Here's the flour mill:



For more photos, see "Let's see some of your work"

This is a Walthers flour mill kit that I built and weathered:

Why not a 'bad neighborhood' ?   You could have junked cars, run-down/vacant houses, even a "chalk" outline of a dead HO- scale figure.

I've also weathered an Athearn SWIFT reefer pretty recently.

I have a photo of the flour mill. I'll post a picture of it when it's weathered and decaled, but here it is in it's "undecorated" phase.

Quote from: sour rails on May 26, 2007, 04:16:43 PM
     I am new to modeling, so I'd have to say whatever is cheapest for right now.  But if I had a choice, I would probably model Great Northern, Denver & Rio Grande, Southern Pacific, or Texas & Pacific, depending on whether steam or deisel.

Sam

A fellow T&P modeler! 


As you may have guessed, I model a freelanced, obscure segment of the Texas & Pacific on which Mopac ( partial owner of the T&P) and Southern Pacific (via trackage rights) are seen on its tracks.  My fictional branch also interchanges with the Santa Fe.

In times like these....   I wish I had cable.



(I'm still stuck with the 'bunny ears' antennaes.) 

Quote from: Atlantic Central on May 17, 2007, 05:36:03 PM
Matt,


Bachmann is one of the few companies we buy these products from that actually has some kind of ownership connection with the factory in China that makes the goods. Most all of these other American companies making products in China simply contract the work out to manufacturing companies over there. Athearn, Atlas, Walthers, etc, do not own any buildings/land/machinery in China.

Sheldon

Sheldon is correct. Walthers doesn't own any machinery in CHINA. They make their stuff in DENMARK.

Man! I wish I found that kinda stuff at a yard sale!

Gene,

Look at some of the background buildings I showed earlier in the post. They'll fit your era.

I've only found 2 background buildings that won't fit the 1950s.

PS- I found another example on the full size kit=background building.

Bud's trucking company:


Lakeville warehousing:

PS-

equipment= locomotive, freight cars and caboose

Quote from: Hunt on May 22, 2007, 06:11:15 PM

Quote from: robertscountrylady@eastex on May 22, 2007, 11:06:41 AM
I have a vintage metal train track. ...

Is your track heavily rusted? If yes, you will better off buying new track that goes with a train you like.

What do you have to connect to the track to power a locomotive?

Or you could buy an abrasive cleaning bar to clean off the rust.

Or you could use vinegar to clean off the rust.
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You need to buy O scale, 0-27 type, 3-railed equipment. You also need to buy a transformer for the track and either Lionel or some other manufacturer's O scale equipment.


Hope this help,
Paul M.

It's pretty hard to design stuff on Sketchup, expecially when you have prototypical dimensions you need and all that...

But when you finally do complete the structure, its pretty cool.

Walthers Cannery:


Walthers Imperial Food products:

Quote from: C.K. Eddlemon on May 17, 2007, 02:11:49 AM
I hate that they quit building that BIG brewery and now have only the back of it as 'Arrowhead Ale" -- but I guess most people just don't want to sequester all of that space to one large industry and would rather do it as a sort of background.  Most people DO have space between the track and the wall for a small industry, but many do NOT want a large building to dominate the scene or layout.

Yeah.

Big Brewery:

Arrowhead Ale: