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ASSEMBLY OF THE PIPES & GANTRIES SET ************************************************************************************** Read this entirely before attempting construction. **************************************************************************************
Clean your items before construction, the coupling pieces will be a thin sheet, simply sand it off or score with a hobby blade and push out.	Here we pipes to go into the wall of the factory, so we glued a blank wall from the factory set to a base section with the intention that it can just be placed against a blank wall or opening to add this section.
Next we measured the area off so we can glue the bracket into place straight...	After the coupling pieces are cleaned...
add them to the base after the bracket is glued into place, then we glue couplings into place. Do a dry run first to get a feel of where you want this to go.	Next we measure off how high the pipe should be to clear the gantry bracket, The coupling is glued to the bottom of the pipe elbow...
Next place the pipe into the couplings on the base, do not glue into place yet. Measure the distance from the pipe elbow's mount area not the mounting plug...	Cut the pipe to fit and add the coupling...
On the second we made a damaged one as seen here simply by repeating the steps but adding a broken section...	We made 2 lower pipes sections and once again did not glue them into place yet. we also kept 2 damaged pipe sections (one for the ground and one for the wall)
Here is a larger pipe and gantry sectioned assembled much the same way as the smaller section.	The pipes were made into a "U" shape which rose out of the ground and up and back down into the ground...
The gantry brackets were mounted on the inside of the coupling sections and then the pipes were added the same as above.	Here it is almost complete, adding the catwalk and guard rail (same as the factory catwalk section.
Another lower pipe section is added and a lower catwalk and guard rail.	Once again scoring the thin sheet inside the rail, carefully and popping them out (carefully so you don't break the rail itself)
Here is one being done.	Stairs and ladders are added where you would like...
Such as seen here...	And here...
We cut a piece of the catwalk and mounted on to the top of the pipe section and then added the stairs.	Here is a damaged section we created...
This is one of the many places it can be added to the factory.	A rear shot of the Pip`es and Gantries section
More pictures of the newly created section...	and here...
and here...	and here...
and here...	The section primed and ready for dry brushing.
Be sure to make sure you spray it throughly as there are many nooks and cracks to get!	Very clean model!
This is going to be a fun piece to play around!	Now for the dry brushing...
And lets not forget about this piece... then (as in the Factory Painting Guide) we paint the blank wall and dry brushed the pipes with silver.	Here it is with the wall painted and the base also painted a gray, we used a house flat paint we acquired at a home improvement store for about $10.00 and less if you find on on their discount shelf. it is a good idea to do this if you are planning to add to your factory.
Note: the single bricks painted a dark brown or black stain, really adds character and does not take much time at all!	Now the pipes are glued into place ans it is done, just mist it as in the Factory Painting Guide with gray spray for that fine layer of dust.
The same has been doe with the larger section and here is it.	Here it is added to the side of the factory set.
Here is the larger section added to the side and the smaller covering the real opening of the factory to add yet another Pipe & Gantry section!	Here it is with the Factory Warehouse Furnace building set.