I’m slowing filling in “The Lone Oak Industrial Park” A fictional entity in the fictional town of Wink, VA. The lone oak tree will sit on top of the rise in front of the pasta plant.
The first picture shows the industries. In the background is New World Pasta, in the center Miller Milling Co. Miller grinds flower for and pipes it across to it’s only customer, the pasta plant. This is a prototype operation and both companies can be googled.
The oil distributor in the foreground is my work in progress. There’s still a lot to do such as the fence need finishing as well the addition of details, track ballasting, and a road system connecting all three to the town of Wink.
The oil industry is near and dear to my heart, and I compliment you on your petroleum terminal. I especially like the birm around the tankage! By the way, I suggest you might want to add some signage to the tanks and/or a billboard advertising the brand being sold. Trust me, oil companies have been and continue to be very proud of their facilities and products!
Here is my effort toward a petroleum-products distributer. (Unfortunately, I don’t have a layout yet to put it on.) The signage comes are commercial model products except for the sign along the roof ridge. Unclear in the photograph, it shows the distributer’s company name. It was made using my computer’s printer, mounted on stripwood with (unseeen here) brass wire to simulate bracing.
Nice modeling Bob I think you need a bit of weathering though dull things down a bit especially around the oil facility, all look very nicely built. As far as Mark’s carpeting goes I bet he recycles it and dyes it either green of maybe a harvest gold for Grass or wheat field anyone care to place a wager…
No, it will be a couple of Overland Baldwin AS-616s, ala Southern Pacific. Together they are about the price of carpeting for the living room, but I have my priorities.
Pergo is definetly the way to go. The board widths will be perfect for keeping the roadbed in a straight line.and it is also earth color. Be the first and get your name in the MR hall of shame. I mean fame.
The list of thngs will include an oil co. ID, as Mobileman44 suggested, a sign perhaps on the roof like Mark’s good looking piece of work and some weathering as per Allegheny 2-6-6-6-
I’m modeling the transition era due to my 22" max curves and because i want some steam. In fact when I started that was all I wanted but now I have more diesels than steam. Due to the era the oil companies didn’t put decals on the tanks and around the plant. I believe that happened in the mid 50’s and maybe it varied by company and location.
And Mark, the more I think about it that Pergo could be your layout top, the support for your back drop, the facia, and if you have any left over it might look good on the floor.
