Varnish manufacturing has been around for a long time and the ingredients have varied over time and with different manufacturers, but the essential ingredients have mostly been a resin, an oil such as linseed oil and a thinner such as turpentine. Those are the ingredients for my factory. I have completed the linseed oil tanks. My factory is inspired by a photo I found on the Internet (a source of a lot of what I build) but my interpretation with my model will be only similar. This is in part because the photo is not very clear and also because I always like to make my own interpretation.
The structure is a wood covering for the tanks which are plastic tanks from a Walthers kit parts package. The roof is covered with tar paper (painted paper strips). Since the tanks are not actually attached to the wood structure I glued them to a thin card stock ground base which I painted and added real dirt and some weeds. After I complete the other structures in the factory I will add some pipes connecting the tanks to the structure containing the melting room. This is a simple structure but the design part always takes more time than the actual construction.
The next structure I will build will be the manufacturing facility which will contain the melting room where the resin and the linseed oil are heated and combined before thinning with the turpentine. I may try to include some interior details but this will depend on the design. The other structures in this complex will be a warehouse and a shed for products awaiting shipment as well as raw materials being received.
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