The base is made up of this

The base is made up of this product that I wrapped around a very thick dowel. I cemented it to the dowel with 3M adhesive and pinned it in the back with railroad spikes to hold it in place while it dried.

I sprayed the entire surface with flat white paint. Then with a dense foam paint roller I painted it with a graphite coloured chalk-paint. After the paint dried, I lightly put on a second coat of the same colour mixed with some white to highlight the stones edges and protrusions.

The tank is a dowel covered in styrene. I wrapped an additional two strips on it,  and used an X-Acto blade to scribe 90 degree lines to depict the steel panels.

Rivets would be a nice touch.

I ordered a spout kit for it made by Grand Line Products.

Rivets

Seems like I remember seeing that someone was making rivet decals. Can't seem to think of who it was but maybe someone else here will know. That might be a nice way to add them.

Overall, the water tank is looking good. What are your plans for the top of the tank?

Archer and Micro-Mark

Both Archer and Micro-Mark offer rivet decals. Archer is a sponsoring advertiser. 

http://go.mrhmag.net/archer 

@ Jeff and BNSFAN, I haven't

@ Jeff and BNSFAN,

I haven't ruled out a wood tank like seen here:

I will order some Archer rivets. In the meantime I create the base with some sort of cap to depict it is in the midst of getting a new tank or a water tower's base from the past until I get all the parts needed.

I went through my parts drawers and got this steel roof, but it is too big.

The base i covered for now

The base is covered for now until I decide what type of tank will be installed.

I like how the stone came

I like how the stone came out.  Very realistic.  However; I do not find the product name.

Thank you TC Carr. My wife

Thank you TC Carr.

My wife has put the package away somewhere; will find out later today so I can give you the name of the product.

I have had it for sometime. It has an adhesive backing, but it degraded so I had to glue it on.

Hi TC Carr. The product is

Hi TC Carr.

The product is called Flexible Stone Walls made by Chooch Enterprises Inc. Part number #8254 Large Random Stone Wall.

Oaxaca

Wow, that's really neat. I am away from my house in Wash State where my photos are, but Oaxaca, Mexico has an incredible stone water tower. Was looking at my photos on Saturday, yet to scan those slides I took in 2002 through 2009. I'll try and get them out this weekend and scanned at Panda Lab in Seattle who does all my prints. Neat to see someone modeling one of these rare styles, nice work!

Chepe, Check this

Chepe,

Check this out!

https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/18215?page=2

This is where I'm going to place it.

Thanks. I couldn't read the

Thanks. I couldn't read the package.

Excellent link!

Deemorgios,

Many thanks for posting that, I somehow missed it back in 2014. Kudos to you and the great work, going out beyond the normal realm of what's modeled is something few modelers do.

Oaxaca has a modern diesel shed only about 200 hundred feet to the north as well, so one could put both steam and diesel in the same yard.

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If you had a rock cut on your layout you could place this tank on that bluff and use it as a water tank as is right now...just add a spout next to the railroad.

@Chepe, Thanks for the kind

@Chepe,

Thanks for the kind words. I tend to like modelling beyond the normal realm.

Here is an example - my layout depicts a dry spell that followed a flooding:

@Benny,

Now that is a neat idea. I wonder if anything like that existed.

Water tank on Rock cut

Hi,

this is coming along very nicely!

As for the water tank on top of a rock cut, let me assume that water tanks are typically kept at or near stations. Stations tend to be on flat ground, so the majority of water tanks would have to be raised with some kind of building.

Concerning stations on flat ground, I know of at least one station that is in a cut. The station of Oberhof (Thuringia, Germany, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnhof_Oberhof_(Th%C3%BCr)) is right outside the portal of the "Brandleite-Tunnel" which crosses the main watershed of the mountain chain. As such it is in the deep cut leading up to the tunnel portal. There is some steep stairs to get up to road level. It used to be a double-track mainline in the steam era and has only recently been single-tracked. Having the water reservoir high above the tracks would have been easy, except for the fact that it has to be heated in the winter to prevent freezing. Which makes it more attractive to put the water tank inside the heated station building, which means there is a structure raising the water tank.

In fact, a lot of water tanks (hereabouts) were inside heated railroad buildings to deal with freezing. Examples include station buildings, bunk houses, shop buildings...

While I expect the water tank on some rocks above the track to be an unlikely exception, I'm quite sure there are a few examples. Especially in mountain regions where freezing is less of an issue.

Have fun.

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Out west tanks were placed both at stations and every so many miles in between stations because there's lots of country where a station simply isn't desirable...

We do have stone water tanks on top of hills.  I don't know of where one that served a railroad is, but I'm sure we can find one if we looked.

@dark2star,Interesting and

@dark2star,

Interesting and thanks for the link.

@Benny,

I have this tank in mind for a future project:

https://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/31256

I finished my stand-in tank; I have plans for something more detailed in the future.

This will be the side of the tower seen by many folk in trains, no planes, and automobiles.

I want to weather it to show evidence that it is only a month old and has not been exposed to rain yet, as Stonehammer is in the midst of a dry spell.

The base is going to need a

The base is going to need a foundation.

I scenicked the area where

I scenicked the area where the (disposable) staging module meets the layout's module.

It is still wet.

Dee

That is one fine looking water tank. Is the CN steel tank from a kit? The way that the tank roof changes slope near the outside perimeter is really cool! 

Thanks Rick.I made the tank

Thanks Rick.

I made the tank from scratch. I wrapped styrene around a thick dowel; glued it with epoxy. On top of that, I glued two strips of styrene then using an X-Acto blade, made/staggered 90 degree lines to depict where the steel plates meet. I didn't bother with rivets, as this is just a stand-in for now.

I painted it with Tamiya black, decaled it, and seaeld it with Tamiya clear. 

The roof is a spare Tichi part and the "changes slope" appearance is an illusion caused by poor lighting.

What you see in the last scenery pic is clay/mud that has receded from flooding up and onto a section of the curved track. Note the debris left over - twigs and branches. Also a pile of ballast for crew to later fill in the areas between the ties where some ballast was washed away. Stonehammer's branch line doesn't get the attention like the mainline and junction : )

Will take another pic as soon as the scenery is completely dry.

The scenery is dry and the

The scenery is dry and the stand in tank is in place.

Later I'll apply a dusting of loco soot and local dust to it to show that the tank is only a month old.

Still have to put some windswept dirt and weeds along the bottom of the stone base.

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I hate to be a bore but...it is too late to use the pad on the other side of the track where there isn't any grass yet?

I only bring this up so you can have stopped pictures in front of the tank with the spout in view.

Hi Benny,The plan is to

Hi Benny,

The plan is to mount a spout apparatus on the tower; I'm waiting for the part that I ordered. Plus the tank may just be a stand-in for now, as I'm entertaining the thought of a more detailed tank to got on top of the stone base.

I do like the idea of a spout on the other side of the track for now though. I have a Tichi one in one of my hobby drawers that I'll get out and check the condition of it.