Engine Oil & Supply House

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I finished my version of the engine oil & supply house that stood next to the

engine house at Thurmond WVA

Here’s a link to a photo of the real building

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/displayPhoto.pl?path=/pnp/habshaer/wv/wv0300/wv0301/photos&topImages=172067pr.jpg&topLinks=172067pv.jpg,172067pu.tif&title=HAER%20WVA,10-THUR,1-9&displayProfile=0

Here’s the drawing i used

Here’s the model

Other than the roof being too thick I’m pretty happy with it

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Very nice job! Now all you need is to use one of those drums as a stamp to put some oil-colored rings on that nice, clean platform. A few blobby spills would look good, too.

Having worked where POL drums were stored and used, I’ll guarantee that the first of those rings would have appeared about thirty minutes after the first drums were moved into place.

Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)

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Very nice modeling…I am guessing HO?..Cox 47

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Gee Chuck i just finished it and it’s all nice and clean !

You’re right of course I bet the real building was very messy !

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Thanks !

Yes it’s HO