Scenery and structures
Water tank taper?
I cannot seem to find this anywhere. As far as I can tell, wooden water tanks were tapered, being smaller at the top than at the bottom. The question is, how much? I can find photos of water tanks, and drawings, but they always seem to indicate a single diameter. Even the ICC valuation drawings I have only give a single diameter, though the photos show what appears to be an obvious taper.
Can anyone tell me what the taper was? If it matters, I'm interested in Southern Ry., Danville & Western Ry., or perhaps Fairbanks Morse practices.
Interior Detail Parts
I am working on putting together a C&O cabin (QN cabin to be exact, yes like the one in the other thread). Being as Quinnimont WV is the first thing you see when you enter my layout and being as QN Cabin is pivitol in the sceane I am taking my time and trying to do a good job on this. One thing I noted when I first put it on my layout (in very roughed out form) is that with all the windows and being at close to eye level and only a couple feet into the layout it is VERY easy to see into the upperlevel of the builder where the controls should logically be.
Strainers -
I;ve been looking for a set of strainers to sift material (ballast, dirt and stuff). Can anyone recommend a good set with varying degrees of mesh? I've been looking on line and most don't list the mesh size. what is everyone using?
Super Trees?
I have bought a super Tree value pack and was preparing to make some trees following Joe's instructions but I don't have ready access to any Matte Medium locally. Could white glue be used as a substitute or is it essential to use Matte Medium?
L.E.D.s for building lighting?
I am considering using LEDs to light my structures, off of the dc side of a standard powerpack of ~14v. (I use DCC for track). I am curious of what color leds work well for you. Regular yellow ones from Radio Shack don't appear to produce a pleasing color, although I have not actually put one in a building yet. If anyone has been down this road, and can point me to a source and also what resistor you used, I would appreciate the advice.
Thanks, Kyle
Posting up Posters
Included this in my Free-moN module construction thread, but thought I'd post it here for the archives and to see how others do it:
Con-Cor Cambria City Iron Works--how is it?
Has anyone ever built the Con-Cor Cambria City Iron Works? I'm interested in a building or two like that-early industry that I can "modernize" to fit the 1920's. Could anyone recomend other structures that would be far from new in the '20's--perhaps retasked from quite some time ago?
Grassmaster clumping grass problem
Happy New Year. I have been using the Grass master for a couple of years. Have a problem with 4 & 6 mm grass clumping in the hopper,and not coming out that easily. After putting down the glue and attaching the nail, I have to really tap a lot on the hopper for the grass to come out. Inside the hopper the grass conforms to the hopper shape, and also little balls of grass. I'm using Silfor. I do not have this problem with 2mm. That comes out like it should.
Any help would be welcomed
Thanks in advanced
Mike
Looking for:
I'm looking for a couple of kits which seem to be eluding me.
Grandt Line 5907 (oil distributor)
Industrial Heritage coal tipple
IF anyone happens to have either of these, please let me know.
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