Suggestion for Oil Co (pic added)

try to obtain Phoenix Oil form Atlas O [former Waltehrs Cornerstone kit]. Want more tanks, look at Lionel!

Found this for pick HO. I really like the three tanks in the background. Anyone know if they are made in O?

I recently made these tanks for my smoke fluid facility.  They are just PVC end caps and collars for 3" pipe.  I added Plastruct ladders and piping.

 

Mike, there is a guy in the Orange hall at York who makes tanks very similar to those and sells them at a very reasonable price.  I do not remember his name, but feel sure if you ask on the York site, someone will know how to reach him.

 

Keith, that is a very nice job on the two Lionel tanks.  They look great!  Thanks for posting.

 

Happy railroading,

Don

Plastruct has some tank kits in both vertical and horizontal modes. They come in N, HO and O scales. I used the HO scale twin horizontal tanks for propane tanks. They have plenty of fittings for the tanks also such as valves, manholes and all forms of piping. I read where these oil depots were built according to how much space was available meaning that there was no pattern to them. An office, some tanks, piping to unload tankers, garage for facility truck, hoses to fill fuel trucks, gas pump to fill your fuel trucks and pump house are some of the things you can model for your oil depot. Have fun, it's your depot.

Two shots of the Walther's Phoenix Fuel kit:

 

 

Peter

Mike....

 

The pictures below show what I built out of 4"pvc and end caps that I got from Home Depot.  The smaller horizontal tank up front is a Lionel piece that I integrated into the plan.  Additional detail includes drinking straws for piping and plastruct for ladders and railings...

 

Alan

 

 

 

 

 

I think I threw photos of two bulk oil plants I ginned up on here a couple of months

ago.  I found a junkbox mostly complete Walther's kit....it was missing the loading rack and apparatus, but I fabricated one using the box photo(complete kits on the net are in demand and pricey), and an old O scale kit for vertical wooden tanks.  Then I

used some pvc pipe for horizontal tanks,and, for end caps, cut down spray paint rattle can caps. I used other kit buildings for offices and warehouses.   I weathered and sceniced both for a well worn grungy look, spilled oil on the ground, etc.

If you can find the Walthers kit on E#-bay buy it. You can add extra detail and weather them up to look great. How about making something like this. There's one on E-bay now. Don

 

Plastruct sells kits for O-scale tanks, refineries......Greg

The fellow who makes and sells oil and chemical tanks in the Orange Hall at York is Stan Seponski aka "Stan's Tanks". He makes several sizes.  He does not have a Website and only sells his wares at shows.  If you would like to call him to see if he will be at a show near where you live, his phone number is:  610-469-0687.

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Dennis

Go to an automotive store like Autozone and check out different sizes of oil filters.  I have seen these modeled into very convincing upright tanks.  The shape is set so if you made a couple details and painted it you would be ready to go.

Go to an automotive store like Autozone and check out different sizes of oil filters.  I have seen these modeled into very convincing upright tanks.  The shape is set so if you made a couple details and painted it you would be ready to go.

Hey Mike, elevating your old tank cars should work.

Coupe of others To give you some ideas

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/O-SCAL...;hash=item4607b2760e

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lionel...;hash=item43b5aa3887

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lionel...;hash=item4d01895a06

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lionel...;hash=item2c69e7f693

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom...;hash=item4abd9de2f9

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Walthe...;hash=item1c2bebdea1

 

Mike I've posted this picture several times maybe it would give you an idea about how to 

use a narrow space

Per the note above about a raised tank car, there is an O scale kit for that that has

shown up on the net, and I used one in one of my bulk plants.

Thanks everyone for the replies. OGR Forum is great. Some of these idea are awesome!

 

I think I might pic up some old postwar tank cars and try to create my own. If I just take off the trucks and put it on some sort of platform, add some detail, paint and weather, I think it will work.

I have about the amount of space as Dusty does in his picture. It is not going to be the featured industry in the area, just an "extra" spur so there is more jobs to do during operation.

 

 

I took the trucks off an old K-line tank car, built a spill wall and tank brace out of scrap wood, a hose and hook-up from rubber tubing and placed it on a very short siding.

Doug i would love to see a picture if you get a chance.

 

DGJONES, thank you!

Here is the area I am considering for the Oil Co.

 

In the picture, the hoppers partially on the lower mainline and partially going up a grade that goes from lower level to the upper level. There are two spurs off the passing siding in that go to the freight transfer building and dairy. The tracks at the bottom is the mainline and passing siding/run around.

 

I will extend the layout another 8-10" where the tank car is resting on the plywood and add another spur for the Oil Co.

 

 

 

I have a small refinery area on my layout which incorporates two Colber oil wells, an architect's model of a refinery catcracker and three oil storage tanks. 

 

This area is on the rear side of my layout so super-detailing is not a huge issue.

 

 

The fencing around the refinery area is the old Marx "cowboy" fencing that interlocks at the corners.  The Marx two lamp searchlight tower throws a soft lighting effect on the scene; not the harsh lighting you would get if you used the larger Marx or Lionel light towers. I got the soft lighting idea from a refinery area I noticed while driving once on the NJ Turnpike in the evening.

 

 

In the photo below, you'll notice the three oil tanks.  Aren't they classics?  I made those tanks 39 years ago using common vegetable cans from my parents' kitchen, masking tape and grey spray paint.  (When I started building my layout, I pulled out the first Colber oil well and those tanks from a box where they had lain for more than 25 years and thought:  "They're going on the layout!"

 

I built the "dike" around the tanks from some balsa wood that simulated 6" X 6" timbers and "painted" them using a brown/black furniture finish touch-up pen from a hardware store.

 

 

I don't have any "oil company" decals on the tank, so you never know whose tank cars will be on the stub track.  Sunoco and Cities Service tank cars have been spotted there in the past...