Walthers prairie grain elevator

[cfritschle]

But the Walthers model is still about 20 feet and two silos short of the Caldwell elevator, which is a small elevator to begin with (in Idaho's smallest town). So the Walthers model is kind of a micro elevator.

Bryan,

As someone who has lived in the Treasure Valley of Idaho all my life, saying Caldwell is Idaho's smallest town is rather offensive.   

All you have to do is take US Highway 20/26 and drive about 8 miles west of Caldwell, and you will come to Notus.  The joke is that if you blink, you won't even notice Notus. 

And if you thought the grain elevator in Caldwell was small, here is a view of the grain elevator in Notus, after it was expanded with the new grain bins on the left.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7248531,-116.7997827,3a,75y,203.1h,98.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTrrBrTp220CpLDfz4JV_1w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

Carter

[nkalanaga]

"so I would need to continue the 'backside' of the silo within the interior for it to look realistic."

You could, if you wished.  I'm sure there a lot of elevators built that way, but I was thinking just a flat concrete wall to line the drive-through.  The actual bin walls wouldn't be seen, so no need to model them.  All you would need are four rectangular pieces of plastic: two walls, a ceiling, and a floor, with a hole and grate for the truck dump.

[sirenwerks]

Bryan,

As someone who has lived in the Treasure Valley of Idaho all my life, saying Caldwell is Idaho's smallest town is rather offensive.   

All you have to do is take US Highway 20/26 and drive about 8 miles west of Caldwell, and you will come to Notus.  The joke is that if you blink, you won't even notice Notus. 

Someone related that it was the smallest town in Idaho, and he works in Idaho. Maybe he was using a less obvious measure than population. Notus? Is that pronounced "Not us"? If so, maybe that's why they're keeping it small, sort of a Flatland's approach.

[Missaberoad]

Caldwell Idaho has 48,000 people... Unless there's a different Caldwell its not a town anymore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell,_Idaho

Love this Shot 
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2218/2179079554_e727b95c12_o.jpg

Looks like there's some tiny places in Idaho... (mind you that's true everywhere)
http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/idaho/id-smallest-towns/

The list is incomplete tho, its missing Avery Idaho which has a population of about 25... 

[Missaberoad]

Another Walthers-esq elevator, This one with a single pair of bins...

[cfritschle]

Someone related that it was the smallest town in Idaho, and he works in Idaho. Maybe he was using a less obvious measure than population. Notus? Is that pronounced "Not us"? If so, maybe that's why they're keeping it small, sort of a Flatland's approach.

Bryan,

It's pronounced "no tus" (sounds a lot like notice). 

When I first started hauling wheat to elevators in the early 1970s, Caldwell had the largest grain receiving elevator in the area.  It consisted of a leg, and three grain bins about 20-25 feet in diameter and approximately 40 feet tall.  When the bins filled, we would dump the wheat on a very large paved parking lot.

Large grain elevators were not built in southwestern Idaho until the latter part of the 1970s.  And, many of the old elevators in the small towns of southwest Idaho still exist, although most of those are not as "fancy" as the Walthers kit.

[cfritschle]

Caldwell Idaho has 48,000 people... Unless there's a different Caldwell its not a town anymore

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldwell,_Idaho

Love this Shot 
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2218/2179079554_e727b95c12_o.jpg

Looks like there's some tiny places in Idaho... (mind you that's true everywhere)
http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/idaho/id-smallest-towns/

The list is incomplete tho, its missing Avery Idaho which has a population of about 25... 

Ryan,

We always consider Bone as the smallest town in Idaho.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone,_Idaho

It made the national news in 1982 when phone service finally reached Bone.