Plastruct Twin Horizontal Gas Storage Tanks.

There is a small picture on the Plastruct web site. Not sure if this helps.

 

www.plastruct.com

I have built the other tanks, vertical . Tube , end caps etc. easy build but you have to score the weld marks which is a pain. You could also use weld decals. Dan

I just finished building the kits. The kit is not really well made. Several issues that are annoying. The instructions do not fully match the parts nor the process needed. For example, you have to scribe all of the lines on the tanks which is very hard to do in a straight line. The tank ends do not match exactly and the tank supports need extensive filing in order to fit. I had to use a dremel tool because they were off so much. I would not buy another Plastruct product. 

 

That being said, there are very few storage tank kits out there. Once I did all the prep work on this kit, it did come out looking really cool. I was just annoyed there was so much extra work. It is more like a kit bash than a kit.

Thanks for the replies!

 

Don, I tried that link but no luck. An error message seems to appear.

 

Dan, thnxs for the heads up!

 

Eliott, thnx for the heads up as well, all those tips are appreciated! I'm gonna give it a shot. Hopefully it'll be easier than my Korber 6 stall roundhouse

 

Cesar

Cesar,

The best way to scribe seams on one of these tanks is to make a band out of styrene that matches the outside diameter of the tank. Make the band about an inch or two wide using .015 or .020 styrene. Wrap the band around the tank and place the tank in a v-block. Once you have marked the tank in equal incriments, (use about a 5 to 8 foot spacing in scale) you can scribe using the band as a guide for a boxcutter or exacto knife.

I made some of the cone roofs for the other kits along with the nozzle and manway reinforcing pads. I was not involved in the twin horizontal tanks. That kit contains typical Plastruct parts. The saddles are never exact enough to just fit. The end caps are the same.

Platruct was created for engineering models where the location of things is much more important than the details a modeler would look for.

I would consider all Plastruct kits "craftsman type".

 

Alan Graziano

Here is a quick shot of the two I built. If I were doing these again, I would use Archer weld decals.

 

http://www.archertransfers.com...faceDetailsMain.html

 

"I would consider all Plastruct kits "craftsman type"."

                    .   .   .   . Alan Graziano

I agree 100%. They look good if you know what to do and you take your time.

Alan, please don't look at my scribe lines !!

Eliot

I agree with Alan

Weld beads are protrusions on the surface ( not an indentation).

His method seems like it would not be very difficult to impliment.

I thought that scribing the seams with a knife would be fairly easy. I forgot how many tank shells I messed up befor I got it down. I never tried a weld decal but it may be the easier way to go. I think any attemp to make weld seams on a tank is better than no weld seams at all. If you do scribe a line that is not where you want it, you can take the end of a steel ruler and press on the seam to kind of erase it, and start over.

Cesar,

In the spirit of the Christmas season, you can send me the tanks and I will build them for you free of charge instead of you throwing them against a wall.

 

 

Alan Graziano

Merry Christmas Alan

You can also make a weld seam by using a fine line of the thick CA glue and then hit it with the "kicker" for an instant dry. Just becareful not to use too much glue or the seam will be way to big, too much kick and the glue will run all over the place. I always practice the glue & spray application on a scrap piece of styrene.

"You can also make a weld seam by using a fine line of the thick CA glue and then hit it with the "kicker" for an instant dry."

I give up, what is a "Kicker?"

Thanks,

-Glenn

Kicker is made by Pace (Zap) for their CA. It cures the CA as soon as it hits so no holding while it drys. Works with any CA but I always use Zap.

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

Thanks Alan for your input and your gesture for building the kit. I'm going to give it a shot, I always like a challenge

 

Thanks Dan for posting those picture, they are greatly appreciated.

 

Laidoffsick, I will try your technique on a piece of scrap.

 

Thanks again for all the replies!

 

Cesar