Ongoing projects no.3 - Fuel Dump

A photograph of the fuel dump part way through painting. I'll take a few more detailed photographs once it's completed.

Fuel Dump

A couple of months ago I bought some bits from the junk box in a local model railway shop, including lots of fencing, a couple of storage tanks and assorted station accessories (benches etc.).

I've finally got around to using one of the storage tanks as part of a small fuel dump...

Base if a 10x10cm MDF base, painted with MDF primer. I paint the big sheet of MDF with primer on both sides, as this seals the surface, avoiding dust and preventing the board from warping when I add texture/paint. The fuel tank is one of the model railway items (used to be from a dairy tanker wagon?), bund wall from cork floor tiles, corrugated metal from a mushroom punnet.

The gantry is made from mesh offcuts from a bird feeder, shaped using a pair of pliers.