I will be attempting to build The Mauston Farmers Co-op feed mill. The building looked pretty much like this in the 1950's, the period I am modeling. The only big change is the loading bin on the left wasn't there, instead a siding went through. This building was torn down last year.
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HI AK:
I'll be watching.
Karl
Thanks for looking Karl.
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That'll be a cool project. Following along...
Neat structure Andy.....I'll be following along. :)
Andy,
Me as well. Looking forward to the build.
Tom
Following along
Thanks guy's for following along, now if I can do it justice.
My plan is the structure will be built by making simple boxes glued together. I will be using 1/16 thick basswood sheet for the boxes and braced with 3/16 square strips. After I have all the boxes glued together I will be using Rusty Stumps corrugated metal on the walls and Tichy windows and doors.
The main walls are cut out, now to get the window openings in and get them glued up.
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Quote from: Janbouli on November 29, 2015, 03:49:37 PM
Following along
Me too!!! I'm a natural born follower!!!
I have the window and door openings cut out for this section, now to get the bracing on.
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Andy
Great project - I will be following along.
Main tower glued up.
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First addition added to the front
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Andy,
Great job on the door and window openings, looking good.
Tom ;D
That looks bombproof Andy, you can never have too much bracing. This will be an imposing structure.
Hi andy:
Looks great sofar. I'm following along.
Karl
Thanks for looking guy's. the front loading dock is just about done.
Barry, that's the way I feel about bracing too.
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Pretty cool...
thanx
Bob
I added the enclosed loading dock to the front
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Andy
Your making great progress, looking good.
Cool building and great build
I dig the enema squeeze bottle for glue. ;) I use them for watered down matte medium landscape cement. I'm on morphine for acute arthritis at the moment so will have a good supply of them when I come off the treatment! We modellers can always triumph over adversity but getting old is a bugger!
Thanks guy's, still a lot to go.
Barry, I get the bottles from Micro-Mark. They last about a year, then I toss them and get another one.
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Andy,
Progress is looking good. What is the footprint and how tall is it?
Tom ;D
Tom, it's 6 1/8" deep, 5 5/8" wide and 9" tall or roughly 45' by 41' by 65'. that will be the finished size, I still have add the grain truck dump on the right side.
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Well Andy now you know what they were originally designed for, I hope you never have to use them for anything other than glue! ;D
Quote from: ak-milw on December 13, 2015, 11:33:25 PM
Tom, it's 6 1/8" deep, 5 5/8" wide and 9" tall or roughly 45' by 41' by 65'. that will be the finished size, I still have add the grain truck dump on the right side.
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Andy,
Thanks for the info on the foot print. That is a nice size and will really look good on the layout.
Tom ;D
Thanks Tom and Barry I will try not to think of that while I am using it. ;D
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Hi Ak:
Nice progress so far. I'll be following along.
Karl
I finished up the grain truck unloading extension and added it to the main building.
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Now comes the hundreds of 4 by 8 sheets of corrugated siding. Just for fun I am going to keep count to see just how many there are.
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Andy, look quite good so far. What have you planned for the exterior finish?
Corrugated steel panels as in the proto picture.
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Quote from: ak-milw on December 19, 2015, 02:01:34 PM
Corrugated steel panels as in the proto picture.
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Just remember how good it will look when finished.
Tom ;D
Andy
We will be waiting of the count. It's going to take a bunch of them but like Tom said it will look great. I remember some guy who counted the number of bolt castings he added to a trestle build ;) .
Building all laid out for siding. In the proto picture the siding is put on in straight rows all around the build. Doing it this way is going to use more panels and a little more waste but it should look better.
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First row of siding is on all the way around, used exactly 40 panels.
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now to just keep pluggin' away.
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That is a lot of panels!
Andy -
I love your works and the SBS.I have already started clearing space for a version of this building on our layout.
Are you overlapping the panels or just butting them up to each other?
Watching along avidly,
~Kingred
They are overlapped 3 to 4 ribs on the side and 1/8" over the top. Thanks for looking!
Three more pieces and the second row will be done.
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Just so everyone doesn't think I gave up on this, four rows done, 130 panels so far
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So shiny, you're gonna need to wear sunglasses to cut down the glare. 8)
Jeff
Jeff, just going to have to do a lot of weathering.
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I am up to 250 panels. All the hard work is done, now they are all straight rows.
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Andy,
How many panels can you cut from one sheet of the Rusty Stumps aluminum corrugated metal roofing material in the 5" x 7" for this project ?
That type of cement that are you using to attach them to the wood form , what is the working time you have ? Also, did you purchase the granite work slab from Menards ? 8)
Ok Tom, lets see if I can get all this. I can get 90 panels from a sheet with a little piece left over. The panels are .750 tall and .500 wide.
I am using Loc-Tite super glue in gel form. It gives me a little more working time and it doesn't get sucked up into the wood. I can get about 2 minutes working time if I need it. If you look in the far right side of the picture you can see the container. So far for the 250 panels I have used three bottles.
Now the surface plate. In a past lifetime I was a tool and die maker. I bought the surface plate from a machine tool supply house, it cost close to $400 and is perfectly flat. It is made from pink granite by the Starret Company. The stone is 12 inches square. I also have a 6 inch black granite one. Hope this helps you.
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Quote from: ak-milw on January 12, 2016, 11:57:32 PM
Ok Tom, lets see if I can get all this. I can get 90 panels from a sheet with a little piece left over. The panels are .750 tall and .500 wide.
I am using Loc-Tite super glue in gel form. It gives me a little more working time and it doesn't get sucked up into the wood. I can get about 2 minutes working time if I need it. If you look in the far right side of the picture you can see the container. So far for the 250 panels I have used three bottles.
Now the surface plate. In a past lifetime I was a tool and die maker. I bought the surface plate from a machine tool supply house, it cost close to $400 and is perfectly flat. It is made from pink granite by the Starret Company. The stone is 12 inches square. I also have a 6 inch black granite one. Hope this helps you.
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Andy,
Great information to share ! Only knew of the Campbell HO corrugated material and not the larger size HO sheets sold by Rusty Stumps. Now we can see how many panels you can get out of each 5X7 " sheet since they sell them in packs up to 10 pieces of the material. Have used Loc-Tite super glue, but never the gel type and only used Walthers Goo when attaching the Campbell metal roofing material here.
Did not know that was a surface plate on your workbench , so you really know that you have a perfect reference when laying things out !
Will watch the rest of your neat build. :)
Tom
Well I just hit 450 panels and have a row and a half to go. Only super glued one panel to my thumb so far. Hopefully pictures later today.
If you don't need machinist precision, a stone (not ceramic) tile makes a nice cheap surface plate. And you can glue sandpaper to it to make a good flat sanding surface (great for reducing the thickness of castings.)
Just be careful, the stone tile will shatter if you drop it. (Experience!) It's worth gluing to a piece of masonite backing, if you use it a lot. (Still, a shattered stone tile is less hazardous than a shattered piece of glass.)
dave
Great tip Dave.
My chrome tower, I have all the 465 panels on, used only three and a half containers of super glue. Tichy windows have also been added.
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now to the paint booth.
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Can't wait to see how you weather the "chrome"....
dave
Dave, the first step will be gray primer.
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Wow- and you only glued 1 to your thumb with the super glue. That's impressive. I will be watching as you progress through the painting process. Looks great so far.
Thanks for looking and the comments guy's. The primer coat is on the building, going to start on some roofing next.
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Fresh out of the paint booth. the paint really makes the panels stand out. The window frames, doors and the few trim parts will be a darker gray. I will wait to weather it after the roofs are all installed.
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Does anyone know of company that makes a free standing Cyclone collector for the roof, Rusty Stumps makes a wall hanging one but it's flat on one side. If I can't find one I will have to try and build one.
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Andy,
Who's paint did you use to finish the metal panels on your mill ?
Also check Model Tech Studios part # D0167 which is a free standing dust collector, could that be used for this project ?
Tom
Tom, it's rattle can primer, Valspar made this one. I always buy the cheapest can. Thanks for the tip on Model Tech I will check it out.
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Andy, there is so much potential for great weathering over that primer.
Just when I thought I was done with corrugated panels I noticed the loading dock roof, twenty more. All the others are rolled roofing, I like using plain old masking tape for these.
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more to come!
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Masking Tape ..... hummmmm.....gotta try that next time.
Donato, I find the texture the masking tape has is perfect for rolled roofing. I use white glue to help hold it down and when you paint it you get small wrinkles all through it that weather real nice. It is also real easy to pick up edges and corners or to make worn places or patches.
Here is a picture of an abandoned farm house I built using tape for the roof.
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The roofing is completed.
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guess I can start a little weathering at this point then the sign and the piping.
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Well I couldn't wait, a little bit of weathering. I had the basic primer gray to start then added Apple Barrel acrylic pewter gray, granite gray and finally burnt umber to finish. That will do it for the paint, after the build is finished I will add some chalks.
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now the sign and piping.
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I gave a call to my buddy Rich from RS Laser kits and three days later I had my sign letters. I made them slightly bigger than the proto picture because they will be near the back of the layout and I want them to be seen. First off I painted them barn red then began mounting them to two 2" by 6". I have Mauston done and starting on Farmers.
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Signs all built and added to the building.
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Finished this up last night.
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Now to get it on the layout.
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Great job on the finishes. I don't see any shiny spots. ;D
Jeff
looks great Andy
Thanks guy's
Jeff I tried hard to get them all
Thanks again Rich for the sign, they came out great.
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Andy,
Your Mauston scratch-built Farmers Co-Op feed mill is making the Milwaukee Road proud. You did an excellent job ! 8) 8) 8)
Definitely an impressive structure. Nice job!
John
Andy,
Great job on the structure. Looks like it now needs some real estate next to some track.
Tom ;D
Thanks guy's for the great comments.
Tom, I have it planted on the layout. I will post pictures of it there when I get that problem fixed with the Milw. Rd. layout post.
Thanks again everyone for looking.
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Super model Andy just cutting and gluing the corrugated on would have driiven me mad! And a second thumbs up for the Loctite gel, that and UHU POR are my two favourite modelling adhesives right now.
Very nice Andy. Great work.
Andy, it turned out very nice
Barry, John and Steve, thanks for giving it a look.
I shared your completed picture with a friend who grew up in Mauston if she recognized the structure.
Her reply: "Yes it was by the railway tracks in town. I think it was painted white at some point"
Chris
Parts of it were painted white sometime in the 80's I think