The subject matter of this blog is the Steel Industry and Railroading. Most of the posts deal with my attempt to model an integrated steel mill in HO scale, however, there will also be posts on real railroading and the real steel industry as well as other industries, and for that matter, general topics, that interest me.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
ELECTRIC MELT SHOP - Part 1
I have a small piece of real estate just behind blast furnace row for an electric melt shop. As this is the 50's the melt shop is primarily for manufacturing speciality steel/alloys. I will be kitbashing this facility from the Walther's Electric Furnace kit. I'd hoped to have the room to use two of these kits but together but I will have to settle for just one - it is against a backdrop so theoretically it might just represent the end of the shop building. To build the interior of the structure I am using Dean Freytag's book, The Cyclopedia of Industrial Modeling and historical photos. There will be a small exterior scrapyard with a craneway. I will also be using a number of Brandon Wehe's Scrap buckets for charging the furnace. I looking at adding lighting to this structure I came across LED candles at RiteAid - on sale 50% off - final price $4 each. Once you break the candle part off you are left with a battery pack, a small circuit board, and a three LED bundle. The LEDs are yellow/orange and they flicker. I intend to fit the LEDs into the furnace.
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