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Title: Water tower footings, where to buy ?
Post by: T.C. on November 06, 2019, 11:15:51 AM
I want to make a new base for my Campbels northern water tank .The bottom is closed up like a house and I want to make see through bents to replace the siding that it's sitting on.I am having trouble finding the concrete footers the bents would attach to, anyone have an idea where I can find these?Thanks for any help T.C.
Title: Re: Water tower footings, where to buy ?
Post by: MAP on November 06, 2019, 01:26:12 PM
I think that there's some of the concrete castings in RailRoad Kits FSM Coal Dock #155 set.
http://railroadkits.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=176
Title: Re: Water tower footings, where to buy ?
Post by: jerryrbeach on November 06, 2019, 01:38:58 PM
Detail Associates part # 7202, concrete footing piers are available from two ebay vendors.
Title: Re: Water tower footings, where to buy ?
Post by: T.C. on November 06, 2019, 02:22:26 PM
Thank you gentlemen just what I was looking for.T.C.
Title: Re: Water tower footings, where to buy ?
Post by: Vietnam Seabee on November 06, 2019, 03:14:51 PM
Scale Structures Ltd has them as well

Terry
Title: Re: Water tower footings, where to buy ?
Post by: T.C. on November 06, 2019, 03:49:23 PM
Thanks again for the replies, now all I have to do is decide if I want to pay as much or more for shipping than the parts cost ?........or just carve them out of a piece of wood or plastic ?T.C.

Title: Re: Water tower footings, where to buy ?
Post by: deemery on November 06, 2019, 05:34:05 PM
Carve 1, then make plaster casts.  :-)


dave
Title: Re: Water tower footings, where to buy ?
Post by: Raymo on November 06, 2019, 05:38:16 PM
Brian Bollinger also sells them at B.E.S.T. Trains..
Title: Re: Water tower footings, where to buy ?
Post by: T.C. on November 07, 2019, 08:52:44 AM
Thanks again
I think I can contact Campbels and get the parts and maybe the drawings needed to convert my northern water tank into the type with bents.
They say they will send replacement parts if I can prove I had one of there kits or was scratch building ? The cost "they say" is usually around 10.00 shipped ?
I also want to thank you all for the links to all those cool parts, I didn't realize there were so many detail parts made.
T.C.