I am looking to scratchbuild a feed mill, its more fun to build em yourself. I do not need detailed plans just a foot print, and a side elevation or 2 the rest i can imagineer. Old MRR Magazines had tons of building plans ( a few of the latest issues have them again and I am i heaven) most importantly the gave footprints, not that I want to copy an already produced kit, it will always be unique as a scratchbuilt, but its hard even with my best friend google to get what i am looking for
In the past I have found the locations of structures I have wanted to model. I then used Google Earths measuring tool to get some very accurate “footprint” measurements. The tough part is getting the address of the building you want to measure. A little detective work of cross referencing usually yields the wanted results. Good luck.
Are you talking an older feed mill or modern one? Very different size and construction. There’s one near me on the CSX (google map around Decherd Tn) that looks pretty much like a modern grain elevator… On option may be to check the websites of major railroads in the area you’re modeling. They often list major customers. Then google/bing maps to show the area. I find both google and bing to be useful for different reasons. Google maps has the roadside view while Bing has aerial closeups.
The Gilmore mill and the Nickels mill are now laser kits by Branchline, the Hinkle mill is a large AMB laser kit and the Waukesha mill is the basis for Walther’s Sunshine mill kit.
