Make An O Scale Flood Loader from a Menards Structure

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In recent years, Wisconsin-based home improvement chain Menards has produced many unique and well-detailed buildings for the O and HO scale model train market. II recently purchased the Menards American Materials Plant #1 in hopes of modifying it to solve a unique problem on my model railroad. Let’s take a look!
This structure is a good fit for small spaces with a footprint of less than 6 inches by 6 inches, yet it has an impressive height of more than 15 inches. While the Menards building is fine as-is, I was not really looking for a sand, gravel, or concrete facility for my railroad. What I really wanted for my layout was a coal flood loader. I saw the Menards Materials Plant and thought I might be able to use it as the start of a coal loader facility and save myself a lot of time and design work.
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Комментарии : 31

@georgebenson6036 2 месяца назад

Mike, excellent project video. I think that tall vertical structures like yours help make a layout. Thanks for sharing.

@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks 2 месяца назад

Glad you liked it!

@tkwain272 4 месяца назад

That turned out awesome!

@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks 4 месяца назад

Thanks!

@Dawsonsrailfanadventures74 7 месяцев назад

I really like this whole idea i 100% support this whole thing and it’s giving me inspiration

@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks 7 месяцев назад

Great!!!

@huntercoleman460 7 месяцев назад

Great work Mike.

@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks 7 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@Engine1988 7 месяцев назад

I got a great idea! Based on an article in MR magazine, I am going to make some of my layout literally flip around to show a different scene. One such scene is Lignite, which has a coal mine. The other is Menardsville, which has a grain elevator. Since this structure would be too big for the changing scene, I plan to set it aside from that panel, and, in addition to making it a functioning coal loader, I will use it as both part of the mine AND as the grain elevator!

@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks 7 месяцев назад

Sounds ambitious. Let us know how it works out!

@Engine1988 7 месяцев назад

@@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks If you think that was ambitious, you should see the rest of my plans! In other words, might have to wait a little while (a couple years) till I even start that section.

@OgaugeTrainsplusslotCars 7 месяцев назад

Nice buildings

@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks 7 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@DRCRailroard 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, Mike. I've been looking for a reason to get the materials handling structure, but I haven't figured out a good location for it that works. I was thinking it had good potential to be kit bashed also. I'm modeling a midwest layout in the 50's-60's, so I don't want permanent buildings that look too modern looking. I wish Menards would reissue the Morton salt plant. I grew up near the salt mines, and that was one of the coolest structures Menards ever made. It was already out of production by the time I was even aware they sold them. I think one of the most frustrating problems associated with O-scale is that there just aren't a lot of really good industrial models made like the Walthers models made for HO. I'm looking for a decent grain silo or grain bins. I would like to see Menards make a John Deere or Oliver tractor supply building. I just accept that most things will need to be scratched built if you want them. I'm in the process of scratch building a car bridge and adding some short extensions for some girder bridges. Scratch building a tractor supply building is a ways down on the list. I'm a little bit particular in that they need to look somewhat authentic and not all plasticialy like the Plasticville stuff.

@ToyTrainTipsAndTricks 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the comments. You might think with all of the ACF hoppers they have been making a silo would be in the works. Maybe.