any thoughts

[MR SPOCK]

[align=center]I got some offcuts of gas pipe from a skip last week,
I thought it would make some silo towers,
anyone any idea what would look best, the longest in the pic is over 1M high and the short one is 65cm, that roughly means 100ft and 65ft high, I only want to make a small silo like for a local mixing feed store,

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[Rhinochugger]

I think it needs short, stubby wings and a tail fin

 

[MR SPOCK]

I think it needs short, stubby wings and a tail fin

[align=center]Never thought about that could be a good hiding place for a rocket, anyone got a spare Thunderbird 1?
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[Andy Worsfold]

Yes actually I have......but its the wrong scale though? FAB.

 

[MR SPOCK]

Yes actually I have......but its the wrong scale though? FAB.

[align=center]Just had a dark thought, I live on the flight path to a military airbase, maybe I dont want to hide a rocket in a silo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[Richie]

I would go with the short one Pete as if you are planning to build the one in the pic the building will be around the metre mark with the silos at 65cm if you use the metre tall silos the building going to be alot taller (more chance of blowing over)

 

[MR SPOCK]

I would go with the short one Pete as if you are planning to build the one in the pic the building will be around the metre mark with the silos at 65cm if you use the metre tall silos the building going to be alot taller (more chance of blowing over)

[align=center]I stood a box car on end and it was forty foot, two on end was eighty, but as I have only got the three lumps of pipe then 65 is looking the way,I can join the two offcuts together to make four stacks then, and as you say the cupola on top will make it even taller, I was going to bolt the whole lot together so as to make a wind break, its always windy here,
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[deltic dave]

cut the 2 long ones to same length as short one then cut all three along their lengths
so you have six half pipes , build the blockhouse and mount 3 half pipes one side and
three the other ,only you will know there only half silos.!
my first post so hope it helps.

 

[MR SPOCK]

cut the 2 long ones to same length as short one then cut all three along their lengths
so you have six half pipes , build the blockhouse and mount 3 half pipes one side and
three the other ,only you will know there only half silos.!
my first post so hope it helps.

Brilliant idea Dave will look at that in the morning, cheers

 

[gregh]

I started off thinking I would use 4 'tubes' in a 'square' when I started building a wheat silo, as that was the minimum I'd ever seen in the prototype. But I thought it looked just too big for where I wanted to put it. So I only used two, even though it's not prototypical. Still looks OK I think.
The tubes are 600mm high and 150 mm dia.

 

[MR SPOCK]

Looks neat that Greg, maybe I should to four square instead of six, , I wanted to use tall structures as a wind break but the height is a bit much, I am sure I have seen two tower types for animal feed mills somewhere ,​

 

[Dtsteam]

If you look at the second piccy on this link, there is a 'back lot' of smaller silo's that might be worth considering with the offcuts.

http://millpictures.com/Mills/details.cfm?millid=579

 

[gregh]

In case it helps, the standard concrete wheat silo in Australia was 65' high, with a roof 6' high, and 16'-6" diameter.

 

[New Haven Neil]

You can only just make out in the background my elevator on our old exhibition layout - half round gutters painted white, four feet tall, held up with velcro to the backscene!

 

[Woderwick]

I am working on some in N at the moment. They are a foot tall so in G you must be getting on a bit more ? IMO The key issue is to make sure that although the thing is made up of tubes (in my case, cardboard) it does n't end up looking like a exactly that, a collection of tubes stuck together.

Some concrete silos/elevators are made from a continuous pouring process and leave characteristic lines as along the length of the structure as the formwork rises. Also the cylinders have a curved "fill" between them. If this is omitted the resulting structure does look very convincing to me.

Here are some shots of mine so far, I used postal tubes with card overlay pre-printed with some concrete textured card I drew up in photoshop from original photos. To me it's the only way of capturing the complex patterns of man and nature in my lifetime. I just could n't get a realistic effect trying to hand paint the concrete.

Granted not much use outside, so the overlay would have to be 20thou plasticard or similar, to do away with "these are tubes stuck together effect". In my case there are 27 silos(only 9 on this segment, its cut away at the back to conceal a track up against a wall), but the theory is good for 2 or 20. As always get yourselves some real pictures to work from, it's suprising how a subject that one thinks as realistic turns out to be total poo when you do that.

Laters

 

[MR SPOCK]

If you look at the second piccy on this link, there is a 'back lot' of smaller silo's that might be worth considering with the offcuts.

http://millpictures.com/Mills/details.cfm?millid=579

[align=center]Thanks for that link David, that about the size I was thinking of when i started planning neat
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[MR SPOCK]

In case it helps, the standard concrete wheat silo in Australia was 65' high, with a roof 6' high, and 16'-6" diameter.

[align=center]Perfect dimensions for my pipes
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[MR SPOCK]

You can only just make out in the background my elevator on our old exhibition layout - half round gutters painted white, four feet tall, held up with velcro to the backscene!

[align=center]Getting better ideas all of the time ,
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[MR SPOCK]

I am working on some in N at the moment. They are a foot tall so in G you must be getting on a bit more ? IMO The key issue is to make sure that although the thing is made up of tubes (in my case, cardboard) it does n't end up looking like a exactly that, a collection of tubes stuck together.

Some concrete silos/elevators are made from a continuous pouring process and leave characteristic lines as along the length of the structure as the formwork rises. Also the cylinders have a curved "fill" between them. If this is omitted the resulting structure does look very convincing to me.

Here are some shots of mine so far, I used postal tubes with card overlay pre-printed with some concrete textured card I drew up in photoshop from original photos. To me it's the only way of capturing the complex patterns of man and nature in my lifetime. I just could n't get a realistic effect trying to hand paint the concrete.

Granted not much use outside, so the overlay would have to be 20thou plasticard or similar, to do away with "these are tubes stuck together effect". In my case there are 27 silos(only 9 on this segment, its cut away at the back to conceal a track up against a wall), but the theory is good for 2 or 20. As always get yourselves some real pictures to work from, it's suprising how a subject that one thinks as realistic turns out to be total poo when you do that.

Laters

[align=center]OMG, if thats N then I need to downsize, and if you had said this was G scale I would have believed ye, super job done there, wow
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[Woderwick]

Thanks, Conveyer houses now, two down, one to go.

Grain from all over