Water Tower. Craftsman Kit Anyone?

Alan RogersOGR Forum Member

Here in the South Central Valley of California, we get 6" to 8" per year. This is considered a good year. People often had cisterns on their property that used well water, and were gravity fed into their homes.

This water tower used to stand by the SP, where Seventh Standard Road meets Freeway 99 in Bakersfield, California. It had nothing to do with the railroad. I was told it had been in the middle of an old trailer park. It was torn down many years ago, but I managed to measure and draw it while it stood.

This is about a 2 hour project, maybe less if I produce kits for it. Is anyone interested?

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colorado hirailerOGR Forum Member

I dunno...I just finished two different kits for wooden water towers, and those kits

are out there. ((I also have a third "wooden" tank kit (only) that may be intended as

a stock tank, but could go up on posts)) I am detailing the first two and will post pictures later.

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jpv69OGR Forum Member

Admiring for this fine work!

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trainroomgaryOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Hi Alan

I like the story that you told about this water tower and the drawing you made to make it all come together.

Well done.

Gary

• Cheers from The

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colorado hirailerOGR Forum Member

That tower is similar to Bullt-Rite Models kit #410B, that I just completed. Another,

higher wooden tower is the American Model Builders, Inc. kit #472 that I am detailing

now. A third, that I will use as a ground reservoir for the first, is Mile Post Model Works kit #8441, which has a cast urethane tank. There are a couple of building

top tank kits available from the kitbuilder affiliated with OGR. It is not that we don't

need O scale structure kits, such as a small one-chute wooden coaling tower, for a branch or short line, there seem to be several "industrial" water tower kits available

already.

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Alan RogersOGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by colorado hirailer:

That tower is similar to Bullt-Rite Models kit #410B, that I just completed. Another,

higher wooden tower is the American Model Builders, Inc. kit #472 that I am detailing

now. A third, that I will use as a ground reservoir for the first, is Mile Post Model Works kit #8441, which has a cast urethane tank. There are a couple of building

top tank kits available from the kitbuilder affiliated with OGR. It is not that we don't

need O scale structure kits, such as a small one-chute wooden coaling tower, for a branch or short line, there seem to be several "industrial" water tower kits available

already.

Thanks, Colorado. Very helpful!!!

May all your signals be green.....

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mwbOGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by Alan Rogers:

This is about a 2 hour project, maybe less if I produce kits for it. Is anyone interested?

Might want to think about what anybody might expect to find in the box - every little detail - if you're really going to contemplate producing a kit and then costing that out buying what you need right down to the cost of the cost and label.

It's an interesting and educational experience.

9/30/158:30 AM

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Choo Choo BarnOGR Forum Member

PVC Pipe, basswood dome turned on lathe, Plastruct girders. All from a bunch of photos I took at the Strasburg Rail Road. Spout is a Bowser/Selley casting that moves up and down when the train stops to take on water (the motor and mechanics are inside the tank).