A wooden coal tower
In last days I started a new project, building a coal tower.
I stopped my present project, the gondolas of Lake Terminal rr., because I built and built very small parts and I did not see a progress to reach the end of this job. This new modelling project shows the daily progress and that is what I need in this moment. And I hope that I can continue this without a new break – or I change back to the gondolas. However with the coal tower I have fixed date; the tower must be finished end of January 2009 because we US modeler of Dresden/Germany are involved in the next big model railroad exhibition with a very large increased modular US-layout. And the coal tower will be part of the stem locomotive museum with a few model locomotives pulling museum trains. And it is not a novelty that steam locomotives need coal for the fire and water for steam. However I’m not sure that the water tower will be finished until February 15th.
The 150 ton old time coal tower is an older however fine craftsman kit made by Sheepscot Scale Products and it contains ten or more different sized stripwood, a few prescribed sheathings and clapboards and thirty pages of drawings and description – that is this what I really need. A few detailing parts complete this kit.
First all wood parts got a thin black coating that I made from an ordinary black model color that I mixed with three or four parts of thinner.
A mounting board is prepared and all footings for three different towers are set on place. The six big center footings are in place for the coal bin, left you see the footings for the hoist house and on right side are four holes for a sand tower. Because the sand tower will stand over a tool house there are not own footings arranged.
Here two pictures how I started the modelling; front and rear elevations, bents including the floor joists for the coal bin are glued together. In all cases I used ACC glue for fast fixing so that I could work without big breaks.
Already the next step is done. The coal bin is set on floor joists. That what I like to see are the many parts beside of such a wood construction like this coal bin; studs and walers around the bin and their fixing additionally by NBWs. All together a very well detailed construction.
The roof must follow at a later time because I will make a few modifications against to original blueprints.
The hoist tower is under construction … and I think that next pictures will follow in a few days already.
Bernhard
PS. Avoiding questions - also this model is HO scale
In last days I started a new project, building a coal tower.
I stopped my present project, the gondolas of Lake Terminal rr., because I built and built very small parts and I did not see a progress to reach the end of this job. This new modelling project shows the daily progress and that is what I need in this moment. And I hope that I can continue this without a new break – or I change back to the gondolas. However with the coal tower I have fixed date; the tower must be finished end of January 2009 because we US modeler of Dresden/Germany are involved in the next big model railroad exhibition with a very large increased modular US-layout. And the coal tower will be part of the stem locomotive museum with a few model locomotives pulling museum trains. And it is not a novelty that steam locomotives need coal for the fire and water for steam. However I’m not sure that the water tower will be finished until February 15th.
The 150 ton old time coal tower is an older however fine craftsman kit made by Sheepscot Scale Products and it contains ten or more different sized stripwood, a few prescribed sheathings and clapboards and thirty pages of drawings and description – that is this what I really need. A few detailing parts complete this kit.
First all wood parts got a thin black coating that I made from an ordinary black model color that I mixed with three or four parts of thinner.
A mounting board is prepared and all footings for three different towers are set on place. The six big center footings are in place for the coal bin, left you see the footings for the hoist house and on right side are four holes for a sand tower. Because the sand tower will stand over a tool house there are not own footings arranged.
Here two pictures how I started the modelling; front and rear elevations, bents including the floor joists for the coal bin are glued together. In all cases I used ACC glue for fast fixing so that I could work without big breaks.
Already the next step is done. The coal bin is set on floor joists. That what I like to see are the many parts beside of such a wood construction like this coal bin; studs and walers around the bin and their fixing additionally by NBWs. All together a very well detailed construction.
The roof must follow at a later time because I will make a few modifications against to original blueprints.
The hoist tower is under construction … and I think that next pictures will follow in a few days already.
Bernhard
PS. Avoiding questions - also this model is HO scale