I was looking for some fuel storage tanks and last year picked up a Walther's Interstate Fuel Company kit at a show. I wasn't too happy with the tanks when I opened the box- the panel beading looked a bit heavy. I had some PVC pipe and was just going to scratch build some larger diameter "smooth" tanks, when I decided the give the Walther's parts a go. I needed something easy to piddle with on a Saturday afternoon that wasn't too challenging...
The tanks are built from "cups" that you can stack for different tank lengths. The Walther's kit allows horizontal or vertical mounting, I put five stacks in vertical as shown in the pics, mounted on a slab of Plexiglas, with some extra piping for "decoration". A small brick retaining wall sort of pretends to retain spills.
I was toying with tank top railings, a ladder, some kind of vertical fuel tank gauges, stairs over the wall, but it's a Saturday piddle project and I didn't want to get too complex, especially since I'm not fond of that heavy beading.
A quick paint job, some cinders inside the wall, and the Walther's tanks are ready to go...
Not satisfied though, I'm creating the monster tanks, for those really thirsty diesels. Made from 3.4 inch OD PVC pipe, they represent some really big fuel tanks...
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