The coal delivery chutes look more complex than they really are. First, the tie rods were clipped off where the chutes go on the silo and filler strips were glued in place (above left). Next, a rectangle of styrene was cut to the exact dimension over these fillers. After the
fillers were sanded flat the rectangle was glued in place to provide a flat surface to install the chute itself (above right). The author used a Tichy chute as the starting point, then added the triangular exten- sions on the sides and the levers, all made from styrene (below).
overall length of 75 feet. I set the width at 18′-6″ and cut the conveyor house base to those dimensions from a piece of .060″ thick styrene sheet. Next, I laid out the silo center line locations on the base and drilled ¹₄″ holes for attaching the silos to the base.
The ends and center stiffener were
glued to the base with the addition of ¹₈″×¹₈″ lengths of styrene to brace the structure. I used Evergreen No. 2100 .100″ spaced by .020″ thick V-groove siding to sheath the sides and ends of the conveyor house, adding Evergreen No. 8108 1″×8″ strips to cap the cor- ners. The overall construction is shown in the photos.
I constructed the conveyor house roof from two 9′-0″ wide by 77′-0″ long panels of .030″ sheet styrene, attaching them to triangles of .060″ styrene that matched the profile of the conveyor house ends. To keep the roof sections flat I also stiffened them with ¹₈″
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square styrene. Although I covered the roof with masking tape to simulate tar paper roofing, I didn’t attach the roof to the conveyor house. Access to the in- terior is needed to bolt it to the silos.
Bucket elevator The bucket elevator enclosure foot- print measures 10′-0″ wide by 12′-0″ long. It is sheathed with Evergreen No. 4051, .050″ spacing by .040″-thick clap- board siding. The ten-foot-wide sides are 50′-9″ tall, and the front wall (with the windows and door) measures 12′-0″ wide and 54′-6″ at its peak. The back wall, adjacent to the first silo, is a scale 12′-0″ wide by six actual inches tall, which matches the height of the silo. (Refer to the bucket elevator enclosure diagram.) The door is a Tichy No. 8032, 30″×80″ four-panel door, and the win- dows are Grandt Line No. 5193 RGS- style depot windows that I cut down to a single sash. I spaced the windows to
miss the bracing inside the enclosure. After assembling it, I capped the cor- ners with 1″×8″ styrene strip. As on the conveyor house, the bucket eleva- tor enclosure roof is cut from .030″ sheet styrene and covered with mask- ing tape to simulate tar paper.
Details and finishing Details: after building four coal silos with a total of 912 individual parts for the bands and band connectors, you want details? Okay, you still need things like the coal chutes. I was going to use Tichy No. 8059 coal chutes but instead decided to use only their base, extending their sides with triangular bits of styrene sheet and scratchbuild- ing the outlet doors and levers follow- ing a photo in Harold W. Russell’s Mod- el Railroader article. The photos show the construction details. I started by marking a 4′-6″ wide by 2′-9″ high area 8′-3″ above the bottom
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