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Re: Steel Industry
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Sat, 25 Nov 2000 23:59:06 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Kai Brodersen writes:
> > I was working on my HO model railroad yesterday when a thought came into
> > mind. Steel Industry. As large as a steel plant is, it would be a
> > marvelous model with a huge amount of space and bricks required.
> > Has anyone actually modeled a steel plant with all of its componenets(
> > i work on my HO to much) The coke ovens(coke is the product when one burning
> > coal with out any oxygen) , the blast furnace, electric furnace, rolling
> > mills, ore yard, coke cars, slag cars, hot metal cars...... and this list
> > goes on.
> > I will be attempting to build one for the upcoming train show MICHLTC is
> > attending. I just wanted to know if anyone has done it before.
> > thanks
> > kai
Well the Blast furnace as a HO model is about 27 1/2" by 10 1/4". So since
lego is about O, and HO is half of O. Just the blast furnace would measure
4 by 2 feet(27x2 by 10x2) THATS BIG, and thats just one component of the
whole shabang!
Well it would be amazing. I am going to try.
kai
> I cannot think that anyone has. I don't have the area to do even a decent
> impression of one (esp. not with everything else I have :). I do have a
> working coal unloader (that might help), and I guess if you have HO models, you
> have photos from the Walters steelmill (although I don't know how big it
> was...still...
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> You could fill a decent sized lot with a Lego scale steelmill. At even 1-35th,
> it would be huge! I know my port is nothing small (about 16 sq. ft), but it
> would be absolotely dwarfed by a decent scale steel mill-even with MASSIVE
> compression.
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> (For some ideas, my coal mine occupies about 4x2 ft space, and is
> multi-leveled, the container yard is 7x2, and the port is about 4x4 ft-much
> undersize)
>
> James
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| If I can fill in any blanks?? Please e-mail.. I work in a smelter. I have had this on my mind for a long time, just have not gotten creative to put something together. It would be a great idea.. I think you have to think big if you decide to go all (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Steel Industry
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| (...) I cannot think that anyone has. I don't have the area to do even a decent impression of one (esp. not with everything else I have :). I do have a working coal unloader (that might help), and I guess if you have HO models, you have photos from (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)
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