I got bored

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Marlin39

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I like kit bashing and building structures. I had a 1x3 diorama base laying around and I was bored.:)

I have never built/modeled grain or feed mill operations, so I figured why not. We have a lot of very large feed mills near me for chickens (Foster Farms) and egg producers (Willamette Egg). This is pretty freelanced, but it is based on several different ones I have seen.

I hate Walthers instructions. I screwed up one of the wet towers beyond usable. My fault I should have searched YouTube for the "how to build" details not in the instructions.:mad:

The main structures are done. I won't do any of the piping from the elevator towers until I figure out the final configuration & placement.

I'd like to incorporate it into my current layout. It's too cramped on the diorama board. I figured I could fit everything into the footprint, but It ain't gonna happen.:rolleyes: I can pull out my vegetable canning operation, pull up the track, and easily fit it in the 2x3 section on the end.

Here's the main structures.

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I like it. Especially the siding and the roof detail. I built a water tower using basswood. The pipe from the tank to the base is a piece of 1/2 pvc pipe painted light gray. The tank is a Dinty Moore Beef Stew can on top, and the top to a Koolaid powder mix tub for the bottom. The roof of the tank is a series of basswood stick laid around the can at an angle forming the frame and then a very bad job of using construction paper to cover the sticks. I built a walkway around the tank with rails. The base is a privacy fenced in vacant lot with a dog house. Kind of a junk yard dog thing going on.

As you said, "I was bored", I wanted to add to my layout, and with no crafting skills to speak of, I took a shot at it. Other than that I built two loading docks, just the platforms, no walkways or warehouses. I built a control tower. My layout is nothing more than a railyard display with two ovals for the trains to go out and run laps.

I thought I might get more into the crafting side of the hobby, but with the limited space put before me just laying track, I don't really have any room to come up with more ideas to build. I saw a dvd where some guy had built a steel mill with incredible detail. He had evidently worked at one and knew every inch of what needed to be where and why it was there. Creativity like that fascinates me. Even at 59.
 




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