While taking the Long Island Railroad’s Ronkonkoma line, I passed an old oil tank painted up like a giant Coors Light can near Wyandanch, NY. Apparently it’s a Mlson/Coors Distribution Center. It has a rail siding and everything. I just finished making a model of the oil tank. I used a 3LB coffee can and painted it with automotive primer and Rustoleum Metalic Silver and drew the Coors Light Letering with Sharpie Pens.
I will have to try this.
The only thing is I don’t know what a 3lb coffee can scales out to in 1:29. I’m guesing they’re about 10" tall by 7" in diameter. The real tank however is quite small, barly the same hight as an LIRR double decker coach.
Hi GP9_Man
Which taking an educated guess a LIRR coach has to be about 15 to 20 feet tall working on 7’6" headroom plus trucks
regards John
If my formulas are right, it’s 290 inches tall.
Actual Distance * Scale factor = Scale distance
10" * 29 = 290"