Did we approach a new level of completion on this very wonderful power plant?
modelbuilder wrote: roadman 68 wrote: The four large stacks are Walthers. Each stack sets on a block of wood I believe 2x2 by 3.5 or 4 inches tall that has been covered with a Plastruct block or brick sheet. I noticed when I was in Florida that a large power plant in Fort Lauderdale had the red and white striping. The smaller stacks are plastic tubing with with thin hobby shop wire used as support cables. LarryHere is the over head shot of the facility NICE JOB. Could you provide an overall overhead shot of the power plant? I am looking to build something similar to this on a layout I am working on.
roadman 68 wrote: The four large stacks are Walthers. Each stack sets on a block of wood I believe 2x2 by 3.5 or 4 inches tall that has been covered with a Plastruct block or brick sheet. I noticed when I was in Florida that a large power plant in Fort Lauderdale had the red and white striping. The smaller stacks are plastic tubing with with thin hobby shop wire used as support cables. Larry
The four large stacks are Walthers. Each stack sets on a block of wood I believe 2x2 by 3.5 or 4 inches tall that has been covered with a Plastruct block or brick sheet. I noticed when I was in Florida that a large power plant in Fort Lauderdale had the red and white striping. The smaller stacks are plastic tubing with with thin hobby shop wire used as support cables.
Larry
Here is the over head shot of the facility
NICE JOB. Could you provide an overall overhead shot of the power plant? I am looking to build something similar to this on a layout I am working on.
Very nice job Roadman,
Please tell us about the chimminies, how did you fabricate them?? They look great.
James:1 Verse:5
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Simon 1966,
The brick sheets are styrene and similar to those manufactured by Plastruct. They are 5" X 9" and are approximate .020 in thickness. I initially painted the structure with a Krylon flat white and then airbrushed a lighter boxcar red over the top. This way I can control how much white I wanted to show through. On close inspection you can see the base white coming through on the morter lines. The structure has not really been weathered other than airbrushing some grimy black and fine grays into the brick to simular soot. I used a general contact cement to attach the sheets to the Gatorboard. I decided to go with a external skeleton on the building so I could hide some of the seams where the brick sheets come together. Seams that are butted to one another are filled with spackeling compound. I started this project about two years ago, but I only work on the layout during the fall, winter and spring.
The entire structure is about 48-50 inches long.
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum
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The color was Sherwin Williams flat "Universe Blue". Code:BM-33-04.
Classic 99 EW
The color formula is:
BAC Colorant OZ: 32 64 120
B1 Black 3
L1 Blue 59
R3 Magenta 9 1
This was blended in one gallon of Extra White A27W51
If this not enough information for getting the blue, I can fax the remainder of the information to you. It came from a Sherwin Williams store.
Hope this helps
The sanding tower and Snyder fuel cranes are American Limited Models from Walthers but they can be found through other hobby outlets. The red diesel fuel pump and stand with barrels are from Woodland Scenics. It is one of their diecast metal pieces. I can remember where the horizontal 55 gallon drums came from but if you look up 55 gallon drums on Walthers, it should do a search for you.
The background paint is a sky blue from Sherwin Williams and the clouds are Krylon Flat White, just sprayed about six inches away. If anyone needs the sky paint number, I can get it.
Love the buildings and the sky. How did you do your clouds?
JaRRell
Impressive! Particularly the concrete bases under each stack. That really helps "Bulk out" the big plant without totally going through the wall into the next room.
You are probably going to need 2 hopper cars per boiler per hour with two more for reserve coal pile. That is how I would handle the coal to that plant.
Thank you for the compliments. I still have to purchase a Walthers Substation kit and more details. The track is presently "T" pinned to the foam board until I am sure it is the way I want it. I am still deciding if I want to put roadbed under the main (closest track to the edge). The plant spur extends beyond both the left and right corners of the picture, so there is plenty of storage for both loaded and unload cars.
The coal pile is coming together from stacked 2" foam board that has been wedding caked. I decided to use plaster wrap over the top and paint it black. While the paint is still wet I will sprinkle on the black ballast. Most coals piles from plants don't seem to be super high and this one will be about four inches. It will be setting in the coved right corner.
Roadman,
Welcome to the forum!
Your scratchbuilding looks great! Very effective use of the Walthers brick sheets for modeling the flat structure against the background.
Thanks for sharing,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
Welcome.
Some nice work there. Looks like you'll get a lot of switching action.
Chip
Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
After being unable to find a suitable size coal burning power plant model, I decided to scratch build a structure using Gatorboard and Walthers brick sheets. Since it was going to be the center piece of my layout, I wanted to make sure it was large enough to receive several loads of coal, possibly on a daily basis. The conveyors are Walthers. The transfer towers are scratch built with minor details to be finished (ladders). I also included a picture of my Atlas three stall and fueling station.