Still working on the refinery

Hi everyone,

     Two weeks have passed since my last update and yes, I'm still working on my refinery. I've received my flashing red, yellow and orange flashing lights to install in the refinery furnace. It's not exactly the look I wanted, but it will do.

Here are the steps I've taken to build my refinery.

1) I knew I was going to have a refinery on my layout, but didn't know how it was going to look. I did buy a few kits such as the United Petroleum Refinery, Refinery Piping, Extra Piping, Aral Oil Tank Farm, Aral Small Tank Farm, Tank Farm Piping & Filling Plant and the Wide Oil Storage Tank. This is the area of the refineries.

2) I then mapped out the entire area and designed what I thought would be a nice layout.

But like we all know, a first design is not always the final result. I had to switch the entire top of the design around so that I could fit a little road. Sorry no design, but you'll be able to see further how it will look.

This is what I would need to fit in the design of the refinery. (piping not shown)

3) I then cut out the area on 1/8" masonite so that I could work off the layout. The first thing I build was the bund walls around the oil tanks.

4) I then put in place some of the parts to make sure it would fit ok.

5) I then brought everything over to my work bench to work on the piping. I needed to connect all the tanks to the refinery plant. But first, I worked on each separate tanks.

6) Now I need to connect each sections to the main refinery plant.

This is the area which will be on the top part of the refinery area.

     That's it for now. In the next few days, I'll be working on connecting the pipes, weathering the bund walls and tanks, printing decals for the tanks and hope to start on the bottom part of the refinery layout.

     In the mean time, I would appreciate comments and suggestions on how to finish the grounds. For example: what would finish the interior of the bund with? (gravel, dirt and what color) What about the rest of the grounds around the plant and outside the bund walls?

Thanks for dropping by

Later