VHH-28, so I purchased
a set of those and added
them to the tubing, using
Plastruct’s own Plastic
Weld cement.
Plastruct also offers tank
supports for this diameter
tubing, part no. VS-28, and
I added those also. To get
them all aligned, I drew a
lengthwise line approxi-
mately at the tank bottom,
and lined up the supports
touching that line. The
tank at this point is shown
in (22).
The tank color was
planned as the same silver as the other tankage, so I airbrushed
this tank that color along with the other tanks. Prototype tank
supports like the ones on this model are often concrete, and I
decided to make mine look that way too. I used a mix of light
gray with a bit of brown to get a tawny look, a color which
reflects the color of the sand used to make the concrete.
Propane unloading platform
A high-pressure tank car, in which products like propane are
shipped, had in the transition era a tank-top structure some
modelers might assume was an expansion dome, but which
was in fact a valve housing. Inside it are the attachment points
20: Supports for the horizon-
tal tank, cut from balsa sheet,
sanded smooth, and painted.
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