Just though I would give an update on the ADM project. I have been working on the elevator which if you looked a one of the responses to my previous post is very complex. I have three of the four bucket elevators installed and with the exception of the caged ladders (Plastruct) everything was done on the printer.

After elevator number 4 i have to do the silos and their conveyors. Also need to make the conveyor bridge between the tanks on the right and the elevator.

Well my coal dumper that I wrote about is on the back burner. Decided to finish more of the layout before adding on :-) One of the main industries on the layout is to be an ADM facility that is similar to that in Cedar Rapids, IA. I had it represented you a bunch of PVC pipes for years. As I was recently retired I decided to work on it, throw away the PVC pipes and build it using 3D printing.

I have been reading with interest for some time all of the things that are being created in railroad with 3D printing. I finally broke down an purchased a printer and decided to do a project I have wanted to do for some time.