Jefferson water tank

[Keith Hayes]

Jeff, I have a lot of respect for Joe, but I suggest you follow that nice clear photo Rick posted.  Check the files for the standard tank for reference and interpolate the bent height. My spidey sense says it is over 9' based on the photos with the ladders.

[Doug Heitkamp]

Thanks to everybody but especially Jeff and Rick for shedding new light on an old subject. It's amazing what info keeps bubbling up!

[Jeff Young]

Yep, I agree Keith.  Dimmler has the post height at 7'2" which with sill and top plate gives a bent height of 9'2".

I'm not sure what to do with the trough.  My tank sits across from both the siding and the switch from the siding to the spur, so I can't get a box gutter out to the other side.  And the trough without the gutter doesn't make much sense....

[Jeff Young]

[South Park]

"I'm not sure what to do with the trough.  My tank sits across from both the siding and the switch from the siding to the spur, so I can't get a box gutter out to the other side.  And the trough without the gutter doesn't make much sense...."

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  Easy answer ....  rip it all out, and start over !  

  You can thank me later.  

[Jeff Young]

Let's take a closer look at Rick's wonderful photo.



Focus on the second bent from the front (the one with the keg standing next to the frostbox).  Note the diagonal attached to the front of the bent, and in particular where it crosses the front of the frostbox.  Does the bottom look thinner?  In other words, was the frostbox assembled around the cross-brace, rather than the cross-brace being applied over the frostbox?

Then look at the light spot right behind the keg.  This appears to be an opposite diagonal on the far side of the bent.  Note also that the end of it appears to be poking out from the end of the bottom plate of the bent (right next to the tin washbasin).  If so, this cross-brace goes through the frostbox, giving more credence to the frostbox being built around the braces.

[Norm Acker]

Good thread, guys, thanks! I sure am glad to hear about the frostbox built around the center four bents, because that's how I'm building my Waterton tank.

[Jeff Young]

That's a fine looking tank, Norm!

[South Park]

"I sure am glad to hear about the frostbox built around the center four bents,
because that's how I'm building my Waterton tank."

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  They built them with love too.  Try and find THAT in On3 and s3 scale !
 

[Norm Acker]

Thanks Jeff! I made a little more progress with trim and nbw's until I got distracted with building turnouts for South Platte!

The S. Platte hotel is going to be a monster in 1/4"...

[Don Gustavson II]

That is looking great!

[Jeff Young]

South Park wrote

  Easy answer ....  rip it all out, and start over !  

  You can thank me later.  

SP was right.  I just can't ignore something as distinctive as the chute.  But a more surgical intervention for the box gutter that the chute dumps in to went well:







Still need to plant a bit of grass....

(No, no, not that kind, SP.)

Cheers,
Jeff.

[Todd A Ferguson]

Looking good!!!

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South Park wrote

  Easy answer ....  rip it all out, and start over !  

  You can thank me later.  

SP was right.  I just can't ignore something as distinctive as the chute.  But a more surgical intervention for the box gutter that the chute dumps in to went well:







Still need to plant a bit of grass....

(No, no, not that kind, SP.)

Cheers,
Jeff.

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[Don Pacetti]

Awesome stuff here, all. I haven’t built this tank yet and this information will be invaluable!  Thanks a million!

[Jeff Young]

[Bill Uffelman]

Looks great!

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[Chris Walker]

That's some Contest Quality modelling right there.  Gold Award Dioramas!

I'd really like to see what Jeff could do outside of the compromised world of the Layout, i.e. a full sized rendition of Jefferson, everything just as it was, without compromise.

[Jeff Young]

I’d at least get the water tank on the right side of the depot then. ;)

[tonyk375]

Damn layouts are always a compromise.  Great work as always!

[Jeff Young]

Thanks guys!

The barrel is easy, but any ideas on what I could use for the wash-basins?