Sailormatlac 2012 Resolution Challenge

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Grandt Line has a good kit that includes a pump house and related equipment <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/300-5907">http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/300-5907</a><!-- m --> Life Like has something similar <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-1331">http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/433-1331</a><!-- m --> a little more crude, but cheaper, and a talented guy like you could probably do quite a job with it.

The Life-like one (the old version with only one tank) was among my first three kits when I built my first layout. It isn't half bad, but Grandt Line kit looks more like B-A oil tanks I've seen on old pictures. They could be easily scratchbuilt from plastic pipes and styrene strips. We use the L-L oil tank as an auxiliary fuel tank for diesel engine on the club layout.



I'll try something like this with the lettering on the sides of the tanks.

BTW, I decided to put the warehouse on the right side, tank cars will be unloaded on the curve at left. The B-A tanks will be near the street, just like the photo and will serves has advertising. The abattoir mock up is now 50% completed. Some picture to come soon.

And a sad day today. I went to the restaurant and drove along the old QRL&PCo mainline in Villeneuve (where the color picture was taken). SHOCK!!! They put down the old power line. I can now officially announce that all catenary related structures from this venerable electric traction company disappeared from the surface of Earth... Don't ask me why, but they replaced the steel pylones with wood pole... Vive le progrès!!!

Matt