale version of DT&I's Flatrock,MI diesel era sand tower. The model is almost entirely plastic. The main support tube and storage tank are PVC plumbing pipe. The rest is Evergreen and Plastruct structural shapes. The expanded metal on the platform is the stuff available at any decent craft store. The ladder and safety cage are Plastruct assemblies. I worked from a scale drawing I made from several reference photos from various sources. As a wise farmer taught me many years ago...."plan your work, work your plan". Since I did the plan in MS Visio I am able to scale it to any size....this screen capture version is of a 1/48 scale drawing.