Building project: Need detailed photos of this Milwaukee sanding tower

Great looking tower. I wish I could help you. Can't wait to see the finished structure!

Mike

Bob,

Looks like you have a great start on the model. Please keep us posted on your progress. Gotta love those old gritty, oily, railroady vintage photos of the great fallen flags.

Dave

That is really a cool looking sand tower. I think you can add weld seams to the tank. The roof should be a cone but the dished head works. Add a manhole, vent and hatch on top. It looks like all the detail is in the pictures.

Good job so far.

Thanks Alan for your comments and suggestions.

Here are a few quick iPhone pictures.  Yes, the dome roof was a compromise (using the Plastruct tank ends) that will be a little less obvious after painting.  I had already added the hatches.  I will try the scoring (I should have done it before assembly).

I was unable to find detail of the hoses, but I based them on other Milwaukee sand towers.

Lastly, I need to pick up more of the ladder cage material to add to the top of the delivery tower, then it will be ready for painting.

Bob

RrDOC,

When you do the cages, please them 6 to 8 scale feet above the base of the ladder and if they sidestep onto a platform, extend them up about 4 scale feet. There are a couple of floodlights on the beams supporting the sand tank . They are probably for the guys to hook up the hoses at night.

Good work. It will look great when you paint it.

Thanks Alan for the cage recommendations.  I know you have been down this road on many projects.  I found some more cage material in another kit, so I will "borrow" it to move along the project.  

I was wondering if those little balls above the beam were floodlights.  Thanks for the confirmation.  I will get busy making them and adding SMD LEDs.

Bob