![]() ![]() We’ve been building grain bin systems for 35+ years and continue to stay on the leading edge providing quality grain systems for today’s complex and ever changing environment. ![]() Kind of like a coal mine on any other layout.Let TAM guide you through your next Grain Bin project with ease. Thanks guys, for my small layout this thing will be a real center piece. Would these be appropriate for the seventies era? I have always admired the cable reinforced pipes I see on elevators, so I would like to try that aspect, maybe in brass wire with a cut out spider shape for the middle section. #2 Any suggestions on piping and details and elvator building? I'm not too worried about detailing overly since this is N scale. #1 How tall? I sort of like the general height of the Paper towel rolls. More questions for the informed elevator fans out there. ![]() I have six, so it'll be a week or two longer before I have a whole elevator to paint up. I will post pictures in your thread when I get some progress. I got this idea that if I applied that sort of a fake paint job I might be able to make even cardboard tubes look like cement. It's all base layer of grey and then another layer of tan smudged on with streaks oif a different color with dark cracks in the middle. When I drive by it, the collumns almost have a marbled look like faux finish paint work. What got me really inspired to do this project is that I have a gravel dealer that I can see from my front porch everyday. I have some water based KILZ sitting around from a house project. I tried inserting golf balls in the ends to make them keep the proper shape and that seems to work. I am aware of the PVC pipe, the thing is I want to see what I can come up with that's basically free. This particular model is outfitted with four 2mm x 3mm white LEDs for night operations. I will leave you with these two links to my latest Z scale creation. If it is something you need more than one of, a small investment in Micro-Marks RTV Rubber, Casting resins, and metal etching will produce some nice duplicates of your main work of art. It is amazing what you can do in scratch building your own creations. I used brass etchings I made for added details. I built styrene masters, made molds of them, then used casting resin to make more. The first was a bit older than the second. The reason I posted to this message is because one of the first Z scale items I scratch built was two different grain elevators. I have purchased a pressure pot and a compressor to improve casting results, a Unimat lathe/mill, and numerous other small tools to help make my scratch building efforts. I learned to build RTV molds and use casting resins. Micro-Mark came out with a home etching kit and I bought one. I researched casting resins and etching on the internet. This is exactly what I started nearly two years ago. Most Z scalers have to scratch build their items or rely on someone else to scratch build their items for them. The availability of ready made kits in Z scale are next to none. The reason I stated this is because I model in Z scale. ![]() The first sentence I wrote above stated I am an avid believer in scratch building. Photos to everyone!Ĭardboards, card stock paper, balsa woods, bass woods, miniature plywoods, sheet and shaped styrene plastic, cast resins, metal etchings, laser cuttings, and the list goes on! Their are so many supplies to scratch build projects. It produces more pride in what you have done and expressing that pride is just as strong. Now, building something from scratch is a major accomplishment when it is finished. After you build one or two kits, they all seem to be the same. Have you ever put together a kit building and celebrated a major accomplishment when you finished it? Did it make you feel like a champion? I doubt it very seriously. From misc scraps around the house and shop to professional building materials. I am an avid believer in Scratch Building! Scratch building creates unique and one-of-a-kind buildings (unless you go into business and mass produce). ![]()
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