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Happy Monday, and I'm very glad I'm not living in South Texas. Our thoughts go out to that entire region. It is a catastrophe of biblical proportions....literally.

I found out today at the LHS that Vallejo paints only really work well with their acrylic thinner. That being said, I used the same red to brush paint the valve handles and it worked very well... covering better than the Tamiya red.

So I did get the Methanizer and the reflux drum painted red, and spent the rest of the time touching up, detailing and just getting my head around the erection of all this stuff onto the base board. Number 2 grandson was here on Sunday and tonight working on a Sculpey model of the Old Man and the Sea. He's doing a nice job, is a very neat worker and follows instructions very well.... like his older brother. So I got to work on my stuff on a Sunday and tonight besides working this afternoon.

For all you airbrush averse folks, Tamiya paints airbrush flawlessly and don't give me any trouble. Nothing gives you the control that a double action airbrush gives you.

Refinery Methanizer Painted

I'm still trying to figure out what colors to make what piping. I've settled on a few and painted the piping at the various pumps these colors. 

Reflux and water lines - Silver
Liquid Product Lines - Blue
Natural Gas line on Flare - Orange
Gaseous product lines - White
Lines to a from heater - Silver
Miscellaneous lines to condensers and other drums - Yellow
Flare lines from relief valves - Yellow
All valve handles - Red
Miscellaneous Methanizer Lines - Red

I don't know if this list is prototypical or not, but it will be colorful and make it more interesting from the viewing distance.

I did get the chromate green on the load rack loading pipes which (except for those lower pipe racks that I'm procrastinating about... which I really don't know why).

Refinery Reflux Drum Detailing

I brush painted all the pipes on the pumps which meant three coats of yellow and two of white. All the other piping is going to get airbrushed. I'm going to lay all the pipes on some waxed paper, paint one side and when dry turn them over and paint the other. Hopefully this will give me a smoother finish than brush painting them.

Refinery Pumps Detailing

And I finished the big tank by hand painting the steps and picking out some details to make it pop a bit.

Refinery Big Tank Detailing

The masking sequence I used on this tank was the best one. It was easy to brush paint the steps once the tank and the rails were painted. They would have been very hard to mask if painted sooner.

I going to assemble the cooling tower and apply the decals, then I'm going to start on the ops building next, and drill all the holes in the base board. With the holes drilled I could set all the units in place and get a picture. Last thing I'll do is the chain link fence since I need the ops building in place to see how the gating will go.

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  • Refinery Methanizer Painted
  • Refinery Reflux Drum Detailing
  • Refinery Pumps Detailing
  • Refinery Big Tank Detailing

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