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Scratchbuilt Sand Tower

Modeling
#1

Hey guys, I’ve been quiet for a bit. That’s because I was working on my latest scratchbuild project. A 1/29 scale version of DT&I’s Flatrock,MI diesel era sand tower. The model is almost entirely plastic. The main support tube and storage tank are PVC plumbing pipe. The rest is Evergreen and Plastruct structural shapes. The expanded metal on the platform is the stuff available at any decent craft store. The ladder and safety cage are Plastruct assemblies. I worked from a scale drawing I made from several reference photos from various sources. As a wise farmer taught me many years ago…“plan your work, work your plan”. Since I did the plan in MS Visio I am able to scale it to any size…this screen capture version is of a 1/48 scale drawing.

Here’s a few shots of where I am so far, still have to paint the cement base and build the outer support posts. Enjoy!

#2

Excellant work Brian :slight_smile:

#3

Whoa, very nice!

#4

Beautiful model , looks just like what I was Around years ago , and the sandhouse and the old heater to heat up the sand
in the room , and a aircompressor to blow the sand up to the tower storage tank . fantastic modeling there Brian

#5

That is very, very nice!

#6

Does it work? jk Very nicely done.

#7

Thanks guys,

All that work doing the drawing made the build much easier…I work best to a plan.

And no Dave…it doesn’t work…sigh

#8

Wonderful tower, great work…

#9

Brian you have excelled yet again. Well done

#10

Very nice. What did you use for the catwalk surface?

Later,

K

#11

Thanks again guys, Kevin, As stated in my original post…expanded metal is stuff from the craft store. I took a picture (see below)of the 2 different packages I have of the same size material that I used on the sand tower. The Amaco brand has at least 3 different sizes available and the Activa brand has at least 2 different sizes. Marty had posted on MyLS about finding this stuff and so I went out and found some at JoAnn’s Fabrics and also Michaels. Hope this helps,

(http://ogaugerr.infopop.cc/groupee_files/photo_albums/7/0/0/700103024/372103024_942D4E998257DBA2E458A40DCD3ED73E.jpg)

#12

You should send pics of that to Plastruct, they may put it in the catalog.

#13

Holy crapp!!!
Looks great!
Sean

#14

Very nice Brian!

#15

Thanks. Missed that in your original post, and the product shots help out even more, so I know what to look for next time I’m at Michael’s (which, with a wife who scrapbooks, is all too frequent). I’ve got just the project…

Later,

K

#16
Victor Smith said:
You should send pics of that to Plastruct, they may put it in the catalog.
It sure does look "catalog model" :)
#17

oooops this is good

#18

are these pics in a new format?

#19

Korm,

No, they are in lala land…they were hosted on a site that wipes them in a year (I found that out the hard way)

If you want to see pics of the Sand tower scroll thru this forum (Modeling forum) for a thread titled “Sandtower outriggers complete” currently on the second page.

It has the final pictures of the sand tower.

#20

I found the pictures here…

http://www.largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/13229/sandtower-outriggers-complete

It is well worth the trip; the craftsmanship is magnificent Brian! I hope you get to start up a new indoor layout soon.