{"id":3870,"date":"2022-03-26T17:16:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T00:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gregamer.com\/?p=3870"},"modified":"2022-03-26T17:16:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T00:16:23","slug":"rainier-petroleum-warehouse-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gregamer.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/26\/rainier-petroleum-warehouse-build\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainier Petroleum Warehouse Build"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Rainier Petroleum (now Maxum) facility lays at the corner of South Spokane Street and Colorado Avenue. The business unloads tank cars of lubricants and distributes them via truck and barrel to industrial and marine customers. The facility is served by 3 tracks, but my version only had room for 2.<\/p>\n

The complex is home to 2 main structures and a large variety of holding tanks.<\/p>\n

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The main warehouse is a gabled roof steel structure with a distinctive advertisement painted directly on the roof.<\/p>\n

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Rainier Petroleum warehouse looking southwest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rainier Petroleum warehouse looking southwest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rainier Petroleum north dock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rainier Petroleum warehouse looking northwest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rainier Petroleum warehouse looking west.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I designed the building structure in Adobe Illustrator and used my Cricut Maker to cut the base structure and laminated JTT scenery corrugated sheets to base structure to the walls.<\/p>\n

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I designed the inside walls with slots to align support beams.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The walls were faced with JTT Scenery corrugated roof sheets welded with Tamiya cement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The walls were faced with JTT Scenery corrugated roof sheets welded with Tamiya cement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I haven\u2019t used a base in my previous buildings, but decided I would try it with this one. The base is .030 styrene with styrene strips as bracing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Early construction photo showing walls being secured.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Beams are starting to be employed using the slots keyed into the wall sections.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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More walls being added.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The front wall being added, it is braced with a square styrene tube in the guiding slots behind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The final exterior wall added.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Working on the south barn door.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The south barn door constructed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The basic roof truss. With slots to align support beams.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Constructing the roof supports. The beam along the peak is .020 and used to align the roof sheaths.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The underside of the roof completed. The overhanging rafters are simulated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A test fit of the roof. The roof remains removable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Adding a sprinkler system under the roof eaves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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More work on the sprinklers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Some support poles for the dock overhang.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Double sided tape to stick the roof skin onto the roof.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The roof skin is printed card stock laminated with double sided tape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Closeup of the north dock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An overview of the south side of the building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Straight on view from the aisle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I started this building in early January hoping it would take me a month, instead it took 3. The experience has helped me sharpen and refine my scratch building skills.
\nlessons learned:<\/p>\n