Factory chimneys

[Dorsetmike]

Chatting at the AreaGroup yesterday evening a comment was made regarding factory chimneys on models, "Why are there no tapered round chimneys available?"

Maybe understandable for card models but  what stops plastic or cast resin ones being produced, could it possibly be something the 3D printers could produce?

As a rough guide the chimney on the Metcalfe factory and boiler house is about 160mm tall tapering from about 20mm to 15mm.

[Oldman]

Fred Dibnah blew them all up.

[port perran]

Fairly thick rolled paper can be used quite effectively.

[MKP]

there are these available from Walthers

http://www.osbornsmodels.com/933-3289-cornerstone-one-piece-smokestack-pkg2-2021-p.asp

[bridgiesimon]

Also Ratio do a square profile one, http://www.osbornsmodels.com/314-ratio-builder-packs--industrial-chimneys-and-fittings-1814-p.asp

Best wishes
Simon

[Richard @ N'Tastic Scale Models]

I stock this one from Model Tech Studio http://tinyurl.com/k74529j

[tutenkhamunsleeping]

There's something in the Greenmax range that might be of interest to some:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Greenmax-No-2147-Plant-Factory-Equipments-C-1-150-N-scale-/201060547736?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item2ed0247c98

[Dorsetmike]

It was round tapered ones we were after, square, hexagonal or octagonal ones are not a problem, I'd not seen the Walthers nor Greenmax ones, the Model Tech./studios one doesn't look tall enough in the pic, what height is it?, and does it come in other "textures" apart from stone?

[rhysapthomas]

Scalescenes do a hexagonal tapered one which is 13cm high if that is any good