Hi John, welcome to Trainboard. I certainly agree with you that 'N scale is great' ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.ac-models.com http://Andersley.homestead.com http://galleryusarail_tehcaj.homestead.com http://eurogallery.homestead.com
TrainBoard is great! It's places like this that make the internet so wonderful. I just thought of another industrial building kit that looks great. It's a dual scale (HO & N) and comes with pre-colored brick window mullions, etc.- the Heljan Brewery. I'm not sure if it is still being manufactured. I bought a slightly broken boxed one at a swap meet a few years ago, but I didn't build it yet. It's quite huge in terms of real estate, but It has some awsome kit-bashing potential. All sorts of brick walls, windows, etc.
Yes, John, I picked up various dilapidated N scale buildings at a swapmeet recently, mostly Walthers, with bits missing. They were dirt cheap, but I still managed to get the price down I completely dismantled them, to make, effectively a set of kit parts to build up as building flats, etc. These functions can be a great source of parts, to make unique buildings. ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.ac-models.com http://Andersley.homestead.com http://galleryusarail_tehcaj.homestead.com http://eurogallery.homestead.com
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Alan: Yes, John, I picked up various dilapidated N scale buildings at a swapmeet recently, mostly Walthers, with bits missing. They were dirt cheap, but I still managed to get the price down I completely dismantled them, to make, effectively a set of kit parts to build up as building flats, etc. These functions can be a great source of parts, to make unique buildings. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> That's what I found as well --- including ideas for scenicking; especially the tall grass. Remember the article in MR quite a few years back? I don't keep past issues. I hand them off to the elderly residents at a senior housing project. Good Luck, John
Here is a bone for all of us! I still have several HO (nope I will not say that stuff about my HO layout of 13 years ago, darn not again ) structures sitting about. The forum gave the wild notion of hacking these structures apart and morphing various parts together to make a industrial goliath. But then theres the windows again, and loading bays and door openings. How does one use HO kits to make them look right for N scale. It was stated earlier that the Walthers HO power plant works well in N with some minor alterations. Has anyone done this? I like the idea of recycling some of my HO stuff for the new layout. It gives the project some history.
By now you know I like scratch building. A source of ideas information and plans can be found in the public library. For example, I used a book on the oil business to get the ideas that became my oil refinery. My steel mill came from a book about steel. My potash mine came from a book about Saskatchewan minerals. Industries can be designed to fit the space available and it is fun to see how close we can come to creating a miniature of a real industry. Libraries are a great source of industry information. The best part is libraries are free. Robin
