Ken is about as close as one could be to the grain business. In my neck
of the woods the elevators handle mostly rice from the fields. The Port
of Houston also has several large export facilities that would probably
fill half the average basement.
I have used two of the Walther's country grain elevators in S. One is
used with only very minor mods but the other was been reworked
considerably. In my PhotoTraxx album you can see the elevators I'm
talking about. Several visitors have commented saying--that looks a
little like a Walther's kit, I didn't know they made anything in S. The
country grain elevators varied considerably in size so I took those
liberties.
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
On 1/1/12 8:53 PM, mhrywest wrote:
Elevators for the 70's? Wow that really depends, there were still the
small town elevators, some larger COOPs and then the transfer
elevators where grain goes from rail to barge or ship. Heck around
here, the 40 foot boxcar was still critical for hauling grain well
into the 70's. But for the common Country elevator, the American Model
Builders Elevator is still a gem if you can find one. They show an HO
one on their website that is not the same as the kit I build in the
80's maybe. There was a great article in MR about kitbashing an
elevator in HO that shows some good variation. Sorry i don't have an
extra to offer. Jeff Saine and I are going to be building grain
terminals for rail to water transfer. Nothing out of the box works but
it should be doable.
I do have a number of photos of country elevators around the midwest
and a nice book of elevators I picked up a couple years ago. Would be
glad to help out if I have images that would help you but I think if
you can get a kit off someone's shelf to start with, you would be in
good shape.
Ken
