Modeling the Hill City grain elevator: Pt. I
a sandwich pick (a toothpick on steroids, found at restaurant supply businesses). The rear taillight is a De- tail Associates No. 1708 lens painted ModelMasters Stop Light Red. Originally, I used sheet styrene to simulate the exterior metal that cov- ered the dump house doors. When the solvent vapors deformed this styrene cover, I carefully removed it using a
chisel blade in my hobby knife and re- covered the doors with K&S .002″ thick brass sheet. The single bifold door per- mitted viewing vehicles in the dump house from the office. A small bevel, made by Crown Tools
of Sheffield, England, and purchased at Woodcraft, set the roof pitch for the end walls for the dump house and office. (This tool belongs on every workbench.)
Next month We’ve covered a lot of modeling so
far, but there is still more to come. Next month we will continue with our look at the HO scale Hill City grain el- evator with coverage of the engine house, loading dock, warehouse and a few odds and ends, including a sidebar on constructing wooden grain doors for boxcars.
The dump house (top of page) is located between the elevator and the office. The large, open doors reveal a truck inside. The walls and doors (above) were built of styrene. K&S brass sheet was used to represent the metal sheeting that covered the outside of
the doors (above left ) Note the one bi-fold door. A bevel (below left) was used to set the roof pitch. The office ends were drawn out on basswood and a jig was made to hold the styrene parts during assembly (below left and right). Note the window openings.
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