I got a buddy that has some store bought silos. I traced his on 1/4" plywood and used them as a pattern. I think the center are copies of some commercially sold stuff and the two outer one are magnums. I am not naming any names to protect the innocent, like me.
I also have some hawkeyes I patterned to make out of some thick stuff my buddy gave me.
I have not used any stakes yet. I was thinkin of doing the welding rod like some one else suggested before and melting it in so I never leave a rod in the field to blow a tracker tire as that sure to lose rights to hunt next year!!!!!!!!!! I cut them out one at a time with a box cutter knife. I bough 3 sheets for $36 something and only used two so far and got 15 on one and 17 on the other. Once I do the 3rd I will have 4 dozen or more.
Here is the finished on with the folder spray patterns I made next to them
The far right template is used to make the white cheek. The one on the top right is used to protect the black neck area when spraying the body. Top left to protect the tail and white from boddy paint. Left middle to protect tail when sprying white belly. And bottom left to spray white belly again if over spray got on it.
I sprayed several to get a pattern of how to make them. I do the black head and tail first. Then the white belly both two coated. Then gray the body and then camo brown the upper and center body. The lightly over spray the brown to lighten it some and fade it into the gray, Very little !!
Here is the finished silo. I have to respray the white cheek. I bought the $1 flat white at walmart and it runs and sucks. The $1 black is good though.
Rob