So, one of the O scale buildings came with a rooftop water tower. Now, of course it's just some plain plastic. The top is nice with seams and rivets, but the rest was
blah, in my opinion. So, I did some work to it to make it look a little more appealing.
The nice things about all that I did, was that most could be duplicated without having the plastic tower to begin with. If instead of the plastic water tank, you started with a carboard tube, built the base from balsa, and made a top from card, all the rest would still work.
I'm going to put up the steps I took this weekend, but for now I have a before and after picture.
Enjoy.
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