Port Dock station water tank

There was a water tank attached to the old station as well so, not having any close up photos of it, I recently had confirmation it was a cast iron type. I had some cast sides available so used these & glued them around a square floor of card. The pillars are 1/8" styrene tube with the next size up tube cut for the bases and top collars. 

The underside of the tank

All the posts added and ready to paint

The pillars are 1/8" styrene tube with the next size up tube cut for the bases and top collars. Cross braces then added instead of the normal guy rods and rings. This is because a track runs underneath it so a different arrangement was needed. The water is made from 1/8th clear Acrylic, pre drilled with a hole for the filler pipe (and a corresponding hole drilled in the tank floor). The underside painted black, spacers place in and PVA glued inside the tank. The filler pipe then pushed in last. The ladder up the side I left off as its too close the edge of the layout

The water in the tank will be seen from
above so a piece of acrylic clear was
filed to size to slip into the top of the tank.

Tank now painted with water
glued in with PVA glue.