01-13-2009, 12:00 PM
Russ Bellinis Wrote:Josh, I suspect the situation is like the "hammer head" cranes in the harbor. You have to have a long enough dock to justify the number of cranes you install, and you have to have a bit of extra dock space where they can be moved out of the way and parked when the ship is docking or leaving. The number of cranes in use will then depend on the size of the ship. When I worked in the harbor, we had small ships come in that would be worked with 2 cranes and we had large ships come in that would handle 4 cranes.
Thanks Russ for the reply, i always enjoy reading what other have to say about the plans i make
I would like to have at least one large barge in the top Harbor. Should i take out one of the Bridge Cranes? Would that give them enough room to move around and such if i spread them out a bit? Each crane is 10-1/4" wide, so if i take one out, i can divide that space combined with the space that is already between each crane right now (2-1/2") and that should give a little space in between each one so that they could move around....
Russ Bellinis Wrote:I have one question about your plans for the manufacture of parts. I'm not familiar with the steel industry, but I don't think steel mills make any parts other than perhaps a machine shop on premises to make parts in house needed to keep the machinery running. I think the steel mill would send out the steel in rolls, slabs, or structural shapes to other companies who would have foundries or whatever was needed to produce finished parts. For instance, the auto industry receives steel in rolls that goes to the stamping mill at the plant to make body panels. They receive ingots that goes to the casting plant to be cast into engine blocks, cylinder heads, etc. Even the frames for cars are made on site from raw steel.
That gives me an idea for a small to medium on site building for manufacturing parts for the complex. I was just going to do a bunch of small to medium sized buildings that would represent different Manufacturing buildings where the steel slabs, coils..... would be turned into parts of whatever, wheather it be parts for machines, parts for bridges, parts for buildings.... But now that you said that, it got me thinking, and i have a building that i kitbashed a while ago that was 2 of the Allied Rail Re-builders kits. I could use that building as machine shop for the entire complex. It was quite a large building, 10 x 20" so i think it would fit well with the scene.
This leaves me with alot of open space now that i wont be adding in a few small to medium sized buildings for Manufacturing buildings. Ill have to get creative in these areas lol