Originally Posted by Gary Graves:
I could have been convinced that is a real refinery. Great job!
Thank you Gary!
Alan
Originally Posted by Between A&B:
Inspirational! I find oil refineries and "Area 51s" afford almost unlimited opportunities for creative modeling. To be redundant: Inspirational... 
Thanks very much...I too like "Area 51's"....
Alan
Originally Posted by Bridgeboss Jim:
HOLY MACRO!!!
Quite beautiful Alan, you are the man.
jim r
Thank you my Friend!! Wait till you see the details I have added to the "EL" downtown!
Alan
Originally Posted by Alex M:
Hi Alan,
Beautiful refinery!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for posting,
Alex
Coming from one of the Master Modelers like you means so much Alex..thanks!
Alan
Spectacular even if it does leak and the pipes are not all correct. I have never seen anything like it and am really impressed. I will send to my cousin in Houston and ask for his professional opinion.
How long did it take to construct?
Your layout is something else.
Originally Posted by Scrapiron Scher:
Alan,
Is it true, as you told me, that those tanks are filled with beer and when I visit I can
turn on the tap and enjoy my favorite brew?
Scrapiron
Hey Eliot....what else would they really have in them...this is Arkansas and we have to find ways to avoid the "revenuers". The refinery produces "Oily Beer" which can allow one to "drunk AND drive"...LOL!!
Originally Posted by Marty Fitzhenry:
Alan,
Your layout is fantastic. I am looking forward to our get together at York to see what you will be bringing home next. You set the standard for all of us to dream about for our layouts.
Marty
Always an inspiration to get comments from you my Friend! I too look forward to seeing you and sweet Dotty! I sure wish I could get you two to head this way one time while you are traveling to your place in Florida....
Alan
Originally Posted by TonkaNut:
I can almost smell the gas and oil and and hear the deafening roar of a refinery.
Keep those pix comin' Alan.
Fantastic job as always!
TJ
Thank you TJ!! I have a sound file that I can use to send to a speaker which is mounted under the refinery area. Background sounds really add to a layout but one has to keep the volume down to a minimum to make it realistic...
Alan
Originally Posted by Bill Webb:
Spectacular even if it does leak and the pipes are not all correct. I have never seen anything like it and am really impressed. I will send to my cousin in Houston and ask for his professional opinion.
How long did it take to construct?
Your layout is something else.
Thanks so much Bill..!! Your cousin will be able to tell you how bad my pipe arrangement is...so you may not be so impressed..LOL!! I was just trying to give the impression of a complicated piping system and really didn't do any in depth research. I worked on and off on the entire refinery which is not pictured so it took me probably a total of a couple of weeks to complete. There are more tanks and off-loading facilities which I have not pictured but the entire complex is about 9 feet or so long. We had an active member on here a few years ago that had a refinery built for him by Alan Graziano that blows mine away and of course the NJ Highrailers refinery is second to none!
Alan
Alan is it possible for me to see your layout on youtube? It may have been here but I am relatively new to this forum, (less than a year )! I would love to see it!! Bill
