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I am looking for large brick smokestacks in HO scale.
In haste, I found and ordered these off of eBay, GREAT detail, but they are TINY! More like N or Z scale. I think they MIGHT be 6" tall, if that. In HO, that's about 60 feet.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190356421740&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
I need something that is say 18" tall, round in cross section, and with a brick finish.
Anyone ever seen anything like this?
--Jon
Walthers does sell the smoke stake separate for this kit
Not in stock
It's not currently in stock, but in Jan 2010 it is expected at Walthers. But it is only a little taller than the current ones that I have.
--Jon
Brick Smokestacks -- Turn With My lathe
I found some 6" cast resin brick smokestacks on eBay. Walthers has a nice one as well that is 10" but it's still too small. I'd like to do something about 18" tall similar to the Walthers:
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3728
I could turn the shape on my lathe in wood, but how would I get the brick pattern into the wood?
I could turn the horizontal mortar joints easily on the lathe, but the verticals would have to be done by hand. Very tedious. Any ideas on a better way to do this?
I'd like to use the wood as a master for a mould for resin casting them.
--jon
The Walthers HO ones are 10-1/4" tall, thats pretty tall and would tower over most HO scale industrial buildings
I'll look thru all my stuff. I might have a couple. I know I have a square one that is real long. Have you ever thought about making some out of brick sheet in HO scale?
You could use the ends off of a funnel that is used for filling your ATF in your transmission. Those funnels are real long & have the correct taper for a smokestack.
I made some smaller stacks out of brass hose nozzles a few years ago. You can sometimes find those long hose nozzles at garden centers.
The Walthers Powerplant has a tall stack.
The Walthers HO ones are 10-1/4" tall, thats pretty tall and would tower over most HO scale industrial buildings
I just measured mine at 10 5/8" (off the machine shop)
Why do we need 2 identical threads for the same subject?
If you turn it on a lathe, could you scribe the bricks / mortar lines on it? Tedious, but doable, I'd think.
If you turn it on a lathe, could you scribe the bricks / mortar lines on it? Tedious, but doable, I'd think.
True but you would only be able to scribe the horizontal lines as there would be no way to turn it to scribe the vertical lines.... I guess you could finish it off by scribing the vertical lines with a xacto? tedious is right, and not sure if I would be up for something like that lol. Cutting on a round piece is not exactly the easiest thing to do lol
**edit** just noticed Jon already said what I just said about the vertical lines lol
Does it have to be a brick smokestack? This would be a pretty easy job with some brass tubing of the right diameter and height. The taller the smokestak, the more likely it was to be steel and guyed in place. There's a practical limit to the height of a brick smokestack without an inordinately large base.
Another way to model a fairly decent stack is to use a wooden table leg painted concrete with a hole drilled in the center. Some are just the right shape for a stack and have a nifty screw to mount it with as well.
Another way to model a fairly decent stack is to use a wooden table leg painted concrete with a hole drilled in the center. Some are just the right shape for a stack and have a nifty screw to mount it with as well.
Great Idea Rico, never thought of that.
In addition to the Walthers smokestack you can also get one from Vollmer.
I have a Heljan 1910 Malt Brewery kit MFG# 807. It has the biggest smokestack I have every scene in a model.
It's 33" tall 
Every time I open the box, I'm blown away by the size. I actually won't be using it for the kit, but it will appear somewhere on my layout. Maybe even in 2 spots, breaking it up into small stacks to double the money invested. LOL. I'll still get 2 stack over 16" tall out of 1 smokestack.
Check out this picture. It doesn't show the whole stack in the background.
http://www.internethobbies.com/helhobrewmal.html
33 inches TALL
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