Instead of posting all my pics in other steel mill threads, i had a thought start my own thread :tb-shocked: The start of any good mill is the furnace!! Well heres mine work is starting on the furnace here you can see what was the rolling mill that will now be part of the electric furnace
The electric furnace with the addition or the rolling mill same pic but with a mp15 in front for a idea of the size
Looking good!! Are you using HO scale structures? I know alot of people who use HO Steel Mill kits to model on their N scale steel mills
just found this on steel industry forum Ten Good Reasons to Build a Steel Mill Layout: 1. You don’t have to build more than ten trees, maximum. 2. If you make a small mistake, just paint it “rust” - it’ll blend right in. 3. If you make a big mistake, the mill can always use more scrap. 4. It’s not real pretty, so your wife is not likely to bother you much about adding in flower gardens, little kitties, picnic tables and such. (and won’t complain about all the mill taverns and bars, either.) 5. As more dust settles on the layout, the mills look better and better. 6. The basement pipes and ducts become a part of the mill scenery. 7. Each track doesn’t have to be ballasted, just covered with ore dust. 8. You don’t have to be too alert since train speed is less than 25mph. 9. You only need 4 colors for a steel mill layout: - grimy black, grimy brown, grimy gray and for safety, grimy yellow. 10. - and these colors are good summer, fall, winter and spring! - Bob O’Neal Homestead Steel Works
It looks good. I’m very much interested in watching your progress, because I now have a used steel mill (thanks to BarstowRick) that’s broken and missing parts. I can see from your very first photos that I maybe missing a lot more than I thought. I’m now thinking of modeling an old abandon mill since there are so many mills shutdown.
I'm definitely looking forward to your progress. My layout features a little bit of the Youngstown OH area, so a steel mill (or at the very least a rolling mill) is in order. You've already inspired me -very timely! Looks great!:thumbs_up:
slowly working on things here are the stoves here is the E.furnace/rollingmill combo the elevator for the stoves is kind of stupid there are doors on the top of the stoves and one floor higher to get you onto the top of the furnace but nothing anywhere else
could a blast furnace use fuel oil instead of coke or something else heres a pic of my twin furnace. I was thinking of buying a H.O. fuel storage tank to feed the furnace and skip the coke ovens and high line
if i can get the size of the walthers H.O. modern convoyer i use them OR after looking at the size of the furnace's i think it will up agenst the backdrop
Looks good... I think you're stuck with coke... But you could use a high line against the backdrop and have the rest represented that way. Or a hill of material that curves up along the back then drops off, which would give a nice illusion of the scene continuing.
Your Steel Mill N Scale Layout I am impressed with your pike. Go to YOUTUBE (strobx1) and type in Steel mill Model Railroads. There you'll see a massive N Scale & HO scale steel mill. And you'll see my Spring Lake Iron & Steel Charles Wesley Works modular Ho steel Mill layout which is under construction. I made the mill from 98% recycled materials, is scratch built using card board pizza boxes, hair spray bottles, CPVC pipe etc. I posted a VIP tour in the albums page yesterday. The order of the photos are reversed from what I wanted. It starts with the Rolling Mill then ends up with Coke Works. I wanted it the other way. It is my 1st scratch building attempt. Another nice thing about a steel mill layout is if the model building has a defect(tape not sticking) so what! A lot of mill buildings look junky anyway(YS&T). It took me 5 months to build this. I am the only modeler who replicated a Bessemer Converter(based on night shot of Republic Steel) at "Full Blow" & open hearths in operation. Keep me posted as to your progress. I will do updates here & on YOUTUBE.
