Irish cement silo

[IrishModelRail]

Hi lads,

 

Does anybody know where I can get my hands on a cement silo similar to the prototypical examples in either Cork or Tullamore?

 

Thanks,

Seán.

[josefstadt]

Seán, I don't think anybody produces these. Walthers has a kit called the 'Medusa Cement Company' but this includes eight silos and they don't look very like the Irish examples. Your best bet would probably be to scratch build your silo using a length of plastic pipe or a cardboard tube covered in thin plasticard. Check out these sites:

and http://www.windsor-modular.com/tips-silos.php

[IrishModelRail]

Seán, I don't think anybody produces these. Walthers has a kit called the 'Medusa Cement Company' but this includes eight silos and they don't look very like the Irish examples. Your best bet would probably be to scratch build your silo using a length of plastic pipe or a cardboard tube covered in thin plasticard. Check out these sites:

and http://www.windsor-modular.com/tips-silos.php

 

Thanks for the help, I had feeling there was no 'ready to plant' versions.

[Broithe]

Somebody did build a really nice one a while back - possibly on the old site - can anybody remember who it was?

 

I wonder if it was Geoergeconna...?

[josefstadt]

Somebody did build a really nice one a while back - possibly on the old site - can anybody remember who it was?

 

I wonder if it was Geoergeconna...?

 

Scahalane built a cement depot as part of his stunning 'Kent Station' layout. Was it that one you were thinking of?

[BosKonay]

http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/65-scahalane-s-Workbench?highlight=silo

 

Well worth a read

[heirflick]

http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/65-scahalane-s-Workbench?highlight=silo

 

Well worth a read

 

...that lad is another genius!

[Broithe]

Scahalane built a cement depot as part of his stunning 'Kent Station' layout. Was it that one you were thinking of?

 

That's the one - I knew it had an 'a' in it....

[Riversuir226]

Georgeconna built one alright, it was on the old site. Scalahanes is pretty sweet though. Must get moving on my one

[Broithe]

Georgeconna built one alright, it was on the old site.

 

I feel so vindicated.....

[josefstadt]

Well remembered Broithe! Here's a pic of George's silo from the old site:

 

 

A superb replica of an interesting prototype.