Water tower spouts & mountings

Garden Railroading
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I am in the process of building the SENECA AND CHETOLA LINE garden railway and have been looking for a sorce for the spout and its rigging to scratch build a wooden water tower. I find lots of places to get the complete tower but not just the parts I want. Anyone know of a sorce? I post ocassional progress on the design, building and gardening forum. Thanks Jack

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Jack,

Hartford Products sells the water spout and hardware. I believe it is 1:20.3 in scale. I bought mine there a few years ago. I built the 50,000 gallon water tower out in Colorado in 1/24th scale and the spout looked okay as the water tower is large.

www.hartfordpr.com

Check on the left side for Parts-Alpha Numeric

Part number HP-84 Water spout & hardware 1 set $25.00.

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There is also this resin cast one - http://www.schombergscalemodels.com/cat.php?cat=6 (scroll down about 1/4 page)

I wasn’t terribly impressed with with the large scale commercial offerings so I wound up making my own spout from 1/4" copper tubing (I flared out the bottom end pounding it on a round spike end and back in with pliers). The other bits are chain, cedar, styrene, fishing tackle, etc.

and a close up -

-Brian

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Brian,

What parts did you use for the straps around the tank?

Toad

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It’s rebar wire for tieing up rebar in concrete. You can get a roll of it from the home depot for a few bucks (its a tip I got from Kevin Strong). I cleaned up it with a degreaser and gave it a few coats of spray paint. I used short pieces of aluminum tubing, painted and flattened for the bands.

-Brian

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Brian,

Thanks again for filling me in. Looks great. I was going to use some coat hanger wire and small bolts/nuts, but I like your/Kevens idea better.

Toadie, looking to fill and a long way to go

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Thanks for the info guys. Jack

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Does anyone know how to contact Hartford Products? I’ve tried e-mailing them twice with no answer. I’m using their address listed on their web site. Jack

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Its a real Mom & Pop operation. You will probably get a faster response calling their phone number.

-Brian

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Does anyone have a photo of the Hartford Products spout and hardware? There’s no pic on their website.

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Thanks Brian. As much as I hate to add to the gouging of the phone company, I guess I’ll have to give Hartford Products a call since I can’t find any other sorce for what I’m looking for. Jack

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I recently saw Ozark Miniatures is offering a resin water spout kit. No pics of it though on their website. They are usually responsive to email and maybe can email you a pic.

-Brian

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Thanks Brian, I’ll check it out. Jack