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Hi!
I'm not sure if I'm using the correct steam-era lingo, but has anyone successfully constructed an authentic looking water tower? How about a coal tower? I'd like a place for my 4-4-0 to stop for refueling. I've looked at various pictures of water and coal towers in Model Railroader, but I've had a hard time figuring out how to build them with LEGO bricks. The rounded nature of the water towers present a bit of a design challenge.
Anyway, I thought someone might have tried a project such as this before. My idea for a coal tower includes some kind of motorized feature, where coal would be dumped into my tender.
For pictures of the 4-4-0 and my budget retrostation, be sure to visit my home page! (http://users.codenet.net/steveb/index.htm).
Thanks,
Steve
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Steve Berry wrote in message ...
> Hi!
>
> I'm not sure if I'm using the correct steam-era lingo, but has anyone
successfully constructed an authentic looking water tower? How about a coal
tower? I'd like a place for my 4-4-0 to stop for refueling. I've looked at
various pictures of water and coal towers in Model Railroader, but I've had
a hard time figuring out how to build them with LEGO bricks. The rounded
nature of the water towers present a bit of a design challenge.
>
> Anyway, I thought someone might have tried a project such as this before.
My idea for a coal tower includes some kind of motorized feature, where coal
would be dumped into my tender.
>
> For pictures of the 4-4-0 and my budget retrostation, be sure to visit my • home page! (http://users.codenet.net/steveb/index.htm).
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
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Nice Pics....
I have only a mild interest in Lego Trains at the moment, but I used to work
for a
company that does Train Loadouts - or modern versions of coal-towers. I
built a rough model of one of these about 4 years ago. I thought I would
give
a link to a few pics I posted on my site - just to show how overboard you
could go
with it. :)
Man what I could do with this idea, the RCX, a few Micro-motors, and alot of
time. :)
Just thought you might be interested.....
http://www.caro.net/~donfor/htdocs/lego/index.htm
The pics are in the October 22nd update - second half....
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Don Forth ( Klaatu )
email: dforth@caro.net
Home Page: http://www.caro.net/~donfor
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Steve Berry writes:
> Hi!
>
> I'm not sure if I'm using the correct steam-era lingo, but has anyone
successfully constructed an authentic looking water tower? How about a coal
tower? I'd like a place for my 4-4-0 to stop for refueling. I've looked at
various pictures of water and coal towers in Model Railroader, but I've had a
hard time figuring out how to build them with LEGO bricks. The rounded nature
of the water towers present a bit of a design challenge.
A coal tower is on my list of projects. For the rounded nature of the water
tower, try the big round bricks (I think there is a 4x4 quarter round that
makes about the right diameter)(1), or build an octagonal one, (prototypical)
use the 2x2/1x4 plate hinges, or build a square one (also prototypical)
1 - 8 diameter circle seems about right, these water towers typically have a
much larger diameter than the boiler diameter of a steam engine, which in
minifig scale seems to be 4.
++Lar
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For a water tower - has anybody tried using the oversize barrels that come with many wild west sets?
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Once upon a time, "Larry Pieniazek" <lpien@NOSPAM.ctp.com> wrote:
> A coal tower is on my list of projects. For the rounded nature of the water
> tower, try the big round bricks (I think there is a 4x4 quarter round that
> makes about the right diameter)(1), or build an octagonal one, (prototypical)
> use the 2x2/1x4 plate hinges, or build a square one (also prototypical)
Or use the diagonal bricks, like
<http://home.att.net/~blisses/parts/2456.gif>. But it would take a
lot of those. If the tank can be 6H, use castle corner-walls.
Steve
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