Mills, Wheels & More...   

Everyone likes water tumbling over a moving water wheel.We've added "The Fitz" - a scale all-steel overshoot waterwheel option. Its superior design enabled an efficiency of 90% as compared with the 60% of the wood wheel. Ideal for saw mills, grist mills or ore mines. Mills add realism to your layout in many ways with sound, motion, presence, and beauty. We have been on mill quests while on vacations, road trips and with friends for over almost 40 years. If you have a few moments and would enjoy some nostalgia on mills click on Milling Around

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Product
Description
Cost
Photos &
Links

New
#4000

FitzWheel 6 " Kit
1:24 scale all-steel, overshot wheel
Pieces bolt and snap together, super glue (CA) and painting (red) are recommended. Kit includes 39 pieces of styrene, 40 sets of brass hex bolts with nuts, 4" brass bushing and solid brass 6” axle. Size is 6” x 2” wide. Full Instructions. Painting & assembly required.



Full instructions with step by step pictures (4 pages).
Fitz

$55.00

 

New
#4174
Waterworks Kit
Includes:
6" x 2" Fitz Wheel,
2" x 16" Snap-together Sluice with flow controls,
Raceway plans and reusable formwork.

Kit includes brass hex nuts and bolts; scale bolts with square nuts; styrene bents; flow controls; brass shaft and bushing; hardware cloth; CA glue; two resin cast “Fitz Bearings” (#3030 predrilled); complete instruction book; plus more . . . totals over 225 pieces.

The Waterworks Kit is created with a CO2 laser and cut white polystyrene. Gluing after assembly is required. Painting is recommended.
SKU # 1289 "Raceway Stone"- included is 5 lbs of course stone with 41” of cut capstones. Price: $25.00
Waterworks

$ 134.00

 

# 1302
New
Raceway Stone for Sluices & Waterwheels
Includes a total of 41" of cut capstones and a total of 5 lbs. of stone to complete #4174 Raceway Plans. Please specify stone when ordering. (For #4174 Above)

$ 25.00
#3031
Fitz Journals
Large (2)
Scaled after the Fitz"Bronze Lined Self-Oiling" Bearings. Resin cast. Drilling required. Painting recommended.
$4.00
New
#4167
Masonry/Stone Recessed Mill Slab-Door w/bars Kit
OD 1.87"w X 3.5"h X .67"deep

$ 5.75
New
#4168
Masonry/Stone Recessed Double Door Kit
OD 3.51"w X 4.43"h X .67"deep
$ 8.00
New
#4169
6/6 Pane Dbl Hung Recessed Window Kit
OD1.87"w X 2.87"h X .46"deep
$ 4.00
New
#4170
Masonry/Stone Recessed Dutch-Door w/bars Kit
OD1.87"w X 3.46"h X .67"deep
$ 5.75
New
#4171
4/4 Pane Dbl Hung Recessed Window Kit
OD1.38"w X 2.74"h X .46"deep
$ 4.00
Coming
Spring, 2011
NEW Mill Wheel 8" Kit
1:24 scale wooden, overshot wheel. Laser Styrene.
Replacement for Resin Cast .
This 2" wide wheel is wider than our previous resin cast. Has the detail of wooden wheel construction - 32 paddles.
Painting, gluing and custom installation required.
Resin shown right.

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Coming
Sept 1, 2010

• 2" Sluice Frame

• 2" Flow Control

• 2" Frame to Bent


• How to create a detailed sluice in cement. . . as long as you want. . .that will last forever.

#7050
 How To Model Waterpowered Mills in Real Stone – A Mill Reference and G-Scale Modeling Primer
Over 250 photos. All Color.
Shows 34 Waterwheel Mills from 17 States. Plus 6 Models, and 8 Storyboard How Tos 36. Pages - 8 1/2" x 11"
Click Link: How To-Mills
$ 17.95
#3010
Waterwheel Journal
(1)
Hold waterwheel axle on wheelpost. Unpainted. Requires drilling for axle/shaft, soft metal. Ideal scale for Water Wheel #5000
$ 2.00
#5004
Sluice Flow Control
Cast Resin, Brass and Light Metal pieces. Ideal for sluice spillways and overflows. Full instructions. 1:24
includes gate and wheel assembly (8 pcs)– stainless steel guywire (wire shown)
$ 12.25
#5002
Sluice Frame
Inside dimensions for sluice boards 1 1/4" w x 1 1/16h. Resin cast, unpainted
$ 1.25
#5006
Zig-Zag Sluice Elbow
1"dia. OD For changes in water flow direction and/or elevation 1:24 Resin Cast.
Sluice
$ 2.50

#3124

Man - Suspenders

1:22.5 Painted

$ 5.50


#3011

Gate Wheel (2)

3/4"Dia with Lock paws Kit
$ 2.00

#3013

Grist Pulley Kit

11/16"Dia
$ 2.25
#3208
Gold Medal Flour Sacks (5)
 
$ 10.00
#3185
Man Pulling Flour Sack
Painted, 1:22.5
$ 7.50
#3145
Miller/Storekeeper
Painted, 1:22.5
$ 5.00


#7601
Modeling Views:
Glade Creek Grist Mill, WV
(aka Babcock Mill)
One of the most photographed mills in the U.S. A small mill with all the classic features: alongside a stream; multiple siding patterns; unique cedar shake detail; unusual front porch with trap door for loading, and classic wheel post design.

$5.95
#7604
Modeling Views:
J.T. Lefler Mill, GA (originally Pine Run Mill, VA)
This small mill has all the charming details associated with a mill pond – waterfall, raceway, and sluice. The stonework includes a walkabout access to wheel. Complete with a rusty metal roof.

$5.95

#7609
Modeling Views:
Sutter's Mill, CA


Review
You know the story, what started as a place to run a waterwheel saw mill turned out to create the Gold Rush of California. This open saw mill is an ideal project to combine redwood pieces into vinyl cement patcher castings.

$5.95