Having decided to start my new layout
after the holidays, it was a perfect time to start looking at possible structures that will go on it. One industry I needed was a grain elevator.
In the course of tossing ideas back and forth with a good friend and excellent scratch-builder (I was showing him kits, he was showing me prototype pics), he found this:
Wollenberg Elevator
For more pics and drawings you can go here:
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) (American Memory from the Library of Congress) Type "wollenberg grain" in the search box.
After seeing "Wollenberg" I wanted to scratch-build it, but.............I DIDN'T KNOW HOW!!!!
long story short.....He did the drawings, I did the rest
(after pestering him with loads of questions)
Here ya go:
I used Campbells corrugated metal for the roof panels and sandpaper for the tarpaper roof, and added Tichy windows and doors.