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Oil storage and loading facility

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    December 2004
  • From: Bedford, MA, USA
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Posted by MisterBeasley on Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:06 AM

Very nicely finished off.  I like the DANGER signs.

Who made the fence?  I think that really completes the scene well.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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  • From: oregon
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Posted by oleirish on Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:01 PM

I was wondering what you made the tanks of???I could  use PVC pipe , no problem but how did you do the tops??I'am working on an oil tank farm With oil felds and pumps as well,Well maybe if my pumps come in some day.Oh! by the way I'am doing "N" scale.

Looks great,

JIM

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    February 2006
  • From: Gahanna, Ohio
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Posted by jbinkley60 on Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:16 PM
 MisterBeasley wrote:

Very nicely finished off.  I like the DANGER signs.

Who made the fence?  I think that really completes the scene well.

I tried many different fence products.  The chainlink fence is the Plastruct fence product.  I just used a piece of styrene on the bottom and sunk the posts into it (instead of the plywood).  That way I could build the entire section and set it on the layout.  The wire across the top is just thread.  I've got a little more detailing to do (you'll notice no figures, bushes or trees yet).  I've got a bunch of wiring for the lights to do and then build the road to the parking lot.  This weekend's tasks.

 

Engineer Jeff NS Nut
Visit my layout at: http://www.thebinks.com/trains/

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  • From: Gahanna, Ohio
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Posted by jbinkley60 on Thursday, August 30, 2007 3:21 PM
 oleirish wrote:

I was wondering what you made the tanks of???I could  use PVC pipe , no problem but how did you do the tops??I'am working on an oil tank farm With oil felds and pumps as well,Well maybe if my pumps come in some day.Oh! by the way I'am doing "N" scale.

Looks great,

JIM

This is HO scale.  The tanks are the Walthers Cornerstone storage tanks.  Someone else has a thread here where they made tanks from PVC piping.  The results were pretty good. 

 

Engineer Jeff NS Nut
Visit my layout at: http://www.thebinks.com/trains/

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