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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: Thunderchicken on 06 March 2009, 08:09:42 PM

Title: Looking for a Victorian gasometer and industrial buildings.
Post by: Thunderchicken on 06 March 2009, 08:09:42 PM

I'm going to be putting an industrial area together for my VSF games. Can anyone suggest where I can get hold of a Victorian era gasometer (the modern term is gas holder) or the bits to build one? I'm also on the look out for industrial buidlings too. I'm in the process of building a couple of small workshops but that's far as my skills go. Anyway, here's the type of gasometer I'm looking for (obviously scaled down to avoid dominating the table ;)):

About this size:

(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk202/Lord_Gruntfuttock/gasometer3.jpg)


Maybe this sort of design:

(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk202/Lord_Gruntfuttock/Gasometer1.jpg)

Just another pic for luck:

(http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk202/Lord_Gruntfuttock/gasometer2.jpg)

Title: Re: Looking for a Victorian gasometer and industrial buildings.
Post by: Svennn on 06 March 2009, 08:40:41 PM

Depending on how big would work my first thoughts were an old oil filter from a car with an evergreen/plastruct frame around it?

Title: Re: Looking for a Victorian gasometer and industrial buildings.
Post by: Skrapwelder on 06 March 2009, 10:45:05 PM

Doll house banisters and biscuit tin? Or the plastic case a stack of CD's comes in.

Thanks for the pictures.

Title: Re: Looking for a Victorian gasometer and industrial buildings.
Post by: argsilverson on 06 March 2009, 10:53:48 PM

Plus piping and switches from Pardulon:

http://pardulon.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=34_41&osCsid=ab8cee0e6a5e5823ffead1bc4b9ff26f

Title: Re: Looking for a Victorian gasometer and industrial buildings.
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 07 March 2009, 12:12:09 AM

Here I thought you could use a railroad modelling piece, but those I´ve found are scrawny, to be polite.

Apart from that, I hold the previous advice and raise by a set or two of Platformer/Hexagon plastic modular terrain pieces for the framework.

Title: Re: Looking for a Victorian gasometer and industrial buildings.
Post by: Sterling Moose on 07 March 2009, 03:04:49 AM

I think I have a spare one of these somewhere:

http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Lionel_O_6_21378_Factory_Building_Kit_p/lio-621378.htm

If I don't I can look out for one for you for when you next visit.   :D

Title: Re: Looking for a Victorian gasometer and industrial buildings.
Post by: Skipp on 07 March 2009, 11:09:46 AM

http://www.modelrailwaysdirect.co.uk/acatalog/info_Hornby_R8737.html

wrong scale for 28mm, nice for 15mm....

Title: Re: Looking for a Victorian gasometer and industrial buildings.
Post by: Thunderchicken on 07 March 2009, 01:00:35 PM

Great advice and help as usual. Thanks all!

I'll keep you posted on progress.

Title: Re: Looking for a Victorian gasometer and industrial buildings.
Post by: fastolfrus on 07 March 2009, 05:32:33 PM

Not sure about a gasometer, but Airfix have a kit of a beam engine that might be handy - especially if you were doing something like Bazalgette's pumping station.