Ed,
As I noted earlier, I’m assembling the Tichy tank now. When you got to the point of adding the ladder standoffs did you only use 4, per the instructions, or did you use 7? The ladder sections each have 7 pairs of posts for standoffs. It seems like it would be more realistic to use all 7 (there are enough standoffs in the kit to do it) since they’re about 5 scale feet apart. Seems that distance would be closer to a simulation of the prototype as far as stability of the ladder is concerned. Also, as far as I can tell, the only way for the ladder to reach the roof edge is to cement part of another ladder section to the main one…agree?
-Chuck
It’s been a while so I had to look. I only see the four on the leg and one solid bracket at the top.
Tichy_Tank by Edmund, on Flickr
The ladder stays pretty straight and the cage helps to stiffen it.
Tichy_Tank Ladder by Edmund, on Flickr
I built mine probably twenty years ago. Don Tichy has contributed many fine kits and details to the hobby.
Hope that helps, Ed
Ok…thanks, Ed…looks like somewhere between 4 and 7 standoffs will be acceptable. Also, the photo of the roofline gives me a good idea of how to position the gussets.
Yes, Don Tichy’s kits and various detail pieces have supplied me with just what I need for my 1920s-era railroad. The detail he incorporates is remarkable.
-Chuck
U-3-b,
Thanks for reply…I had the opportunity to visit Durand one day years ago. Was a busy place from what I’ve read. I don’t remember seeing a tank then (maybe somewhere around 2010 or so), but it had probably been razed long before. Good that the station there has been essentially left intact. I looked at a Google satellite view of the trackage and yards at Elsdon, but didn’t see a tank. Again, the GTW probably removed it decades ago.
I think I’ve now got enough info from this forum and elsewhere for the appropriate size and placement of the Tichy tank I’m assembling.
-Chuck
I just came across this interesting installation of a steel water tank located between two highways and a grade crossing!
Short And Stout by 95wombat, on Flickr
Do this on your layout and get ready for some finger wagging. “You would never see a tank in a location like that!”
Cheers, Ed