Val,
I grew up in Torrington, just up the river from Scottsbluff. Anyway, after
hearing the various suggestions, I went on-line and found seeds. The anise
seeds look the best to me and they are available in bulk (5# for less than 20
bucks!). If I make foam blocks for the cars and foam forms for the piles, I
should be able to cover them with the seeds using the "bonded ballast" method.
The only problem I anticipate might be the smell. Unstead of the protoypical
sugar beet smell, anise is what's used to flavor licorice! Should be
interesting.
Rick Patterson
From: Val Nelson
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Sugar beets
Of the loads that Walthers carries, the Chooch loads look the best to me.
I tend to try to be innovative when I do stuff like this. Sometimes my ideas
work and a lot of the time they don't. lol But that's all part of the fun, so
it's all good.
I grew up in the southern Nebraska Panhandle almost near the North Platte river
valley (Scottsbluff area) and the sugar beat loads were always a pale white and
lavendar-ish
color when they were harvested. But in the stock piles, the beats turn brown
and look a lot like giant sweet potatoe skins. From the ground, the beats in
hopper cars look
almost like giant spit-balls. Maybe (I'm brainstorming here) you could do
something with crepe/tissue paper or Kleenex or toilet paper, if you have the
time to experiment.
lol Also, very-course saw dust could work, especially wood chips from balsa
wood or some other white wood. You never know until you try something. -Val
Ken Martin wrote:
> Rick,
>
> I once saw a model Suffering Pathetic car with a load of sugar beets
> made from some seeds, looked great. I want to say they were caraway
> seeds but don't quote me on that. Since I can't recall for certain, I
> looked at Walther's web site and found Chooch has two sugar beet loads
> and Detail Associates will TBA.
>
> Good luck with the factory.
>
> Ken Martin
>
> Richard Patterson wrote:
> >
> > I am beginning the installation of a sugar factory and need some advice.
> > Does anyone on the list have suggestions as to what might be used to model
> > sugar beets in HO?
> > Thanks,
> > Rick Patterson
> > Worland, Wyoming
> >
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