I have built the walls here from the Kibri 6770 factory kit. The walls are from the separately attached tower of the kit. I have used the main factory walls for other projects and was left with the tower sections. I joined the individual sections with strips of 1/16" styrene angle (90502) to form a single wall section. This kit being as versatile as it is, comes with 2 styles of doors, so the walls don't have a repetitive look. I have flipped the doors on the 4 section wall so I can add steps. The panels can be configured in any number of ways. I am leaning towards them being a partial/backdrop building. They have the industrial look of Eastern US mills and factories. The roof will be styrene sheets w/ add on details, including some from the kit. Jim
Looking very promising. I liked what Kai Wüstermann did with this kit on his Jordbergkirche industry diorama. Check his build sequence: http://www.jordbergkirche.de/2014/05/hauptgebaeude-der-fabrik/ Matt
Thanks, Matt. This kit is probably the most useful for kitbashing projects. It is also one of the more US-style buildings made by Kibri. I have used the main wall sections muck like Kai has on another project or two. The tower walls offers another "style" of building walls. Kibri once offered an accessory kit that had many of the detail parts included in this kit. It was an odd assortment of things. Jim
I think it is worth to know that you can order KIBRI plastic moulds as "replacement parts". This takes time (4-6 weeks) but might be a cheaper option in case you need some more replicable parts comparing to buy the whole kits.
Thanks for that info, Pawel. It sounds like they DO sell scratch-building parts. I didn't know I could order replacement parts. I like the kit, too because of its abundance of useful details that can be used on so many other z scale kits. I've used them on the MTL waterfront kits with very good effect. I only need one end wall to complete a project. I've got one on the way. I will go to KIBRI's web site and see about ordering replacement parts. Have you ever ordered parts from them? Jim
Looks super-duper, Jim !!... I lived in Cambridge on Tremont St. in the 1970s while doing one year of Berklee Coll. Mus, with a fellow friend from our NYC, H.S. days back in 1965. So I saw Charles street, Bunker Hill, Commonwealth Ave., rode the MTA cars (not nearly enough), trolled the river banks, Harvard Sq. Walked to Central Sq. passed MIT, over the bridge to school on Mass Ave. ..Such great great memories still remain of those gear-fab times during my youthful 20's !... I live in Los Angeles now since 1978, 32 years working as a musician. (Ret. 8 yrs ago). Been a member of the 2 N scale clubs here. One, being the Belmont Shore MRRC of which I'm sure you know, invented modular RRing, beginning with N-trak. I actually never cared for modular. But the club layout is huge, not modules. It's permanent. Eventually I went back to HO and had to demolish a 35' HO layout in my apartment of 10 yrs. in the making, 2.5 yrs ago. Am planning a small shelf layout, but debits are continually side-tracking it...! M
Thanks, M. I haven't heard super-duper since the early 80's when I had a co-worker who would say it daily. Thanks for the flashback. She was a wonderful woman. Nice to think of her. Anyway, The old town has changed a tad since you've been here. I have spent the first 11 years of life in Roxbury, the next 11 in South Boston and the last 40+ in Dorchester. I worked in Harvard Square for almost 20 years, on Church St. I have walked the Mass Ave bridge 100's of times. The view of Boston from the middle of it is still my favorite. MIT has a model railroad club that is not nearly as brilliant as one would think. I still take the subway everyday and have my entire life. Trains have been part of my life as long as I can remember. I've never had an operating layout. I basically have been collecting z scale since '95 when I bought a Marklin starter set. I spent most of my time trying to make things that looked American. I have used a few Kibri 6770's over the years. I have a few of these "tower additions" laying around. I've got enough stuff built for a couple of 4' modules. I model the urban and waterfront parts of the NHRR in Boston and Roxbury. There is a model railroad club in Roslindale, MA I may take a look into. I have not retired yet so the time to spend on my hobbies is limited. That must have been one big apartment where you could have a 35' layout. I can't find room for a 4' module. Is it a typo or do I not know what "gear-fab times" means? I hope you are enjoying retirement. Do musician's really retire? BTW Full disclosure. I have never been to the Bunker Hill monument. I have, however, been on the USS Constitution. Jim in Boston
Thanks for this link, Pawel. There are a couple of interesting buildings here. A couple look like buildings over here. There really are a lot of paper kit designers in Europe. Do you have any of these on your layout/modules? Jim
