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 Looks as if water tanks are pretty popular. I am building one also, as part of a larger structure. On the topic of water spouts the author of the article I am using as a guide made his from a length of 1/8 diameter thin wall brass. He filed a V-slot, using a trianglular detail file, about 1/3 of the way down the length and two latteral V-slots, then squeezed the tube in a vise and soldered the partline and filed flush. His results were great. My effort we will have to see. Brass wire is available in .010, .015, and .019 diameter. More or less 1", 11/2", 2" in HO. Grandt Line has turnbuckles cored for .020 wire (#5039). Alternately you could make 3" and 6" wood bands from either .010 basswood or .010 styrene. I tend to like the look of wire bands but haven't made a final decision yet. Anyone else have ideas? Randy
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