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Hello Everyone, I need help designing a scene for my model railroad. The scene I envision is a Brewery complex designed along 27" of stright track. and the overall sceen being rougly 18" Deep. The complex I am planning is combination of Life-Like's Fairhaven Brewery, Tyco Center Street Series School. some DPM Modular Wall sections. and some Walthers Grain Bins. As I have it planed the Life-Like Fairhaven Brewery kit will be poisistioned next to the track in the lower left. To the right of that. I had envisioned a grouping of four Walthers Grain Bins placed in a square. (2 bins X 2 bins)Then further right is the Tyco School Building which is the main offices. Then across the tracks from the school Building in the upper right of the scene would be a building made from DPM Modular Wall sections. Moving Left would be 6 more Walthers Grain Bins placed rectagularly. (2 Bins x 3 Bins) Finally, in the upper left across from the Life-Like Kit would be another building consisting of DPM wall sections. As I have looked at this. I figure that Life-Like kit is the Bottling plant. Where the beer is actually bottled. Then the Tyco School House is the main office building. What space is left along the front of the scene is reserved for employee parking. Now I have the following questions. 1. Does my layout of buildings create a sence of a brewery complex, and if so, what building would the process start in most likely and how would the production process flow from where it is started to the bottling building. 2. If I need to make changes, what changes would be reccomended? 3. I know that beer is made from the fementation process of malted barely, hopps and rye. What proportion of these three ingredients are needed and do I have eneugh storage beens planned in the scene to hold it until needed. 4. Obviously the product would move between buildings via a pipeline network. However, would this network of pipes typically be above ground or below ground? 5. This is my rail movements I have worked out, are there any holes I need to plug or any movements I am missing? In- Covered Hoppers of Barely, Hoppes, and Rye. Once unloaded cars are cleaned. Out- Covered Hoppers of Spent Mash, Also known as Brewers Grain. and sent to pig farmers for use as feed. In- 50 Food Plug Door insulated Box Cars of card board for cartons and Boxes. Once Unloaded cars are cleaned. Out- Loaded 50 Foot Plug Door Insulated Box Cars of Finished product Empty- More 50 Foot Plug Door Insualted Box Cars Out- Loaded 50 Foot Plug Door Insulated Box Cars of Finished product As can be seen, the town switcher would be kept quite busy through the day. 6. Anything Else I need to know that I seem to have missed? 7. Anyone have any humorous stories involving Trains or Model Trains and Beer? Thanks Again. James R. Mitich.
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