Today I paid a visit to Oleson Worland, the architecture firm that was commissioned by the city of Toronto to do a feasibility study on this venerable old grain silo complex and malting plant. My goal was to get a set of plans for the purpose of scratchbuilding the stucture.
Imagine being able to call up a total stranger and ask him to let you have a copy of his blueprints because you're building a model! Amazing. In talking to him it became clear that we both love this old building, and perhaps that's why he was so willing to help me out with my project.
Anyway, I now have a reduced set of plans in my hot little hands! Whoooohooo!
I picked Canada Malting partially because, as grain elevators go, it's a pretty small one. Even so it will be 28" tall with a 42"x13" footprint in HO. I may build it to 1:100 scale instead of 1:87 - still thinking about my options.
here is one of many shots I've been collecting of the plant in it's heyday
cheers
Val
Imagine being able to call up a total stranger and ask him to let you have a copy of his blueprints because you're building a model! Amazing. In talking to him it became clear that we both love this old building, and perhaps that's why he was so willing to help me out with my project.
Anyway, I now have a reduced set of plans in my hot little hands! Whoooohooo!
I picked Canada Malting partially because, as grain elevators go, it's a pretty small one. Even so it will be 28" tall with a 42"x13" footprint in HO. I may build it to 1:100 scale instead of 1:87 - still thinking about my options.
here is one of many shots I've been collecting of the plant in it's heyday
cheers
Val