LEGO OIL REFINERY MOC

[@almightyarjen]

Very cool MOC Alex! Love the details and the yellow outlining. And Homer is just the finishing touch!! Also nice spot in the city, next to the fire control center. As an engineer who's been to oil&gas sites, here are a few (small) things you could add: - a flare stack - a muster point - warning lights/claxon But it totally looks awesome right now!

[@alexnunes]

Thanks for the insight. I always appreciate your feedback. Good stuff.

[@goofycker]

I can tell you Mr Nunes, there is no Fire- nor PoliceStation in the world that look like the lego ones. So MOC it!

[@theventuracountyrailfan]

I think it would be great if a train line had some sort of filling station near it. It could even be by the main train station with simulated pipes going underground. Most real oil refineries have train oil loading. I know I’m a train nerd!

[@alexnunes]

I totally agree. I am thinking of moving it closer to the trains to do this.

[@emperorsgrandads]

Haha Homer in charge - what could possibly go wrong?! Nice touch, lovely build and ingenious use of the technic wheels

[@lilmacbricks741]

Awesome addition to the city! Great idea using those large wheels that can really serve a lot of purpose in minifig scale. Very nice! It's cool to see some more of an industrial zone to the city! Thanks for sharing!

[@RobinHoodBricks]

Cool. I think this is one of the best builds you've done. It looks so authentic. I love it. One suggestion might be adding small, plate width, stripes to the big black tanks and the red and white supply lines just to break them up a bit. Just like you have with the small propane tanks at the edge. This should help define the big black ones more too. Well done!

[@stephanecarrie4649]

Quel travail ! Bravo.

[@cbgadget4740]

Very nice build Alex. It looks awesome and definitely fits right in Your use of elements are great choices. Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍😎😎😎 Cary

[@brianeverhart9688]

This is a very nice build. Lots of details. Thanks for sharing

[@MakroBricks]

lol awesome...not just Homer but the whole room he is in, it's just icing on the cake. very nice build.

[@tayshonharris6430]

Wow Alex this oil refinery looks really cool! I really like all the details put into this moc. Since your city is big it would make perfect sense to have an oil refinery in it. For a suggestion, I think that you should add more pipes and tubes because if you look at actual oil refineries, there are so many pipes and it kinda looks messy which is good for this particular building. Great job and keep it up 👍💪

[@alexnunes]

Thanks, and great suggestions. I'll keep adding to it over time.

[@tayshonharris6430]

@@alexnunes ok cool!

[@Bricksie]

Crazy awesome moc. Unique idea!

[@epiccitybuilders]

Very nice 👍

[@Bricksonville]

This looks pretty good and very authentic! Nice addition to your city! Well done! :)

[@sergioquesadaberdonce8748]

Super cool addition to the city!! I really like all those pipes and tanks. BTW, thanks for continue creating videos and entertaining us during this difficult situation. Greetings from Spain!!!

[@alexnunes]

Thanks, I'll keep them coming. Stay healthy, stay safe!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Alex: Oil refinery US: Did I hear *oil* Seriously, this is very cool. Nice addition to the city but I'll miss the soccer field

[@buecar]

Octan will fund a park 1/4 the size of the old field right outside their building and you should be grateful towards them for such an amazing community gesture, never mind the fact they took over the whole field to begin with! Oh yea and the kids will have no health issues running and breathing hard right next to the refinery! haha

[@jasper4549]

bue car octan is life octan is love.

[@simonwever8206]

Very nice oil refinery! It fits perfectly in that part of the city as well. Nice to see a new MOC. I also saw the old-school fire station at the back. If something is about to happen at your oil refinery those standard fire trucks aren't equiped for the job. The lego 60061 Airport Fire Trucks (Airport Crash Tenders) are the real deal. Maybe give them a place next to the oil refinery. If you think about expanding it in the future, a cargo train and a guard house fits in well. And you know for sure about Homer...?

[@GJBricks]

You’ve done really well capturing that feel. Doing the pipes is a challenge. And the yellow gives it a really good feeling as well. Maybe you need an emergency station/fire pumping area. I made a small sci-fi Petrol station and wanted to capture that futuristic craziness. So hard to do it justice. Need a bucket load of macaroni pieces I reckon. Thanks for sharing it

[@SMWBraden]

Great work! Very clever and looks great.

[@jimjohnson8329]

Your city gets better and better wow awesome job thanks

[@YT_Aorta]

As a contractor that works at oil refinery’s you need way way way more pipes, and pipe racks made out of i beams and some towers over all nice but could be so much more epic

[@marcharljankowitz167]

I like how you've kept it relatively compact. When one lives in an apartment like I do, space utilization in Lego becomes an interesting challenge.

[@DrMcBrick]

Looks awesome Alex. Maybe to make the black tanks pop a little is use a round piece of another color (octan colors maybe) in between the cone and the first round section. Looks awesome no matter what.

[@skullboydan]

You'll need an HR office. A proper boss office. You already got the safety guy. Oh and a change room.

[@christianforster3646]

Great Design Alex, a good mixture of looking functional but still Legoish.

[@ClubBrick]

Well done. The whole set looks great 👍

[@moonnightbricks3948]

I really like that build, sits perfectly in your city.

[@lollkirby5366]

How about making a zoo Alex?! That would be a great addition to your amazing 😁 lego city.

[@brickloverbrad]

Very cool!!

[@buecar]

Great inspirations here! You mentioned moving it back, what about rotating 180? Make the front by the street a pull in parking lot, having the main towering portion towards the outside away from the citizens :]

[@MayoHosko]

I think more pipes, tanks, elevated platforms and overall more builds with industrial 🏭 specialised pieces would make the oil refinery more dense and more proper. There’s too much open space for my liking because oil tycoons want nothing more than drilling as much crude oil as possible in a small space to profit on the Great American Highway 🛣 (interstates). I love the details you’ve put so far Alex and I agree that those tanks blend in to the background. I couldn’t think of anyone more qualified in safety prevention and inspection as Homer Simpson. I love that reference. Now you just need to build a watch tower office for Mr Burns

[@ElectricianTS]

Dilemma #1: The scale of today's vehicles compared to those from over 10 years ago is very visible. There are 4 basic obstacles when deciding which scale to follow in a Lego diorama: The 70's miniwheels (with the newer Racers), the larger vintage scale with 4 studded red rimmed tires, the 80's-90's miniwheels scale invaded by the "giant" minifigures, and the present-day large scale. And that's without mentioning the micro-scale... Deciding on which one to pick is especially hard when you have pieces and sets from the different scales...

[@thehangoverpart3]

Very cool! And perfect inclusion of Homer Simpson here!

[@kimmadsen9811]

very cool MOC the only thing I could think off that is missing is a small basin of water and a engine ton run a firehose.

[@patoconnor1743]

Looks great, nice job!

[@legod1717]

Fabulous! What a great idea👍😃

[@brickspace8617]

You should collaborate with @JANGBRiCKS and @JAYSTEPHER to build one big Lego City. Imagine if that actually happened...

[@theventuracountyrailfan]

Yesssssssssssss

[@meuoke7253]

good idea

[@alexnunes]

Those guys are true masters. It would be an absolute blast to ever work with them.

[@WilliamTheMovieFan]

Also Small Brick City.

[@LaneCorbett]

That would be cool. I always just imagine there all connected by road or sea

[@Mrbtai]

Mr.Burns took over Octan! Haha, that's gas man. Love your work and be safe (especially from Homer).

[@mikevandergraaf59]

Wow! It looks really nice!

[@blablaennogwat]

THIS IS SO SMART! 🤩 Eyeopener man! I've got so many 'useless' technic wheels laying around 🤪 I got so much inspiration, Thanx!

[@alexnunes]

That's exactly how it was for me. A big back of Technic wheels doing nothing. Good luck!

[@Mardigrasman23]

Really love it. Surprised train doesn’t run near it for tanker cars

[@calvinrichardson5852]

Amazing build

[@jims7044]

Alex nunes is the Bob Ross of Lego.

[@alexnunes]

Bob Ross! hahaha!

[@TheDailyBrick]

Great video! You inspired me to make my own LEGO channel

[@thebrickpadawan]

How about building a small checkpoint/guard both where the Road turns and just a small guard station at the entrance? Otherwise very nice job :)

[@srikrishnasaichitakana3522]

I want to build one too. Have you got instructions for oil refinery lego?

[@SuperWahwahwah]

Great MOC. Why not add a security officer booth by the main entrance and maybe a barrier.

[@johnstancliff7328]

that is really cool! interesting using tire rims for parts...

[@JohnnyBricks]

Awesome creation! I love having realistic mocs which LEGO doesn't always cover with sets. Also can I ask what video editing software do you use and how do you make the awesome intro titles?

[@silika66]

Looks great

[@yoyobenjo1]

I think some boom gates at the entrance would look fitting keep out the main traffic.

[@alexnunes]

great idea. I can do that for sure.

[@gius1337]

Great video again, nice idea to use wheels, I got a ton of them laying around doing nothing

[@acerockollaa]

When i saw this video being recommended I clicked instantly. Nice moc.

[@alexnunes]

Thanks, glad you liked it.

[@mtem2253]

Awsome, simply awsome!

[@titanbricks8024]

Veri nice love it

[@gabegard4230]

Nice Build!

[@hielke-gaming7997]

Hi Alex , mabby change the yellow for the new fiber yellow couler

[@JamesKlyng1twofish]

You wouldn't put a cooling tower right below a walkway. You might need a few more distillation columns and maybe some above ground storage tanks for both feed-stock and refined product. Also, the office building is a CCR, Central Control Room.

[@alexnunes]

This is the kind of stuff I love. Thanks for the great feedback.

[@JamesKlyng1twofish]

@@alexnunes No problem. Can't wait to see the final product!

[@JamesKlyng1twofish]

Also, maybe some heat exchangers before you hit the main distillation column. You want to heat your feedstock up gradually before it enters the main distillation column that way equipment doesn't get shocked. They usually heat with steam during start up of a unit, after they use the hot refined product coming out of distillation to heat up the feed stock to save steam and energy. Good luck!

[@JamesKlyng1twofish]

Oh and add a flare. A chemical plant is not complete without a flare.

[@MarcusStarkiller]

Any chance that you will try to make a railway siding that will go to the refiner at some point?

[@alexnunes]

Yes, that is a goal for the future.

[@mouseKasei]

Fire fighting equipment! ;)

[@alexnunes]

Ah, totally need that. Most important safety feature missed. D'oh!

[@csahynes]

Kinda same topic, too close to your emergency services. If your refinery every blows, so does your police and fire stations. /teasing. Very cool moc. I wish to have one in my city if it ever gets built.

[@dmonsef]

Add Mr. Burns minifig if you have one to give it a little more humor besides Homer!

[@richardkpineau]

Looks great Alex! One suggestion: You need a storage garage.

[@dustybricks113]

How about a colored stripe on your black tanks using a thin plate.

[@dustybricks113]

Over all, it's great!

[@alexnunes]

Hmm, good idea.

[@CSW652]

Surprised it isn't connected to the train tracks, but otherwise very cool.

[@ElectricianTS]

Cool! You still have room for a water bottle or a vending machine in the office.

[@marioantoniovaldezballi4561]

IMPRECIONANNTE

[@brickdude]

Maybe you can connect the two sides of road at the end of that parking lot

[@BrandonGarbage23Trucks247]

Awesome, Mock Alex!

[@TheDailyBrick]

Hey Alex (or other people that see this)! Do you use the technic pins on modulars? Or do you not connect the buildings so that they are easier to move? I’m making my own city and I wanted to see what someone with your size city had to say.

[@fluppy9866]

Oh wow nice

[@dimamixon3355]

Hopefully they will not ask for Small Refinery Exemptions, the EPA is already abusing them

[@RaisinBarXZ550]

i clicked my youtube bookmark and it was the normal home page normally but today it just decided to put me on this vid but nice vid anyway

[@volgrenfanbus1294]

It is so cool

[@dimitri-petrenko]

Some leakage with translucent pieces on black might be a cool detail :P

[@alexnunes]

hah! I like it

[@arvinpalanivel]

Nice dude

[@rockies1790]

Missing train tracks Alex !!! 😉

[@JDH1990s]

Add some green to match the octane logo could make it pop out more

[@alexsan1327]

Maybe you could add a corporate that owns octan run by mr burns.

[@HeaveyVK]

Hi Alex and Family!!!!

[@alexnunes]

HELLO!

[@HeaveyVK]

@@alexnunes OMG YOU ACTUALLY REPLIED, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@chrisbond24]

It looks good. How about lights

[@alexnunes]

ah yes, lights. I need lights.

[@jamesquaine6264]

Lol it's in direct competition with vestas wind turbine on the other side of the city

[@LunarDarknessAdventures]

Where do you get most of your parts

[@alexnunes]

Most of the time it's at my LEGO store from the Pick a Brick wall. Most of the time there isn't anything good, but once in awhile they do and that when I stock up. If I am building something that needs specific pieces I will buy them from Bricklink or from LEGO online. It can get expensive that way, but at least you get what you need.

[@LunarDarknessAdventures]

@@alexnunes thanks I just start my own city

[@stephenchapman3334]

its a bit off topic but for your railway google trixbrix

[@alexnunes]

Very cool. I wish they were local. I have used 4D Brix a lot and they are very similar.

[@Scrimjer]

Suprised you didn't put it near the tracks

[@alexnunes]

I do want to do this, but the outlay is a bit tough. It will happen though.

[@sandrasalazar6346]

Make a car factory

[@collcoll5892]

Pipe lines heading into the upper area like to the gas Stasons and to the train yard

[@catwithabat7163]

I’m sorry did I hear OIL?

[@acimagination7982]

its different to see in a lego city.

[@doglover334]

0:54 I made the one at the bottom with the yellow train! lol it looks so bad

[@rubenmonsterman4044]

Homer Simpson ..... haha

[@snaar666]

Actually the oil is missing

[@Aces_n_eights_115]

I love this build... I left a message on your Instagram with some suggestions...

[@alexnunes]

Thanks, I'll check it out!

[@Tylan_the_gamer]

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