[wombat457]

So here are Steps Two and Three:

As you can see, I messed up the opening size a tad - live and learn and luckily I planned for this and put the door in the Rear of the Tower where it can't be seen

 

[Old_Hobo]

A door would definitely help, so the firefighters can get in to hang the hoses…. 😆

 

[wombat457]

A door would definitely help, so the firefighters can get in to hang the hoses…. 😆

Good point -

 

[sjm9911]

I am not a modeler, but if you wanted take some stiring sticks, frame out the door smaller and then put the door in. Will just look like cool moulding.

 

[wombat457]

I am not a modeler, but if you wanted take some stiring sticks, frame out the door smaller and then put the door in. Will just look like cool moulding.

That would have been a perfect solution - half an hour ago

Have already put the door in and used Deluxe Putty to fill the gaps then put a frame around it. I'll post a pic as soon as the framing is dry.

 

[wombat457]

Well, this is how it turned out:

Don't think I'll be trying to put in windows after this though

 

[sjm9911]

Looks perfect!

 

[wombat457]

Thank you @sjm9911 - I wouldn't say it was perfect BUT it did turn out better than I thought it was going to

 

[Old_Hobo]

Not bad at all!

 

[wombat457]

@Old_Hobo

Thank you - appreciate it 🍺

Now I am trying to sort a roof for it ... not sure how this will turn out ????

 

[wombat457]

This is the fame work for the proposed roof/observation/Bell area:

 

[wombat457]

So the question now is this -

What to use to simulate fire hoses?

I have seen where people have used solder and stranded wire but that doesn't seem real enough and am hoping for something that more closely resembles a canvass fire hose. Any thoughts on what could be used?

 

[Conductorkev]

So the question now is this -

What to use to simulate fire hoses?

I have seen where people have used solder and stranded wire but that doesn't seem real enough and am hoping for something that more closely resembles a canvass fire hose. Any thoughts on what could be used?

String cheese!! That probably would turn moldy.. .. for n scale what about using a piece of wire just painted a creamy white maybe with some darker spots whee it's been thru the mud and you probably won't see the ends and if you can see it I'm not sure...

 

[sjm9911]

Awning thread or twine? Not sure about the size.

 

[Conductorkev]

Awning thread or twine? Not sure about the size.

I thought about twin also but could not think of the word since I had just recently woke up lol

 

[Old_Hobo]

Well, since fire hoses are flat when not charged, maybe you could use flat shoe laces of the appropriate width and color, maybe dipped in thinned white glue to hold the shape when draped over the top rods….

 

[Fire21]

Something like this, but way more complex to activate it.

I was not aware of those horns. My hometown had a motorized siren that sat atop a tall pole just outside the fire station. Two blasts of it meant a fire somewhere in town, three blasts meant it was out in the county. It gave the volunteers some idea of where things were happening. They also blew it at noon every Mon-Sat.

 

[Fire21]

Well, since fire hoses are flat when not charged, maybe you could use flat shoe laces of the appropriate width and color, maybe dipped in thinned white glue to hold the shape when draped over the top rods….

A typical flat shoelace would make about a 12-18" hose in N scale! Or more!

 

[sjm9911]

I was not aware of those horns. My hometown had a motorized siren that sat atop a tall pole just outside the fire station. Two blasts of it meant a fire somewhere in town, three blasts meant it was out in the county. It gave the volunteers some idea of where things were happening. They also blew it at noon every Mon-Sat.

You'll flip when you see the control mechanism. It was working 23? years ago, then the guy that fixed it retired. The compony said, he learned from his father, and his father from his. It was a mash up up, telegraph, low voltage or old phone wires hook to a cog box that gave the signals to release the air and blow the whistle. The main compresser was in the basement, and a line ran to the tower. There was 2 holding tanks in the tower. It was something to see and here.

 

[wombat457]

A typical flat shoelace would make about a 12-18" hose in N scale! Or more!

Correct - 4" in N Scale equates to about .040" in real measurements. .020" = approximately 2.5".

In other words - I need something really really thin. Perhaps some "heavy EZ-Line"???