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| 31 Aug 2010 04:38 PM |
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Craig
Wow, that sure has come a long way when you announced starting research on the project back on 10 Sep. 2009. Looks like the tower will sort of help with the support of that wide expanse of flat roof. Keep on going for it look how far you've come so far.   |
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| 01 Sep 2010 02:17 PM |
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It's been almost a year now and I still haven't gotten all of the main structural shapes completed. It seems every time I take a step forward, I take two steps back because I find some new detail or information regarding the structure. The research has been challanging and fun at the same time.
It's really hard to keep track of all the little changes I've been making (both on the model and digitially on Sketchup). It's been a fun project so far. I'm hoping to finishs shortly the rest of the building in the coming days. I spent last night revising the Sketchup drawing because I realized after studying some pictures the roof structures were smaller then I had designed, but it made it a lot less complicated. The flat roof seems to hold up fairly well, but I think I might be adding some more supports underneath. I'm sure I could have made most of the structure out of plywood, but I wanted to experiment with making a entire plastic substructure to see how well it will last outdoors when it's finally complete.
Craig
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| 02 Sep 2010 05:23 PM |
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Over the last couple of days I was able to finish the majority of the styrene substructure.
Here's the large substructure on the workbench
Same part, different angle. The large flat expanse is were the main elevator head distrubutes the grain, this is marked as the bagging area on the drawings I have.
Here its placed on the large flat roof (I ended up adding some more internal support walls to prevent it from sagging.
The copper piping is just for visual references, and are just resting on the structures and will be were the major piping should be.
Some size references;
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| 02 Sep 2010 05:55 PM |
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That's going to be one impressive trackside structure when installed on the layput. |
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| 03 Sep 2010 05:23 PM |
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It's a little bit more impressive now that you can actually see the size and shape of the structure! One of my biggest complaints as a railroader to the modeling public is seeing small single family dwelling sized industries that receive 3 or 4 carloads a product a day. T & D Feeds had room for 3 cars on thier track, but normally only one car was spotted at a time. So it might get switched every other day (either moving a load around to be respotted or pulling an empty) but it would be highly unlikely that they would recieve 3 cars at a time, multiple days in a row. If I design my layout for operations my plan is to have 1-2 cars on spot, but each 'day' would require a respot of cars that are there. That's my little rant, and also an explaination for why I didn't selectively compress this structure. I'm planning on only having 2 or 3 structures this size on the layout, with the rest being building flats that are the correct length, height. I just don't see having a 4' x4' space for every single industry! But for a couple of focal points on the railroad I think it would look great.
The next big step is to start cutting, and annealing pop cans for the siding! (Anyone know of a way that doesn't waste to much of the can?) Thanks to my in laws I should have a plentiful supply! |
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| 18 Apr 2011 09:37 PM |
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It's been a long time between updates (like normal! for those who started following the thread way back in '09) but here's a quick couple of photos and descriptions.
The first one shows the final location in relation to the main buildings (see the older photo's to understand the layout of the structure) with a piece a 1/2" brass pipe representing some sort of piping. I've got some washers to add to the pipe to represent flanges, but haven't gotten to it yet!) The second hole is for another pipe that will exit and enter almost directly below each other.
Self explaining!
Another angle of the first picture. Notice the removal of the structure in the foreground (styrene glue marks). I discovered (about 6 months later) that the foreground piece is on the opposite side, instead of the side I'm orginally glued it on, account lack of foresight and continueing to notice more and more details in the pictures I have!
These holes are prototypically drilled! T & D Feeds didn't care to much about sealing out the weather!
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| 08 Mar 2012 07:40 PM |
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Okay I know it's been a long time since I updated this thread, but I've struck a gold mine worth of information. I contacted the Redmond Historical Society (again), and the Eastside Heritage Center for more information. Two days later a guy named Tom emails me back and asks "what do you want to know, I worked at T &D Feeds for over 30 years." WOW, I'm going to pick this guys brain for all it's worth. Hopefully I can get information about the railroad operational aspect, and information about the building!
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| 09 Mar 2012 10:58 AM |
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My new contact has provided me with a couple of new photos I haven't seen.
While I've haven't had a chance to work on the actual building, I've been playing around with Sketch Up again, and imported my model of T&D Feeds into an overhead view of the area to help me plan a future layout section I haven't started to draw out the depot, but I know the basic floor plan. I may end up using Sketch Up to develop a track plan and/or a mockup of specific areas on my future layout...
I don't feel like an armchair modeler anymore despite the fact that I don't have a lot of time to work on stuff. Every little bit helps!
Craig
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| 09 Mar 2012 05:51 PM |
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Here's another photo dump. Once again I'm reminded why I fell in love with this building as a kid, and have liked grain elevators ever since.. That and the baby chicks walking around the store....   I like this last one the best. It confirms my idea that they had at least 3 cars at a time, with only one spotted over the pit area. I'm beginning to see the different modifications to the building over time too. For instance in this photo (I'm guessing 80-90's?) the grain silo to the left of the unloading are is squared, a couple of more pipes and what not too.  Compared to this photo from I think the 70's (the BN grain car is a good clue for the date). But yet some of the tax assessor information from the same time period talks about a couple of small silos 8' in diameter near the back of the building. So could be that they are on the opposite side of the building?...  |
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| 09 Mar 2012 06:07 PM |
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Posted By Ray Dunakin on 09 Mar 2012 05:16 PM
Cool project! Looking good so far.
Thanks Ray. I'm figuring I need an area about 8' x 30' just to model from the Depot area to the turnout for T&D Feeds on the East end of the siding, that doesn't even include the west siding switch (left of the depot), or the east siding switch (right of T& D Feeds by a couple thousand feet). Even if all I can build is this section as my layout I won't complain. I'd love to model more sections of the subdivision, but that's way in the future. One step at a time for now. Craig
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