DrH,
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Refinery?

So named (with the ?) as it reminds me of a refinery, but I had no idea what I was building as it was built.

Scratch-built from household junk and a few kit parts.

Space Marine for scale.

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High angle view of the front of the refinery. A door is visible, flanked by posters; one a warning the other an advert for engineers.
Low angle scale shot of the refinery with a space marine miniature.
High angle view of the less busy side of the refinery.

DrH,
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Face-on views of the "Refinery?".

For the main parts of this build, I used the box part of some cheese packaging (wedge shape), the outer part of a broken charger (small box), and the housing of a TV aerial splitter/booster.

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Side view of the Refinery terrain piece.
Side view of the Refinery terrain piece. Cheese box and charger housing.
Rear view of the Refinery terrain piece. Charger housing in foreground.

DrH,
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More photos of Refinery?.

The vent on the front is part of the Wave Serpent's intake that I had removed.

The pipework is well supported with frames and guy-wires.

And as with many places, a cheeky vandal has tagged a hidden spot.

Three quarters view of the Refinery.
Close up of the front of the Refinery.
Close up of some pipes and their support structure.

DrH,
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Closer views of the pipework above the "Refinery?".

The support structure is made from plastic sprue pieces and thin wire.
Attached together in such a way to make the odd shape "kind of" make sense.

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Close up of the pipe support structure for the "Refinery?" terrain piece.
Close up of the pipe support structure for the "Refinery?" terrain piece.
Close up of the pipe support structure for the "Refinery?" terrain piece.

Brodyberg,
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@DrH super cool project

DrH,
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@Brodyberg Thanks. Nice to hear.

MacBalance,
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@DrH I like it, if I was changing it I might replace or modify the orange sprue a bit. It looks a lot like, well, a chunk of sprue.

DrH,
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@MacBalance Thanks. Yes, you're not wrong. It wouldn't be much more effort to chop up the sprue and make more regular looking support beams. But I wanted to make use of the weird sprue shapes and play on the difference between that and the clean pipe and wire shapes. One of my more "arty" moments.

MacBalance,
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@DrH maybe if you could add something to the ‘bulges’ to look like wheels to control pipes?

It’s still very nice, trying to give constructive feedback.

DrH,
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@MacBalance True, that could work.

Thanks. Appreciated.

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