Received some kits for kitbashing into a chemical plant someday. First photo is the refinery and two big tanks-second is a photo of what is in the box for the tank kits. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I can't recall the name of the company, but they are a well-known supplier of etched brass parts for model railroading. Anyway, they offer a kit that replaces all the railings, stairs, ladders, etc., in the Walthers refinery kit, with higher-fidelity brass parts.
You are correct. Gold Medal Models - Walthers North Island Refinery Detail Set. I wanted to get the refinery just to use this kit but alas no room on the layout. Very nice update though especially for pics.
OOoooh... nice. I need to remember that. Our club has that refinery on our layout and a few members are unhappy with how it looks. Maybe this would improve their opinion of it.
LOL. yes I'm sure there are things we'd agree upon that should be made history but railroading isn't one of them.
I suppose those members want an operating waste gas burner and real crude oil seeping out of leaking tanks (referencing Pastor John's post above). Doug
Honestly, I have no idea what it is that they don't like about it, but it's probably not because they want a working fire hazard in our 100 year old wooden building. Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk
Yes, that's the one I was thinking of! Stupid question time: How does one remove such etched parts from the frame? Some of those look like they have very short "sprues". A sharp, narrow chisel, with the panel on a cutting board? Or are there cutters small enough to get in there?
I have a small pair of xuron nippers that gets me in most places but when it's too small I make multiple passes with a hobby knife on a solid/hard surface so I don't accidentally bend the parts I want to keep when adding cutting pressure. That fret would likely all be done with a hobby knife. Brass cuts so much easier than stainless so not that bad.
I picked up the Walther's Donut shop and once it gets built, it will have a tiny IronMan sitting in the big Donut on top!
Another trailer. I need to stop buying these, haha. Atlas 45’ Pines. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Just wondering, are these MRL SD70ACe units starting to run over the BNSF system or are they staying put on the old MRL?
I did just purchase a used Atlas MEC GP7. After my wife and I visted Maine, VT and NH with a trip to North Conway, I have been aquiring a few B&M, MEC and other New England pieces just as a reminder of a great trip. The locomotive runs great and looks great but the shell is slightly loose. I had this issue with another older Atlas geep that was really loose and I just put a piece of electrical tape over each nub on the chassis and that tightened it up really well. If anyone has any other ideas on how to do this I would like to hear them. Thanks, Ralph
Electrical tape over the nubs works great. Another alternative is a thin drop/layer of epoxy over the nubs. Electrical tape is easier to deal with.
I visited my LHS today, and brought home some goodies... WS Built & Ready series (N) "JW Cobbler" & "Dugan's Paint Store" (older, non-lighted versions) Some used railcars (N), in jewel boxes, w/knuckle couplers. He was just putting them out on a table, before he could put them into his display cabinet. Just too good a deal to pass up: Bulkhead flat car w/pulpwood load Depressed-center flatcar w/transformer load 33k gallon fishbelly tank car I also enquired about whether they could order some Kato Unitrack structures (https://katousa.com/n-unitrack-structures/) 43-471, -472, -473 & -474 for me. They are small, non-descript storefronts with residences in back. He took down the numbers and said he'd see if he could get them (he orders Kato stuff from US & Japan). I have only found them available online from Japanese vendors, priced in Japanese currency. I'm unwilling to go that route. I showed him the Kato web page & pictures on my phone, and he even wants to get some to sell in the store too. He also told me that he met with Kato reps (I guess during the NMRA convention recently in FW, TX), and he and several retailers commented that too many of their structure products have Japanese signage on them, but could easily work in NA scenes except for the signage. Would be better with no signage (or supplied with user-applied signage), and Kato reps seemed very interested in the idea. BTW, the structures I listed above have no signage.
