QUOTE: Originally posted by jamison1 Wow, what helpful replies! Thanks Eric for those links. I have a new ethanol plant near me and was thnking about tackling the project of modeling it.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by RDLkrbyvllRRHey guys, love all the pics. I also love grain elevators. Gonna model some on my layout, when I get one. Have anything about elevators at ports. I'm interested in modeling one, where grain is unloaded from RR hoppers, then, loaded onto ships. Also, there's an abandoned elevator about 4 mi. south of where I live. With a track connection. It's not that big, but, I think it would be a perfect fit on any layout. I don't have any photos of it, yet. Anyone interested.Guys, I mean those pics are.Erdle, RDL, or Robert
QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp QUOTE: Originally posted by RDLkrbyvllRR Hey guys, love all the pics. I also love grain elevators. Gonna model some on my layout, when I get one. Have anything about elevators at ports.[?] I'm interested in modeling one, where grain is unloaded from RR hoppers, then, loaded onto ships. Also, there's an abandoned elevator about 4 mi. south of where I live. With a track connection. It's not that big, but, I think it would be a perfect fit on any layout. I don't have any photos of it, yet. Anyone interested.[?] Guys, I mean those pics are[8D]. Erdle, RDL, or Robert http://www.portofsacramento.com/f_facilities.html http://www.portoftacoma.com/aboutus.cfm?sub=128&photosection=7 http://www.portoftacoma.com/shipping.cfm?sub=52 http://www.portseattle.org/seaport/cargo/grainfacility.shtml http://www.portoflewiston.com/index1.html
QUOTE: Originally posted by RDLkrbyvllRR Hey guys, love all the pics. I also love grain elevators. Gonna model some on my layout, when I get one. Have anything about elevators at ports.[?] I'm interested in modeling one, where grain is unloaded from RR hoppers, then, loaded onto ships. Also, there's an abandoned elevator about 4 mi. south of where I live. With a track connection. It's not that big, but, I think it would be a perfect fit on any layout. I don't have any photos of it, yet. Anyone interested.[?] Guys, I mean those pics are[8D]. Erdle, RDL, or Robert
Hello,
I recently purchased 2 Walthers ADM grain elevators to combine. Did you get yours finished? If so do you have pictures of them? What would be the best way to weather them?..I'm not crazy about the white elevators even though they was painted that way to keep the heat from causing combustion..I would like a natural aged concrete look..I prefer to spray it on..I would like to see photos of these also from fellow modelers..Thanks!!
Here is one that I scratched built in a rush before our modualr club set up for a display. All in all, I was pretty happy considering it is made from a 10 foot peice of drain pipe.
I still need to work on details, such loading or unloading equipment... but that is on the list.
I have a loading track and a holding track that can hold 4 cars each...a 5th on a squeeze..
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wranglerhuck Hello, I recently purchased 2 Walthers ADM grain elevators to combine. Did you get yours finished? If so do you have pictures of them? I would like to see photos of these also from fellow modelers..Thanks!!
I recently purchased 2 Walthers ADM grain elevators to combine. Did you get yours finished? If so do you have pictures of them? I would like to see photos of these also from fellow modelers..Thanks!!
This isn't a grain elevator, but I started with the Walthers ADM kit, some add-on silos, and a Red Wing Milling kit. The rest is scratchbuilt.
Wayne
Wayne,
That is impressive. I love the complex. Great detail and weathering. Wow..
canazar wrote:Here is one that I scratched built in a rush before our modualr club set up for a display. All in all, I was pretty happy considering it is made from a 10 foot peice of drain pipe. I still need to work on details, such loading or unloading equipment... but that is on the list.I have a loading track and a holding track that can hold 4 cars each...a 5th on a squeeze..
Wow, that's very good for a rush job. I have a similar one, made from a scrap piece of PVC and a cardboard box cut to shape for now.
I plan on scratch-building a new loading area and adding more detail for the silos. Just need to get a round Tuit!
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doctorwayne...all I can say is wow. Really, wow.
BB4005, I'm not sure whether you're still active here as I haven't seen any recent posts, but I'm an annual visitor to the Twin Cities and loved the Hiawatha district. I guess that sorta makes me Minnesotan? (who am I kidding?). We regularly used the Hiawatha route coming from the airport to get to my relatives' home in New Brighton, and I always enjoyed watching the elevators go by. It's even more incredible from the air, as the mass of suburbia is spread around you, and a strip strung in the middle of towering grain elevators. Your photos make me want to modelg grain ops in the Twin Cities even more.
Like you see Walther's Grain elevator and Flour mill:
The foreground belongs to a museum.
Wolfgang
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My three deck ATSF in Oklahoma in 1989 contains a total of 13 grain elevators of various types. A good part of the layout is built around the elevator complexes that have been a part of the Enid Oklahoma scene for many years. I don't have any photos to upload, but you can see most of the elevators on my website, www.atsfmodelrailroads.com
Bob
It's nice to see the varieties of elevators in the prototype photos and then the various interpretations by different modellers. There's probably a prototype to match just about anything you might come up with. Thanks to those who commented favourably on my GERN complex, too. The facility, situated on the north shore of Lake Erie, mines flux from beneath the lakebed, then processes it for various industrial and pharmaceutical uses. The Walthers kits were assembled with all of the sides facing the viewer, with backs made from .060" sheet styrene. Most of the rest is built from more .060" sheet, although the walls of the warehouse, near the water, are Evergreen corrugated styrene, and the roof Campbell corrugated sheets. The rooftop water tower and the vertical storage tanks are cardboard tubes with .010" styrene wrappers, while the horizontal tanks are plastic tubes from Telescript paper. This plant is a great source of traffic for the railroad.
Below is a photo of my kitbashed grain elevator complex in my fictional town of Prairie View.
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This is my flour mill. It wraps around a corner of the model train room to the left of the building.