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Octel 1957 Chlorine Tank - Part 4


D869

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After a somewhat late night yesterday evening getting them finally assembled, the two chlorine tanks are now finished.

 

Here are a couple of photos.

 

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Overall I am really pleased with the way these have turned out. They have taken a lot of effort to build, mainly in the initial etch design and the painting and final assembly stages because they are such complex vehicles. I have also discovered a few tolerance adjustments that will be included in any future builds.

 

As Association members will know, the AGM and annual competitions were held today and the chlorine tanks along with the semi-bulk bromine tanks and a brake van won the John Barker trophy. Mr Smith of this parish also returned home with a considerable and well deserved haul of silverware.

 

It was great to catch up with friends today too and see four lovely 2mm Finescale layouts for the same very reasonable price.

 

Finally, a note of thanks to Dave Millward for kindly supplying measurements plus a DVD of a video that he took showing one of these tanks at Embsay from every conceivable angle.

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Drools and thinks "if only in 4mm"!

Nah. They wouldn't fit on my track then ;)

 

Seriously, Thanks and I do know of one or two gents intending to model these in 4mm scale but I suspect that they will use different methods - the material volume for 3d printing would of course increase by a factor of 8... which would certainly put me off going down that route.

 

Chassis-wise, etching is no doubt a good option in 4mm too but somebody would need to consider the question of whether to make it rigid or not. A rigid chassis is fine in 2mm scale - in fact I've recently been de-compensating some of my older stock because my experience when running at shows is that (in our scale) it derails less frequently.

 

Regards, Andy

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Andy,

They do look lovely.  The efforts you made in designing the etch, the 3D tanks and also the decal artwork, not to mention the actual build and finish are really worth the effort.  A well deserved trophy win.

 

Ian

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Cheers Ian. Likewise with your saddle tank and coaches.

 

Hope Mrs Ian has approved some space on the mantelpiece to show off your winnings.

 

Regards, Andy

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Very nice Andy and worth all the effort. Congratulations! What will be your next model?!?

 

Thanks Jez. I think I'll have a bit of a rest from chemical tanks for a little while but there are plenty of different ones to do when I feel like it. The next jobs on the list are some more signals for St Ruth since we're appearing at Warley next month.

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Yes, definitely Jez.

 

Do make sure that you say hello - one downside with the St Ruth lighting rig is that it's very difficult for the operators behind the layout to see who is watching so we have missed the chance to talk to people who have been to see us in the past.

 

Look forward to seeing you.

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