Going to build this.. Maybe in O or G
A fan house for ventilating tunnels and mines

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Are you aware of the series of articles in RMC (I think) about a scratchbuild of the structure in the left side of the picture?

Galen

Nope - never saw it... I haven't bought RMC in years

If I stumble across it while unpacking I'll be sure and give you the reference. It may or may not help, depending on what you want to do with it. Either way, it's a great structure and I'm looking forward to see what you do with it!

Galen

Interesting project Mikey!
Ralph

ocalicreek Wrote:If I stumble across it while unpacking I'll be sure and give you the reference. It may or may not help, depending on what you want to do with it. Either way, it's a great structure and I'm looking forward to see what you do with it!

Galen

Thanks! Any help will be appreciated LOL I'm going to download all the pics of the building soon

I was originally thinking of building the entire complex for all 3 "Fan houses" but after seeing the complete floor plan:
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Measuring over 120 ft on the long side, I thought a 7 foot long model would not be a good thing!

I decided then, to build only the Hillman Fan House, that served for ventilation of the Hillman Vein of the coal mines in Wilks-Barre, PA. Shown here:
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Note that it will still end up being a 3 foot X 3 foot X 20 inches tall... This may just take 3 months to complete
It's times like this that I wonder if I should switch (again) to O27 tooges:

Neat project.
Definatly isn't going to be made of plastic.

check RMC february and march 2006. They cover building a vent house.

e-paw Wrote:check RMC february and march 2006. They cover building a vent house.

Neat!! Thanks!!!

Floor plan is done For those of yo0u that model the small scales, i included the original drawing in HO (on 8-1/2 X 11 paper) in the lower right corner.. This will end up being 1:20th scale

Great build Mikey .... maybe i should have gone for a scratchbuild i love to use plasticard and create something different, look forward to more pics.

Interesting choice of prototype. Don't think I have ever seen one of those before.

I am only posting this so I will be notified when you put in an update on your project.