Murdoch17 Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago My father built his original old grey water tower in this style way back in the late 1990's / early 2000's. When he built my first LEGO train (it was a set 7722 inspired steamer, which gave me the idea for my original red & black color scheme) in 2006, he built me a matching water tower to go with it, but it wasn't until 2014 when I built myself a long-awaited coaling tower using inspiration found on the internet. The two refueling towers were taken apart around 2017, and were subsequently replaced with much bigger versions in a grayscale color scheme. Several years later in 2024, I rebuilt the water tower digitally, but in the original color scheme my Father built his (not the black and red of my original copy), with the addition of a bather up on top, Petticoat Junction style. And finally, in 2025, I've got the design finalized for the reworked coal tower in a matching color scheme. In addition, my brother designed the coal chute as I couldn't get it to look good on my own. The front of the coal tower, with the chute lowered and ready to fill a waiting steam loco with fuel. The rear of the coal tower. The front of the water tower, with the bather up on top in the tank. The rear of the water tower. "Honey I shrunk the steam loco refueling towers!" Size comparison between my nearly a decade old XL fuel towers (in back), and my new smaller ones (in front). Thoughts? Quote
Feuer Zug Posted 13 hours ago Posted 13 hours ago Good looking set of refueling towers. I do like the bigger versions, as they seem more realistic. They might not totally fit on the layout though. Quote
Murdoch17 Posted 7 hours ago Author Posted 7 hours ago 6 hours ago, Feuer Zug said: Good looking set of refueling towers. I do like the bigger versions, as they seem more realistic. They might not totally fit on the layout though. Thanks @Feuer Zug! Yeah, the bigger ones look good, but they dwarf everything else on my layout and feel out of place next to my 6 and 7-studs wide trains. These new towers are much more in-scale with all my MOC's. Quote
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