Walnut Storage Completed Structure

Alan; another great looking project.

You and Malcolm make we want to take a lighter to all my bags of styrene

EXCELLENT scratch building skills!

Alan

Maybe a dumb question on my part but will the structure store walnuts? or is this a structure made on Walnut wood?

Hope all is well

Steve

Steve,

The silos will store walnuts. I do not know exactly how the process works. I am constructing this for a fellow in California that is modeling a certain area. There is a Diamond Walnut Plant in this area.

Alan Graziano

This is a remarkably beautiful project, Alan. You continue to amaze me with your craftsmanship.

Wow!  What an interesting building.  I looked up walnut silos and such just now.  Nice idea to make one.  It looks very good, too.  Great idea!

Lee,

I cant take credit for this idea. My customer is modeling an area in California whre he grew up.

Brian, Doug and Spence,

Thank you for the compliments.

Alan Graziano

I thought it might have been for MartyE's squirrel? 

Seriously though, it looks very nice. Wish I could scratch build things like that, my kits don't even turn out as good as your scratch buildings do. You and some other folks here are very talented model builders and we enjoy seeing your work. 

Nice work, Alan!

But, silly me....I first thought "walnuts" were something else....

You know.... Wal-Nuts?

Walnut Link

Store 'em in California?....good idea!....Lots of company.

Then what?

Very nice work!!!! Love a good scratch build!!

Alan,

  Awesome work as always!!!!!!!!!!

Alex

Outstanding as usual Alan!!

Alan

Here are a couple of progress pictures of the walnut tanks. I added a little gingerbread that just about hides the tanks.

Alan Graziano

Nice...and definitely original, not found on every layout..I wonder if walnuts are

shipped in (probably go out prepackaged)....and if any is by train (i.e.,,covered

hoppers of walnuts in, boxcars of cartons of cellophan bagged walnuts out?)

What are the curved dome tank tops originally?

Are the parts from Plastruct?

Andrew

Are there walnut hopper cars perhaps? To take walnuts by the ton to large plants like this.   Or do they just bring them in to a small local facility like this model, but only  on trucks, process and package them there, and then shipping them out?

Andrew,

All the materials are from Plastruct. The heads (domes) are code VHD-300.

The facility being modeled was a Diamond Walnut Plant located on the train tracks in the vicinity of Tall Oaks, California. I am only building the tanks. The building has already been constructed.

Lee,

I think the walnuts are harvested and delivered by truck to the plant. I constructed a small shed and a dump area in front of the tanks based on the pictures I was given.

Alan Graziano

That could also double as the inside of a brewery quite well.

Fred,

I agree with you.

Here are a few more pictures after painting of the first six silos.

Alan Graziano

Alan,

Superb craftsmanship!!!!!! WOW

Alex

Awesome, Really nice work Alan !

Alan, do you make and/or keep a plan of your scratch builds like this? I also think this could be easily used as a brewery or chemical plant or many other plants or businesses. If someone else wanted one of these would you have to start over from scratch and figure everything out all over again? The piping really adds a lot and I think makes it adaptable to use by many other industries. A very nice piece.

Alan, I just love to see examples of your work.  And you never disappoint.

Art

Alex, Trainbug, rtr, and Chugman,

Thank you for the compliments.

rtr,

I make sketches of a lot of the things I construct. I generally try not to build the same thing twice. I will create similar things, but always try to provide some different details on them.

Alan Graziano

Thanks, it just looked like that might be a popular item and others might want one also. Thought it might be nice to have a pattern.

What type glue do you use?

Very professional looking,   could be used for any number of small plants.   I must say walnuts is a new one --  very nice and original.

Lou,

I have used Plastic weld cement, Bondene (By Plastruct) and CA (crazy glue) on this model.

Plastic weld cement for disimilar plastics, Bondene for similar plastics and Ca (crazy glue) in areas requiring gap-filling. I also use the accelerator with it.

Alan Graziano

I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel on this project. Here are some pictures.

Alan Graziano

Nice.  A lot of detail and complexity there.  I really like the look of it, and such an unusual purpose, too!

Alan:

As usual outstanding work!

Joe

Alan, ah Nutz!

Great Job as always!

Alan...the model is really incredible....one of your best!

Alan

The Master of industrial!!!!!!!!!! 

Mr Graziano,

Seriously how many hours do you have in a project like this? 

Guys,

Thank you. I will post the final pictures today or tomorrow.

Tim, I probably have about 40 hours in this model. I may work on it 1 to 2 hours a day during the weekdays and five or six hours on weekends.

That does not count the time to come up with sketches of what I am going to do. If you put that time in, in some cases the hours will double.

Alan Graziano

That is a lot of hours.  It shows in the detail and precision.  I look forward to the photos.  A great and very interesting project. 

Alan,

I don't know anything about walnuts but that looks GREAT!

Dave

This model is certainly a trophy piece.