Water Tower

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  1. campaman

    campaman Full Member

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    A water tower built using a Smartprice Ice cream tub, a CD Case and some wire.

    Copy of drawing from an old RM magazine

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    Ice cream tub strengthened with strips of CD case

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    Assembly of the tank

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    Roof and some I girders from CD case

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    Writing on the tub says "This packaging can not be recycled", Urm yes it can....

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    Experimented with making corrugated roof panels using a home made jig and thick tin foil, worked OK but decide it wasn't right for this model

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    Legs made from CD case and wire

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    Legs attached

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    Ladder produced by slicing of a thin strip from twinwall plastic sheeting, the kind that you see estate agent boards made from.

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    A coat of primer brings it all together

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    The level indicater is a fishing weight crimped onto a piece of wire

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    The filler pipe is a bit of sprue from a Airfix kit.

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    I will leave it primer for now until I decide how and where I will use it, Railway or some form of industry
     
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    Scratch building at its finest :thumbs:

    Cheers
    Matt
     
  3. campaman

    campaman Full Member

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    And cheapest :thumbs:
     
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    Andy you keep this up and Gormo will be adopting you as his NEW bestest friend !!

    Watch out Toto Andy is easing you out with his scratch building from re cycled materials mate :giggle:

    Cheers

    Matt
     
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    Sure beats the Airfix/Dapol kit I have used!!:)

    Cheers
    Ron
     
  6. Toto

    Toto I'm best ignored Staff Member Founder Administrator

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    Ooooozing quality,

    Anyone would be proud to have that on their layout.

    Excellent.

    Toto
     
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    Sweet, really sweet

    Paul
     
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    Cheers chaps, still needs the top coat of paint, but not doing that until I decide how I am going to be using it, for the railway its self or for an industry.
     
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    Gary Wants more time for modelling.... Staff Member Administrator

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    I have just revisited this great thread and have one question to ask. How did you produce the rivets ??

    Cheers, Gary.
     
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    paul_l Staff Member Administrator

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    Not sure how Andy did it, but I have used an old jewellers screw driver, ground to a point, then flatten the point to the size you want. Place the material on a piece of card and punch the rivets from the underside.

    Paul
     
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    That looks as good as a RTR model that you would pay $$$ for.
    In fact it looks even better than a RTR model.
    Well done. Very inspiring.
    Steve
     
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    G`day Andy,

    Nice job there....:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

    I still find it amazing how paint binds the look of a model. I mean...you`ve built your water tank from bits and pieces which look like bits and pieces prior to painting. Then the whole thing is transformed into this beautiful model once it`s had a coat of paint.......fantastic.!!!!!

    It just goes to show that we have all our modelling materials to hand in the home.......we just have to see the potential in things as you have done in this case.

    http://www.click:tophat:Gormo
     
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    Hi chaps

    Thanks again for the comments.

    Gary

    The rivets were done by pressing them in using a small knitting needle, they have a very nice point which appears to be sharp but is actually blunted off, so you get a nice impression without actually making a hole.
     
  14. Gary

    Gary Wants more time for modelling.... Staff Member Administrator

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    Thanks Andy, I wasn't sure if they were impression marks as you described or decal rivets such as Archer Decal Rivets.

    http://www.archertransfers.com/PAGE_Rivetpic.html

    Cheers, Gary.
     
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    This was a recycle build as I am too tight for Decal Rivets as they would mean a loss of Drinking Vouchers.

    I have also done rivets in the past by using small blobs of thick PVA applied with a pin.
     
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    Photos reinstated plus extra and construction notes added.
     

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