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My Elevator Project

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  • From: Southwest US
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Posted by tomikawaTT on Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:56 PM

Fooled me!  I thought you'd given us photos of the prototype.  Nice photography, great modeling.

Well done.

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

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Posted by XG01X on Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:22 PM

wow wow wow Do you have pictures of the other side?

What did you use for the silos? Really amazing model!

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Posted by loathar on Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:20 PM
Wow!! [wow]
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Posted by zero on Sunday, September 30, 2007 9:56 PM

Wow! That is an impressive elevator! Not to mention the fantastic photography as well. Nice job on the composition, I had to look at the enlarged photo to tell it was a model. Especially the one at sunset, if I did not have the others to compare it to I would swear that it was real.

Nice work! Love to see some more photos!

Greg

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Posted by UP2CSX on Sunday, September 30, 2007 9:50 PM
Now that's a model. Wink [;)] Great photography too.
Regards, Jim
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My Elevator Project
Posted by tomnoy3 on Sunday, September 30, 2007 9:37 PM

Well it started over two years ago.  I wanted to scratchbuild a modern ho elevator that looked as if you could load a shuttle train, unlike Walthers that looks like each silo could only load 1 car.  For the first couple years, I just tried finding pictures during my free time to base it off of but decided to make a generic one considering I don't have a layout yet so there wasnt a need to be based on an exact prototype.  So...it wasnt until my semester break this year from Dec. 20-Jan. 20 that I was able to start working on it.  I got most of the elevators main components done but hadn't gotten started on the base when I had to head back to school.  Finally, June rolled around and I was able to finish it by adding final details to the elevator and laying track and scenecing the base.  I was just able to finish it by our club's open house on June 23.  Here's some pictures of the result.

 

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