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Detail parts for N coaling towers...
« on: January 05, 2017, 04:41:07 AM »
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Ladders, platforms and railings are all available in brass, but what about coaling chutes and any other details a concrete tower would need? Hopefully parts in brass but anything will be looked at.


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Re: Detail parts for N coaling towers...
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2017, 06:14:24 AM »
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Pictures or documentation would be most helpful.

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Re: Detail parts for N coaling towers...
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2017, 06:22:19 AM »
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Alkem might still have parts.

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Re: Detail parts for N coaling towers...
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2017, 01:52:03 AM »
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The chutes & stuff on the HO Walthers Concrete one are desireable. This is pretty much what I'd like

https://www.tichytraingroup.com/Shop/tabid/91/c/ho_structure-parts/p/8003/Default.aspx

In N, of course. And any kind of medium: plastic, brass, Shapeways, etc. (not wood)

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Re: Detail parts for N coaling towers...
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2017, 01:34:17 PM »
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The angle brackets and handwheels on that HO sprue look like parts you could get from Grandt Line in N Scale.

The rest of it looks like pretty flat rectangular shapes that would just be flat sheets and strips of brass.
The spouts would be harder to scratchbuild, so I can see how castings would help there. 

Does it really have to be brass?  The Grandt Line plastic stuff is very finely made.