Description
The N Scale Standard Water Tank with Pump House LASERkit from American Model Builders, part of the Branchline Series, is typical of tanks located at strategic points along the line, at stations, and at major terminals. While tank construction varied from railroad to railroad, the basic shape changed little over the years. The most notable change was that tapered tanks evolved into straight-sided wooden tanks, as well as the eventual use of steel for both the tank and supporting structure.
This kit represents a 50,000-gallon straight-side wooden tank on a wooden support structure and resting on wooden beams. It's typical of those used from the mid-1800s through the early to mid-1900s and the end of steam. Over the years, many saw modifications of their hardware and supports. This tank is based on one in a Missouri Pacific Railroad plan book as well as from photographs of other railroads' similar tanks. The look of the included pump house, which housed the pump mechanism for moving the ground water up into the tank, was devised in the same manner. The kit includes two different styles of tank roof - flat or peaked, for variety or prototype matching on your layout.
The Standard Water Tank with Pump House kit has a real wood tank with custom scribed birch plywood wrapper and peel-and-stick tank bands; easy-to-assemble laser-cut wood beam support structure; built-up access ladder and water gauge; cast metal spout, fine brass wire, and plastic rod-tubing for modeling the water delivery system; optional cast resin peaked roof with simulated rolled roofing detail; and small wooden pump house featuring tab-and-slot and peel-and-stick construction. The finished tank measures 2" 5.1cm square and 2-1/2" 6.4cm tall (2-3/4" 7cm tall with the peaked roof). The pump house measures 3/4 x 1 x 7/8" 1.9 x 2.5 x 2.2cm. The Standard Water Tank with Pump House kit is one of many N Scale structures from American Model Builders.
This kit represents a 50,000-gallon straight-side wooden tank on a wooden support structure and resting on wooden beams. It's typical of those used from the mid-1800s through the early to mid-1900s and the end of steam. Over the years, many saw modifications of their hardware and supports. This tank is based on one in a Missouri Pacific Railroad plan book as well as from photographs of other railroads' similar tanks. The look of the included pump house, which housed the pump mechanism for moving the ground water up into the tank, was devised in the same manner. The kit includes two different styles of tank roof - flat or peaked, for variety or prototype matching on your layout.
The Standard Water Tank with Pump House kit has a real wood tank with custom scribed birch plywood wrapper and peel-and-stick tank bands; easy-to-assemble laser-cut wood beam support structure; built-up access ladder and water gauge; cast metal spout, fine brass wire, and plastic rod-tubing for modeling the water delivery system; optional cast resin peaked roof with simulated rolled roofing detail; and small wooden pump house featuring tab-and-slot and peel-and-stick construction. The finished tank measures 2" 5.1cm square and 2-1/2" 6.4cm tall (2-3/4" 7cm tall with the peaked roof). The pump house measures 3/4 x 1 x 7/8" 1.9 x 2.5 x 2.2cm. The Standard Water Tank with Pump House kit is one of many N Scale structures from American Model Builders.
