Into BIG buildings??

I like BIG buildings I want my buidings big enough to warrant rail service.







This is MAT Trucks the biggest customer on the GVR(no it ain't done yet)

There will be more building added onto the right end of what you see here.Once the building is all done comes the fun part .The detailing including a scratchbuilt overhead crane just past the GT boxcar for unloading steelcoils from coilcars.

In case your curious this part of the complex is 10" wide 20" long and 4 3/4" tall.Total size of this thing will be 20" x 48" when done,and will have tracks going all over the place

 

Yes sir, as buildings go that's a big 'n !! It has certainly come a long way sice you posted it in the Challenge post! Thanks for sharing it, and keep us posted as it develops!
John

[ 03 February 2002, 22:28: Message edited by: JCater ]

 

I have to agree. Too many of our buildings are too small to warrent rail service. I am trying to fix that on my layout as well.

Here are a couple of examples: (I hope)
The first is Beka Toy Co. made from DPM modules, seven stories tall in the center. It's located on the backdrop, it's only 3/4" deep, so only the back wall shows.

The second is the grain elevator, made from PCV pipes.





Jeff
Augsburg & Concord R.R.
(a fictional shortline in Central Illinois)
http://www.pegnsean.net/~revnjeff

 

Uh-oh Jeff,I think there's another building gonna grow on the GVR.I like that recessed shipping dock.

 

Catt,

The recessed dock is easy. All I did was take the DPM dock door piece and add it to 1/2 blank wall on each side in a c-shape. Kinda like this:
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I used sheet styrene for the dock floor and ceiling. I painted both concrete color. The dock wall covers the front. BTW, it looks better in person than it does in cyberpsace. If ANYONE is ever up in the Wisconsin Northwoods, drop me a line, I would be happy to show you.

Jeff
Augsburg & Concord R.R.
(a fictional shortline in Central Illinois)
http://www.pegnsean.net/~revnjeff

 

Jeff,thanks for the headsup on how you did the dock. It's been so long since I've been to Wisconsin I'm not even sure I remember where it is. But,I may just take you up on the invite this summer just to get outta Dodge.

 

Jeff,
If you have any plans of the grain elevator that you would be willing to copy and send me, I would love to add one to my layout! By the way, I have been through Rhinelander many times (on my way to the U.P.) Also, I have lots of family to the south of you in Mosinee and surrounds.
John

 

That really reminds me of the old Peavey grain terminal in Denver ! Very nice models guys. Even though my layout is quite large, I don't think I will ever have room for anything quite as big as these !!
John

 

Thats a lot of grain

 

Excellent inspiration guys. I hope to have a few old biguns on my pike as well!

 

You want BIG buildings? Try this one, my cheese factory is 3'6" wide, stands nearly 3ft high to the water tank. "Course, it helps that it's in 1:20.3 scale!
http://www.trainweb.org/toenailridge/cheese2.jpg

 

Phil,that's cheatin' or is that cheezin'? That would be abit out of place on my Nscale layout. Nice looking building though.

 

My grain elevator is a real simple design. The tower is simply sheet styrene, tall enough to look good (8 inches, I think). The windows were made by printing window design on a transparency sheet. The silos are PCV pipe, cut for me by the hardware store. I believe they are 6 inches.

In the north, the silos have most of the piping covered by a shed. Winter rakes havoc on the silos, which operate even in wintertime. The stored grain needs to get to market even in January.

If you want, I can take more careful measurements. Let me know.

Remember, I am modeling N-scale, so your milage may vary.

Jeff
Augsburg & Concord R.R.
(a fictional shortline in Central Illinois)
http://www.pegnsean.net/~revnjeff

 

Thanks Jeff,
Since I too model in N the mileage should be the same! I've seen a lot of those grain silos up in your neck of the woods. Now...how to justify one in the desert....!!
John

 

Hey, the folks in the desert need flour and bread and cakes and all the other stuff. Think of it this way....the grain gets shipped from Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, etc., and gets stored at the elevator on the outskirts of your town, then is shipped to the mill for use.

Jeff
Augsburg & Concord R.R.
(a fictional shortline in Central Illinois)
http://www.pegnsean.net/~revnjeff