Thanks Mark. I have promised myself to commit time everyday to something train-related... even if it is only a half hour. Things could be going a bit faster, but I'm in no rush to finish.
Wow I can't believe I just found this thread! Very nice work you guys!! I need to find my proto photos then post some pics.
The following is not even close to being in the league of the previous posts but it is scratch built. I have a picture of the unit, in the Chevron refinery in El Paso, but I can not find it. The FCC unit in the background of this pic is a very good representation of the Chevron FCC unit. The real thing has been demolished, the model lives, on the new club layout in Las Cruces, New Mexico ...... Carl
Impressive model building and smooth pipework. Like the restraint in the weathering. I repaired lab equipment before retiring, and was at many of the refineries. Most were heavily stained, your model makes a very nice representation of the complexity of the facilities, much of which would be lost in heavy weathering. Thanks for posting. Robert
I'll stick in one more.... as long as I post credits. This is off the 'other layout', the 18x36" Hickory Valley. John Sing took this photo down at Bedford in 2011 under rather trying circumstances, but it came out well: Here's the prototype - the Wheeler & Dusenbury upper 'pine' mill in the 1920's. No dimensions of the mill were available, this was all done strictly from photos. And that, folks, is why I have to build equipment to handle an 8" radius curve.
This is a really nicely done scratch building. What material did you use to create it? I think the Xyron Wishblade Cutter is a scrapebooking tool... so it probably does not work with styrene... right?
Maybe this topic will help me get prodded to finish up this one.... The entire building started as sheet styrene. I used my vinyl cutter to score the brick detail and part outlines in .015" thick styrene. Then you cut/break the parts out of the styrene and assemble....
It's a Roland desktop cutter. I have considered a better cutter if this works out well. More speed and head pressure would make this a lot easier. It took 40 minutes to cut the sheet shown above because it cuts each brick, one rectangle at a time. I tried doing it with just lines and it didn't look right. I stalled on the roof because I couldn't decide if I wanted to make the roof removable or the floor removable to do the interior. That and the Vollmer spanish tile sheet for the roofing is a P.I.T.A. to cut by hand.
I vote you make the roof removeable... seems to be easier once the building is installed. That way you can show it off for guests
Here's one I did of the Santa Fe depot in San Jacinto, Ca. Sorry the model is actually the other side from my prototype pic.
Have over six months construction time (due mostly to have to re-do stuff) in this roundhouse model, but should be posting updates to these pics in a few more days. Had a goal of getting done by my 65th birthday the end of this month, and just may make it LOL. Robert
Not up to the standard of some of the other work here, but this IS scratchbuilt... A false-front movie set of an old-time livery stable that disguises a real but rather utilitarian stable shed. Part of this thread:http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine...Wildwesttown-Build-Thread&highlight=Hollywood
