The water tower used for the diorama is from a kit made by Model Power. It comes with the parts molded in various colors, and assembles pretty easily. When I assembled the kit I painted certain parts such as the roof of the tower and shack and the trim on the shack. Now looking back I wish I had repainted all the pieces.
I assembled the kit sometime in late 2002. The assembly was uneventful. I did some light weathering at that time. The completed kit was moved around the RLK&T layout. It basically never found a home any where on the layout. Sometime in 2003 it was relegated to the Orphan Model Shelf off the layout.