The depot water tank for Port Dock station was further away from the depot next to the coal plant, so another compromise was made to include it in the scene. This was one of a number of round tanks around the state. Having bought some HO scale corrugated iron some thirty years ago at a swap meet, I finally have had cause to use it.
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| Circular water tank made using a card base and old tin corrugated iron. |
Made from tin (manufacturer unknown), it was easy to shape around a glass jar to a curved shape, then glued the pieces together around a circular piece of card as the tank base. The timber frames were assembled separately and added under the tank, then the cross braces added to hold them together, then all the pipes and ladder added last. Ladder is leftover plastic signal kit item, the yellow outlet pipe (in the centre of the tank) is a lolly-pop stick, inlet pipe is copper wire (next to ladder). Two planks across the top of the tank were for maintenance purposes.
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| Completed ready for painting. |
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| The tank was placed at the rear of the shed on the layout. |
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