12-27-2010, 06:08 AM
FCIN Wrote:...Across the street is Alaska Mill & Feed Fertilizer that also has a rail spur. In this aerial view you can see a covered hopper spotted at both these industries...Those kind of industry requiring some kind of loading/unloading/storage facilities for stuff transported in covered hoppers is quite common to find. The problem is the level of detail required to have a nice model is quite high. The piping, platforms, ladders, handrails etc. are quite complicated. In Vernon is a nice bakery. A "shoebox building" but they have external unloading and storage facilities for flour. From model point of view similar to Mill & Feed Fertilizer.
I did search plastic kits that could be used as a good starting point for kit bashing.
The "standard" Walthers grain elevators are of little use for that purpose. The new ethanol industry might be a base for kit bashing but I do not feel comfortable to buy kits for more than $100 for kit bashing purposes only.
Reinhard