02-22-2010, 08:47 AM
Ed
I reckon the way to approach modelling Buffalo Springs is selective compression - whilst keeping the operation you have described. Essentially this means shortening the spurs and maybe shrinking the buildings a bit.
For me this will be a shelf layout with the viewing side that of the warehouse, so you look across to the distillery and elevator. This will mean slicing the cased whiskey shed and the bonded warehouse. From the pictures you referred us to this means you will be looking at the shallow floors with barrels (need to get large supply of Grandt Line barrels) and for the cased whiskey building looking through loading doors.
The distillery is then low relief, either kit-bashed from your suggested models or scratch-built using a stone siding and approximating the windows from photos. The elevator is as you say a straightforward design but the cladding is distinctive. There may be something on this site that could be used to wrap around some tubes:
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You are looking across to the coal trestle - is there anything you could say about what this looked like, was it level or inclined up? Then you have the pipe coming across to the bonded warehouse for feed loading. The barrel ramp makes a nice feature and you also get to see where the barrels go.
Ken
I reckon the way to approach modelling Buffalo Springs is selective compression - whilst keeping the operation you have described. Essentially this means shortening the spurs and maybe shrinking the buildings a bit.
For me this will be a shelf layout with the viewing side that of the warehouse, so you look across to the distillery and elevator. This will mean slicing the cased whiskey shed and the bonded warehouse. From the pictures you referred us to this means you will be looking at the shallow floors with barrels (need to get large supply of Grandt Line barrels) and for the cased whiskey building looking through loading doors.
The distillery is then low relief, either kit-bashed from your suggested models or scratch-built using a stone siding and approximating the windows from photos. The elevator is as you say a straightforward design but the cladding is distinctive. There may be something on this site that could be used to wrap around some tubes:
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You are looking across to the coal trestle - is there anything you could say about what this looked like, was it level or inclined up? Then you have the pipe coming across to the bonded warehouse for feed loading. The barrel ramp makes a nice feature and you also get to see where the barrels go.
Ken