05-23-09 The Cellar Part 3

One more building in the brewery complex is finished.

I painted the roof flat black.  I painted the window frames and doors the same brown I used on the previous buildings.  I glued the roof, window frames and doors into their positions.  I then glued the clear plastic pieces behind the window frames.

Since this building had large windows, it was easy to see through the building.  I had to build a view block to prevent this.  I also wanted to add some interior detail.  I created the basic structure out of scrap cardboard.  This slides into the building from underneath.  I made tanks by first rolling scrap paper around a hobby knife handle to form a cylinder.  I painted the cylinders with silver paint.  I glued them to the cardboard at regular intervals.  I did not worry about creating individual floor levels since they could not be seen through the windows.  Some of the tanks are visible in the next photo.

I glued the remaining two walls to the roof level building.  I then attached its roof.  I added an air conditioning unit from a Walther’s roof detail kit.

I glued the two water tank support pieces to the structure.  I decided I did not want to use the roof top water tank that came with the kit.  I created two smaller tanks out of bead containers.  I painted the clear containers gray.  I glued them inside the water tank support structure.  I added a catwalk next to the tanks.  I added handrails and a ladder.

Instead of using tiny styrene rods to form pipes, I tried something different.  I found some 18 gauge uninsulated wire at a local electronics store.  I first straighten the wire.  I used small pliers to bend the wire to form the pipe run.  I painted the wire gray and glued it into place.

This is where the new building sits in the brewery complex.  I will add the foundation and docs when the entire complex is built.  I will also add piping from this building to the adjacent buildings.