Feed sacks on palets

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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I took the advice on feed sacks made from 1/4’’ copper tubing (Thank You!!) They came out pretty good. Here is a pic. Mike

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Good job! I’m impressed.

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Nice

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Wow it actually looks pretty darned good. How did you do the markings?
Terry[8D]

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Sometimes the old ways are still the best. [:D]

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That is pretty good. How did the labels go on?

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I am modeling the Cargill Salt mine and could use some sacks of pallets. Would you share the process for making the sacks?
Neal

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Neal this is the thread with the process. The third reponse (TomDiehl).
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=67976
Terry[8D]

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Good morning, and thanks for all the response. As far as the lables go, I simply super glued the sacks to the pallet then spray painted the whole thing the base color, then used a very fine paint brush and Wal Mart craft paint to do the lables. When the paint was all dry, spray with Dullcote and put them in front of the store. I even put a couple of sacks on a flat bed PU truck. Mike

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I was right about the place I originally saw the idea. It was hint number 8-48. The book was originally published in 1965 by Kalmbach. Back then, Model Railroader magazine ran a column called “Kinks” and these hints were collected (“culled” as they say on the cover) from there.

BTW, the cover price on my copy is $2.00!

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Thanks Terry. Thats exactally what I needed to know. I can and will produce some sacks of salt.
thanks again
Neal