A Cold Storage Distribution Centre

[GS4]

Hi there fellow modellers,
I guess it's time that I show some of my modelling efforts. So I decideed to start with my Cold Storage Distribution Centre. It could also be used as an ordinary warehouse, just change the sign.
A front view

A few close up shots
The lefthand end of the building - don't think these two old geezers know that the boss is at the other end of the building

One of the freight doors

Cleaning up the property

The righthand end of tthe building - that's the boss talking to the foreman

A look along the tracks

and a view frm the opposite end

A Cryogenic reefer full of frozen produce, is being spotted at the number 2 freight door

That's it for now, will post construction photos later

Cheers, Simon :thumb:

 

[Nomad]

Really nice. I like all the little details you added. Thanks for sharing.

Loren

 

[Ralph]

Looks great! I like all of the details too!
Ralph

 

[MCL_RDG]

Ya know...

...I think I drive by this place every few days.

Nice work- I feel as I've been there.

Mark

 

[GS4]

Thanks for the comments guys, they are much appreciated

Cheers, Simon

 

[cnw1961]

Simon, you did a very nice job. Especially all the little details and scenes around your cold storage make it come alive. Show us more of your modeling :thumb:.

 

[MilesWestern]

Very nice indeed, but RUST UP THOSE RAILS!

 

[Herc Driver]

That looks really nice! That freight dock was well done and I like the brick foundation.

 

[Russ Bellinis]

Very nice scene. The only question I have concerns the choice of building for cold storage. Out here metal buildings are used for relatively small industries like heavy equipment dealers, and such. A lot of the older wholesale produce warehouses are metal and will have walk in boxes back inside the dock for produce which needs to be kept under refrigeration. All of the cold storage warehouses that I've seen around So Cal are concrete tilt up construction. Are they different in your part of the country?

 

[GS4]

Thanks for the comments guys!!

Russ, I've no first hand knowledge of what tye of construction is used in the various parts of the USA, for the building of cold storage facilities, as I live in the City of Cape Town in South Africa.
The story behind my choosing to use a metal structure for the construction of a cold storage facility is as follows:-
W. Vester was looking for a place to build a cold storage facility in the City of Bolder Creek, in Oregon. Now like most investors, he was a frugal man, who checked both sides of a coin before spending it. He came across an unused warehouse, the building in question, and upon closer inspection, decided that it would be financially beneficial to convert the existing building, rather than to build from new. So the interior of the warehouse was rebuilt with with cold rooms made from the latest materials, with the refrigeration plants installed outside under cover for ease of maintenance or replacement. Which also explains why there are ventilators on the roof. They are left over from the original use of the warehouse and as mentioned before, W. Venter, being the frugal man that he is, did not see the sense in spending money to have them removed, so there they'll stay until who knows when.

Cheers, Simon

 

[Russ Bellinis]

Good one, Simon. I suspect a small cold storage plant would not be concrete tilt up since as far as I know that is an expensive method of construction. I see so many cold storage plants, dairies, and ice cream plants out here that are concrete tilt up that I sometimes forget that a small company might use a different form of construction. The concrete is preferred because it is a better insulator than metal, but I've worked at produce wholesalers who used a metal building with refrigerated spaces inside as well.

 

[sgtcarl]

Simon,
Absolutely amazing detail!! Great work! I'm inspired!
:thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:

 

[railBuilderdhd]

Simon,
I really like what you have done here. I would like to know more about how you created the brick foundation of the building. Did you make it or use some styrene sheet?
Dave

 

[GS4]

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Hey there fellow modellers!!

Thank you all for the compliments, they are much appreciated.

Dave, the foundation brickwork is made from "Faller" 'N' scale printed card.

What follows is a photographic presentation of the project. Basically the structure consists of a balsawod core with Plastruc corrigated styrene sheeting glued onto the balsawood. The white edgings are Evergreen styrene angle strips. I almost forgot, the model is built in HO scale (3.5mm/ft --- 1/87th scale)
The raw materials

Attaching the one end wall

The other end wall

The front wall

Both doorways are cut out

What a difference a coat of paint makes

The next step is the making of the cargo doorways
The materials required

Each weather diaphram consists of 30 parts

Door assembly

The completed doorway

Some of the accessories
A refrigeration unit ( a Walthers roof top A/C)

The security fence (from a Kibri fence kit)

and finally the sign

Now for some more progress shots

With the backdrop in place

Preparing the base for scenicing

The finished project

Cheers, Simon