40034_Nick Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Hi All, I like this but are there any other options for 00 scale? 1970/80s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 The barrels of old rail tank wagons, or in some cases the entire vehicle, were also popular as diesel depot fuel tanks. A couple of ex-Airfix Esso tank kits might be a good start? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 I’m considering scratch building something like this for my “Eastfieldish” depot- my search didn’t really turn up many alternatives that suited my need of something like the Bach offering but in 4 tank form. What I did find is that you can buy styrene tubes of various diameters complete with various shaped pieces for the ends that would work for the tanks. The rest looks pretty straightforward- a few walls, ladders etc. M Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/tankwagongrounded Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
40034_Nick Posted December 7, 2021 Author Share Posted December 7, 2021 The one i showed above is good but i am worried about weight. Looking at some others for also a Glasgow area depot.. Thoughts? https://www.osbornsmodels.com/piko-61104-hooo-scale-fuel-storage-tanks-14291-p.asp https://kjbmodels.co.uk/product/bnib-oo-ho-gauge-kibri-39832-depot-twin-storage-tank-silo-fuel-oil-gas-kit/ https://www.scalemodelscenery.co.uk/kx008-oo-oilfuel-tanks--bund-wall-oo4mm176-677-p.asp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted December 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 8, 2021 I built this using the Knightwing storage tanks kit with a bund walled enclosure built from 2mm card stock and brick paper. Cheers Darius 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
40034_Nick Posted December 8, 2021 Author Share Posted December 8, 2021 Nice.. are the walls too high though ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted December 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 8, 2021 Just a tad but not overly so. I did a scale calculation on the tank volume, allowing for the presence of two bottom tank halves in the bunded volume and the walls are high enough for both tanks to rupture and completely empty into the bunded space. In the final analysis it looks ok to me. Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 23 hours ago, 40034_Nick said: The one i showed above is good but i am worried about weight. Looking at some others for also a Glasgow area depot.. Thoughts? https://www.osbornsmodels.com/piko-61104-hooo-scale-fuel-storage-tanks-14291-p.asp https://kjbmodels.co.uk/product/bnib-oo-ho-gauge-kibri-39832-depot-twin-storage-tank-silo-fuel-oil-gas-kit/ https://www.scalemodelscenery.co.uk/kx008-oo-oilfuel-tanks--bund-wall-oo4mm176-677-p.asp Too foreign …the top kibri ones at least. The bottom ones too modern . Have a look at the knightwing range as well for some …I’ve used a couple of theirs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Knightwing ones. I like em , but it’s a lazy choice as they look nothing like the didcot ones Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 I wonder when the requirements for bunds were introduced? Might well be that a 1970s installation would not be bunded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 (edited) Valid point - 1979 Crewe. Not my photo. Edited December 8, 2021 by rob D2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
40034_Nick Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 hellfire class 40s !!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 Here’s possibly the simplest option of all. A few old tank wagons, a particularly ancient one on the left, replenished by road tanker delivery (you can just make out the fixed pipes at the top of the domes), not a bund in sight, and plenty of spillage. Tunbridge Wells West DEMU stabling point, 1974. Its a pretty poor quality view, but the best I could get from a poor quality print, and I thought the interest value made it worth posting. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 10, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2021 In the late fifties when both the modernisation plan and limited regional autonomy came into being each region chose its own style(s) of loco shed and what they should have. This lead to many similar looking storage tanks of either the upright or horizontal tanks. The WR tended to go with horizontal ones, the NER upright, the LMR a right old mixture, my interest in SR and ScR sheds is limited so I cannot be conclusive enough on what they preferred. The most standardised region seems to have been the ER with its 25000 gallon upright tanks. Here are my scratch built ER tanks for my old layout Hanging Hill based on those found at Stratford and at Finsbury Park. There are many publications, plus the likes of Flickr with loads of photos of loco sheds. Which ever region you chose look at the style of shed building, the fuel points and the fuel tanks. My interpretation of a WR tank on my small stabling point Pig Lane WR. Knightwing tank kit provided the parts. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Were depots all supplied by rail, or were road tankers used in some places? I am assuming that rail supply would mean one or two 4-wheel tankers running to a depot rather frequently, rather than the complete train of bogie wagons we see today running from refineries. And in any case you couldn't afford to run the tanks dry before replenishing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 I wouldn’t imagine all were supplied by rail, but a lot took fuel in 2 axle TTa - right up to 2013 in the case of the SW depots. The only one I can think of using bogie wagons and , still going incidentally, is Neville hill and Ipswich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37501 Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Here are my storage tanks which I scratch built using some plastic drain pipe, plastic card, plywood and cardboard. Layout is a long way from complete… John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bigbee Line Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Saltley Depot 1997, probably there for a few years before that... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bigbee Line Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 The actual fuelling point, with the tanks visible behind... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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