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Everything is styrene or PVC to this point and other then some brass details i plan to use nothing else. I will keep adding photos as i work on finishing everything.
I hope you enjoy!!
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To make the cone for the top of the tank Loren. I took a peice of .010 thick sheet styrene and cut out a cirle about 1/4 inch larger then the diameter of the tank. If you think of the roof as a whole pie, i took a wedge out of it the size of one peice.Now some would take a larger piece then others would(like me)but it doesnt have to be a very large wedge to work.Now all you do is take the two sides of the wedge and pull them together so they overlap till the outside of the cone is the right size then glue it together. Since the cone is so thin it doesnt have much strength so what i did was make a second cone the same size and glued it inside the first so its .020 thick.now its strong enought to hold up.
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Great work, thanks for sharing.
I like the nice way you cut out the window and door openings. Did you cut these by hand, and if so, how do you do it so neatly?
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Matt
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Yes the holes for the doors and windows are all hand cut. I mark out the hole with a small square and a pencil then i use a number 11 blade to carefully cut on the lines. If i can i use the square also to guide the blade but most of the time its freehanded. On the smallest window i use i do have a hole punch that is perfect for the hole but its the only one its good for. To finish the holes i use files to straighten and smooth the edges.
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and shakey. Whe I got it finished, and put it on my layout. I didn't like it anymore. Because
it took over the whole layout. Everybody saw it first, and didn't look at anything else.
Keep up the good work.
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Enjoy!!
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The only problem I see, it will cause my modules to grow!! Need to fire the saws up and build another.
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What did you use for windows?
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I agree Matt about the Massiveness of the silos. in z scale it really makes the trains stand out. The windows are really N scale windows from Tichy Train Group. They have a few items that can work for z scale , you just have to double check your math when you convert from N to Z so you dont screw up the whole look
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It all looks great, Mr. Styrene!
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Outstanding! This is THE benefit of Z scale - actual large size due the small size of Z!
Great work. Keep us posted with you great how to photos and updates. This would be a great article for Ztrack Magazine.
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I think we are all very impressed.
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