I’m supposed to be working on diesel sheds and the like, but I seem to be having a rather good time putting together non railway structures. Case in point- The Walthers’ Red Wing Milling Company. An interesting industry, it’s supposed to have a rail dock on one side and a road vehicle loading dock on the other side. The building, like many Walthers’ kits, is selectively compressed just a tad too much for my taste. I’m looking for background structures, and if I ever do build an HO/OO railway it’ll be a one sided shelf layout anyway, so no detail is needed on the backside…
The back of the building was added to the front to double the length of the structure. The backside of the building is now Plexiglas spray painted flat black. I also used another piece of Plexiglas to finish the roof. Since the building covers twice the footprint of the original, there wasn’t enough of the roof to go around. The smoke stack was added to the side of the building and loading dock awning wasn’t installed- it wasn’t high enough to allow rail vehicles underneath. The two blowers on the roof don’t come with the kit- they are separate Walthers items.
I don’t know that I’d want to eat anything milled in this structure. I wanted grunge, and with a liberal airbrush attack with grimy black, it’s dirty. I believe this is an industry where they stuff graphite into those little tubes for lubricating locks and such… ;~)
Finally, there are a few shots of the structure with one of the Woodland Scenics repair teams onsite to give some idea of scale. The fellow next to the ladder really makes the ladder platforms look chunky. Etched parts would really be nice here, but for the $27 paid for this kit, it’s a gem. It makes a very nice 24” backdrop eh? |
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