New Project Oil Terminal/Refinery Completed Model photos June 17, 2017

One more master piece to come? Sure!

I'm waiting for your progress...

jpv in France

Alan I am looking forward to seeing this project .

Still battling along with the Steel mill.

Roo.

Here are some progress pictures. I decided to start the second section of this diorama. This section will be a small generating plant. I was able to get a little more room off of the layout for this section.

I decided to kitbash this building using Korber round house parts and the front of JLC Manufacturing. I had these parts laying around for a long time and I think I finally found a very good use for them. I created a blank wall from styrene for the back of the building since it will face a wall. I will still add Plastruct brick sheet to the back of the building. A cone roof storage tank at 5 inches in diameter and 7 inches tall is placed at the far left.  There will be two stacks on the roof along with a horizontal steam drum. I am not sure weather I will set the three transformers on the roof or on the ground near the storage tank. There will also be a perimeter fence.

Alan Graziano

Interesting shape for the power house.

Here are some more pictures of the power plant building. I decided to put the transformers on the roof. There will be a single large stack with a platform near the top. If this rainy weather keeps up today, I may have this building completed this afternoon.

Alan Graziano

Round transformers! I like them.

Your work is amazing, Alan, really! 

jpv in France

Here are the completed module photos.

Alan Graziano

Excellent modelling, Alan. 

I wish that I had room for something like that.

Allan,

Let's see  some photos of the Blue Hot Rod  …??

Wonderful work! looks so real! 

jpv in France

Unbelievable!  I wish I had the modelling talent you have in just one of your fingers.

coach joe posted:

Unbelievable!  I wish I had the modelling talent you have in just one of your fingers.

You'll need the thumb as well, Joe. 

I started on the refinery /terminal section. The first structure constructed is the furnace. It will receive the oil from the crude tank and heat it up before it goes into the distillation tower. Typically, furnaces are painted all black.

Alan Graziano

I predict a new triumph, Allan. 

Alan. Your work is amazing. 

Here are some pictures of the furnace set in place, and the construction of the flare and distillation tower.

Max,, Joe, Dave,

Thank you for your nice comments.

Alan Graziano

All it needs is a space shuttle, Alan. 

You are unbelievable!! Your work and ideas are amazing, great job as usual. I always look forward to seeing your projects especially (in progress).

Jeff

Alan,

You are very skilled craftsman! Beautiful work.

Malcolm

I can't believe I have been working on this model this long, but I guess a week of vacation and catching up will do that. I was able to come up with a piping plan that allowed me to get around the tanks and show the piping a little better by running it all vertically. I also constructed the four large tanks from styrene and put them in place.  You can see the fit-up gear I use in some of the pictures to turn a flat sheet into a round one. They still require piping, painting , walkways and lighting.

Alan Graziano

Alan this is craftsmanship at its best!

Beautiful work.

Gorgeous!

Peter

Al... beautiful as usual.

Can you show some closeups of the anchor bolts holding the tower down. What I added to mine are clearly inadequate and not very prototypical. 

I've had big troubles curving the Plastruct railings. There seems to be injection molding defects at the center of each rail where it inevitably breaks. In prototype practice are platform railings curved or are they a series of straight segments? What do you do with your platform rails?

When putting the rails on top of my corn silos, I eventually built one set out of brass. I'm not looking forward to doing it with the chem plant unless I have to.

Alan, Your models continue to be wonderful and so realistic. What paint do you use for the yellow safety railings and piping?

Myles,

the injection mold points on the handrail is where they usuallly break. As Joe said, styrene handrail is for flexible.

i know your kit has abs handrail. I answered on your post on how I do small diameter circumferential handrail. On diameters over 3 inches, I make the platform diameter equal an even number of vertical posts so each end ends with a vertical post. I start at one end by gluing the handrail to the platform with ca and an accelerator. Once dried, I put tacks of ca on the platform and pull the handrail around to the other end. I use accelerator as I am holding the handrail. Once it is in place, I glue the handrail with plastic weld or bondene.

I will take some pictures on Saturday for you. Got the nuts, I used 1/8 inch styrene square bars that I cut about 1/8 inch thick. I cut four 45 degree angles on them to give me an octagon. The anchor bolt is 3/32 inch diameter pipe and the anchor chair is cur from .040" abs sheet.

SGMRET,

Thank you. The piping is unpainted and can be purchased from plastruct in many colors.

the handrails are painted with rustoleum painters touch yellow. 

Alan graziano

I always learn something from your work Alan.

I also take note of your workbench and how you organize things like the styrene handrails hanging up and other items on the board in front of you.

Thanks for posting, your modelling is very, very nice, classy is a better word. Roo.

You sir are a oil refinery mavin! 

John,

That was a great compliment coming from a man of your background.

Roo,Peter, Pat and David,

Thank you.

Myles,

Here are a couple of close ups of the anchor chairs and the platforms I spoke about for small diameter vessels.

There are also pictures of Tanks 1,2 and 3 in place, painted and piped.

Alan Graziano

Yeap that gets a ....... WOW!

SPLENDID! 

Alan you must be a master modeler! Everything you touch turns out just GREAT!

Thanks Al!

I noticed two more things you do which I need to pay attention to. You used flanged extensions from the sides of the tower to attach you tray taps, and you use some diagonal back bracing on some of the more free-standing railings. I don't know if that's prototypical or not, but it makes a lot of sense. Do you buy the flanges or make them?

Myles,

i think you are talking about nozzles. The plastruct refinery should have came with them. If you want some, send me an e mail with the size and quantity.

at the end of handrail runs, a diagonal brace is used on storage tanks.

alan graziano

Yes... talking about nozzles and no, they did not come with the kit, nor any female #8 elbows to let you do a simple 180 degree reverse curve. All of the elbows are male on both ends, so a 180 needs a piece of #8 tube in between to joint the two elbows.

Thank you for you offer, but I just ordered them from Plastruct. It looks much better than a pipe just sticking out of the insulating jacket when you use nozzles. I ordered both #8s and #4s. My instruction parts schedule shows #8 and #4 piping only, but the kit had a few pieces of something smaller without a hole. I wonder what that's for?

Myles,

they are probably manholes. I cannot belive that they did not have nozzles in the kit.

before I ever bought female elbows, I would just cut the stub off of one end of each elbow and glue the together. It works fine.

alan graziano

I am starting to get to the home stretch. Here are some pictures.

Alan Graziano

Hi Alan, Great looking work there! I might have missed it, but is this for your layout or someone else?