Steam era service structures
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ChiloquinRuss
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Here is some of the servicing structures for the ON30 project layout. Scratchbuilt from sintra pvc plastic. Russ
Coaling tower
Oil house (storage of those lubricants and other chemicals needed to keep the beasties running smoothly)
Sand house
We needed 7 water towers and at $159 each we decided to try our hand at making some.
If you would like to try your hand at building a water tower here is a simple writeup.
http://www.hobby-tronics.com/1940DRGW/images/watertank.pdf
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JohnBoy
Joined: May 14, 2008
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ChiloquinRuss
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Thanks, the fun part has been doing the research to do these structures. It s easy to get current day pix but when you decide to model a specific time frame, well then ot get a little harder! 
Russ
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ChiloquinRuss
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This is really not part of the engine facility but it is located in the main yard at Chama. It is of course the Gramps oil dock at Chama. Russ
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JohnBoy
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Looks great Russ - fine attention to details. Water towers and other structures also look terrific.
John
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ChiloquinRuss
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I had tried to figure out how to make this structure for a long time as it is a critical scene setter for Chama, right? So with the 3d printer I could actually make those little pipe fittings, very cool. Russ
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Trap
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I really like the water tower. Yes, the cost of the COTS towers (oh, that's commercial off the shelf) is too spendy for me. Would you be willing to post a PDF of the printed water tower wrap?
Thanks.
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ChiloquinRuss
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The water towers are actually 4 inch pvc pipe. The tank itself is just an inkjet printed wrapper. I have a little write up located here:
http://www.hobby-tronics.com/1940DRGW/images/watertank.pdf
The wrapper is printed on legal size yellow paper. Legal size so it will fit the 4 inch pvc. Russ
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Trap
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Russ - I understand the wrapper is printed on legal paper. I am looking for an image that I can print. I'm a bit graphically challenged.
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ChiloquinRuss
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Trap - the image is from ModelBuilder software so I can't republish it directly. It is one of their stock designs inside the software called Model Builder. It is great for doing all kinds of paper structures and wrappers for walls etc,. A lot of fun to play with. Russ
http://www.modeltrainsoftware.com/model-builder.html
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ChiloquinRuss
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Well I am taking a break from the live steam park duties and played with the CNC machine today. Made yet another coaling tower, this time for an ON30 module project. Russ
Progress: