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As part of my work building out the the cement facility based on the Taiheiyo Cement Fujiwara Plant in Inabe I've designed and printed a bunch of structures found at the facility. This project contains a slurry tank for mixing wet materials together. You can find the reference in the Taiheiyo plant here. For some reason in the Google Maps satellite imagery the tank looks incredibly green but most reference photos looked more like a milky, concrete color. The main body file is designed with a center bit on the bottom to place in a drill for painting. I placed a brush with various colors at marks that aligned with the mixing paddles and rotated the drill to get the circular patterns. I'm currently debating adding a model water resin with a milky white color in a thin layer on top of this but haven't decided if it would look right yet. It's comprised of STL files for the main body, the walkway and the two pieces of machinery (rough models of a motor to control the mixing paddles and a motor to control the rotation of the walkway.) The file for the walkway is admittedly unnecessarily large because of the complexities of the mesh used for the slurry collecting on the paddles. After printing I realized they were much smaller (and far less visible) than I was thinking in my head. I did not modify since printing so you get what you get here. The files are available on Google Drive here. Feel free to print and use them on your own layout and modify as needed. No commercial use.

As part of my work building out the the cement facility based on the Taiheiyo Cement Fujiwara Plant in Inabe I've designed and printed a bunch of structures found at the facility. These industrial storage tanks are made to replicate this area on the grounds and using this industrial tank as a reference. Obviously not exact to what is on the grounds but using creative license to compress the space is necessary. It's comprised of STL files for each of the three tanks (due to differences in the top railings), the crossing plates (print x2) and the base plate. The files are available on Google Drive here. Feel free to print and use them on your own layout and modify as needed. No commercial use.

Came across a new supplier of laser cut cardstock kits - Baiodo. Their first offering is focused on small older style structures and a couple of detail items. https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/search?typ1_c=104&cat=rail&target=Make&searchkey=Baiodo I like how they have done a tile roof in cardstock. https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10738551/20/7 It appears that they are done in a beige cardstock and require painting. I think I may have to order a couple and see how they go.

A couple of new structures from Amagi Modeling Idea 1/150 Scale Paper Model Kit Station Series 06 : Ghost Station & Waiting Room http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10326616 1/150 Scale Paper Model Kit Station Series 07 : Local Station Building / Higashishinjo Station Type http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10326615 not inexpensive, but look nicely detailed from the pictures and some interesting buildings. Its unfortunate they don't seem to do reruns much of some of their other buildings as a few of those were unique. the beauty of lasercut stuff is you should be able to do another production run pretty easily and packaging is minimal! http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/search?typ1_c=104&cat=&state=&sold=0&sortid=0&searchkey=amagi+paper+model cheers jeff

I subscribe to archdaily on FB and thought it was a good idea to share this with members of the forum. There is a lot of work to scratch build this structure. But, it will be really cool to model this. It has a open section that allows viewing from the top and will look good lighted up! I have added a pic with lights... More details can be found at http://www.archdaily.com/506815/denver-union-station-som/