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    Water tank scratch build

    Love that, especially the rusty look. Might be fun to try making one with styrene after I'm finished with this one.
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    Water tank scratch build

    Added a ladder and some NBW details to the frame, touched up a little paint, and set the tank in the frame to see how it looks. Still need to add a some rust and perhaps a bit more weathering before I glue it all together.
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    Water tank scratch build

    Did some work on the frame and truss rods: The rods are 0.015" phosphor bronze wire, and the turnbuckles are from Tichy. Threading the turnbuckles was painful - use a good metal snipper to get clean ends, and magnification. Ended up looking pretty good: Back to the tank, I think I...
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    Water tank scratch build

    Made some progress today, adding the scribe siding over the pre-drilled hole: Mocked up a tank dome with some 0.005" styrene sheet embossed with rivets: I found some old Red Ball brake wheels that I always thought were too big for brake wheels and plopped one on top mounted on a little bit...
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    Water tank scratch build

    No actual prototypes, just the car linked in the original post - although I'm planning to make a tank+frame that can be sat on a flat car or somewhere else, rather than an integral part of the car. I've seen a few old-timey stationary water tanks like this model from which to draw inspiration...
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    Water tank scratch build

    That's a great idea, thanks. I did order some Tichy details, the (scale) 54" ought to be almost exactly the same size as the 5/8" dowel I am using right now. Maybe the 60" won't look too weird, will just have to see. If they fit well I'm sure they'll look miles better than anything I can build...
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    Water tank scratch build

    Thinking ahead to some sort of top/dome for the tank...the 3D printed one on the Conowingo site is spectacular, but they don't sell them separately, and I don't have a 3D printer. So, thinking I could hack one together with a bit of smaller dowel and some detailing. I first tried sanding a...
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    Water tank scratch build

    Hey y'all, been a while. I got my preorder of a BLI 2-8-0 recently and it got me thinking I wanted to get back to building after a long time away from it. Unfortunately Labelle is closed for another month and I really need to get some corner straps to finish up my boxcar builds. I looked for...
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    Stubborn Mule Gap Pharmacy

    Wow, looks like the next level of NWSL chopper/true sanders - there's always something new to put on my wish list :D
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    The greenbrier logging and coal co

    That sounds rough! I’ve used CA for attaching metal to other materials but never had great luck with metal to metal.
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    The greenbrier logging and coal co

    What is the tower made of? If plastic/styrene you might be better off with a solvent cement type glue. This stuff is really good and the needle application makes it easy to work with small joints: https://www.amazon.com/Faller-170492-Expert-Plastic-Cement/dp/B0000WROZ2
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    What are you buying this Month?

    I preordered this Broadway Limited consolidation a while back, just came in! Haven’t had a chance to try running it but it’s too pretty not to get a home in the display case.
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    Derail Valley

    https://www.derailvalley.com/ This is pretty fun. I don't have a VR headset but it plays just fine with a mouse and keyboard. Take the "simulation" part seriously, it is definitely not fast-paced video game action - much more zen thus far.
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    Let's get LOADED!!!.....

    Saw a bunch of nice cars with scrap loads for sale at the Raleigh train show this past weekend:
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    A railroad book thread

    Picked this up for a couple bucks at a train show: https://www.amazon.com/Railroad-Caboose-Year-History-Legend/dp/0870950118/ Great book with lots of firsthand accounts of life in the caboose
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