assembled separately by cutting the Tichy railings to the appro-
priate length and then cutting the walkways to match. The
walkway assembly was then braced with .020” x .080” styrene
on the underside. The walkways were attached to the elevator
using Evergreen .060” styrene angle. Once the walkways were
assembled, I assembled the Tichy ladder and cage assembly
based on the dimensions from the bottom of the walkway to
the base of the elevator.
The silo distribution piping was constructed with the piping
supplied with the Rix Products Grain Elevator silo piping cut to
length. The distributor heads themselves were made from Lego
parts and the general construction is shown in [30 through
29. Partially completed feed bin elevator and
distribution head. The unpainted photo illustrates the
general construction of the elevator, head assembly and
pulley guard along with handrails, distributor, and Rix
Products piping.
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Silo distribution head
Elevator pulley (0.040” styrene)
Agway Feed Mill - 15
33]. Luckily, the parts were scavenged from a very large box of
Lego parts I had when I was a kid ,and none of my children’s
assembled Lego models were harmed. Otherwise I would have
certainly heard from the complaint department about Dad
stealing Legos.
Car unloading shed
The simplest part of the project is the car-unloading shed. This
is as straightforward as assembling a Pikestuff Modern Small
Engine House kit per the instructions to match the general con-
struction of the prototype shown in [2]. The only detail I added
was the overhead door assembly using styrene shapes [34].
30. The next several photos illustrate how the elevator
distributor head was constructed using a Lego part cut
in half.
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