Brian’s been back in touch with his model grain silo kitbash:
“Hi Alastair,
Been on holiday in Cape Town for 14 days and now back home and working on a building kit bash – The Grain Silos.
Below is how it would look as built according to the instructions.
Photo off the box lid. Unfortunately it did not suit the position if built this way as shown in the above photo.
Same again showing assembled as per instructions.
I hade to do a back to front and mirror image of it to fit the real estate. The tower was not a problem but the smaller building had to be cut narrower including the roof.
Here the roof was painted a gun metal colour to make the rust weathering easier. The feeder pipe was given the same treatment.
The tower and building was sprayed white and will be weathered later. The Silos were sprayed with a concrete colour and will also get the weathered look later.
Floors were added as well as roller doors – 2 open and 1 closed. Details and lights will also be added.
A view looking east down the tracks towards the Silos.
Another view closer to the milling company dock. Track work still needs to be fixed down and once happy with the layout of it then ground cover will be added.
Just trying a different brick industry to see if it improves the format. I may still add a point to take a spur to the Silos as seen on the right hand side.
A HUGE thank you to Alistair for keeping this site up with all modelers fantastic contributions.
Brian – the HOn3 guy in Knysna RSA”
A big thanks to Brian for sharing his model grain silo kitbash.
I do love the way he changes all of his models to suit his layout – I think that’s why it has so much character.
Over the years, Brian has done so many posts, you reall get a feel of why it’s worthwhile to try your hand at kitbashing.
Have a look at some of his previous posts and you’ll see what I mean:
That’s all for today folks.
Please do keep ’em coming.
And if you are bored of everybody else having all the fun, the Beginner’s Guide is here.
Best
Al
PS Latest ebay cheat sheet is here.
very nice. the lighting is cool nice grain silo.
Brian
When I realize it’s the Brian from SA my eyes light up and like Pavlov’s dogs drool waiting for some outstanding treats and sure enough I was thrown a great article to chew on. You saw that the kit was not quite right for the space and my approach would be to squeeze & compromise never thinking that bashing would provide the better answer. Your talents, eye, and abilities are so above the average modeler’s abilities and so your result was by far the superior one.
I so hope you keep making stuff and show us mortals how to make an average thing a Brian quality thing. Many thanks
Big Al
My java and a Brian how to- Its a great morning.😁
Great to see Brian again, makes wonderful improvements to Kits. Thinking out of the box helps us all to be more creative.
THANKS AGAIN ALASTAIR.
Great kit bash! Yes never be afraid of trying something new and change things up.
Brian……. interesing…..nice job
I like your layout, and you’ve done a great job of kitbashing. There is one thing that bothers me though. That grain silo in real life would hold a heck of a lot of grain. on your layout how does the grain get in the silos? The addition of a siding behind the silos would simulate the unloading from rail cars to the silos to represent the large amount of grain that those silos would hold.
Having been by the Red Wing Mill several times (Red Wing, MN on the Mississippi & served by CP (former Milw Rd) this is a great job!