FOUND RETIRED BUILDINGS

I dug up some old buildings I retired some time ago. I think I will keep the Bar and repurpose it. The train station is the old Bachmann Freight Station. The building is too big for the area I would use it in, so it will remain retired, I have an Atlas Maywood Station that will be perfect on the new layout. Perhaps I'll post the old Bachmann to Ebay for a couple pennies.

Does anyone else have old, retired buildings? If so, what are your plans with the old structures?








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I really like the vending machines with the station!

 

...and the lighting really brings it to life! That little cantina is awesome!

 

I think all my "retired" buildings are on my layout.



Doug

 

Thanks Kurt, that building is obsolete. It is the old waffle house kit. I need a new sign to hang off front, the old one broke.

 

I like the station with the Coke machine. Did the Picnic Tables come with it?

 

Hi, thanks for taking a look. The train station is actually the old Bachmann freight station repurposed. It looked like a plastic toy and came with nothing other than a funky looking fork truck and some black plastic looking things I suppose are benches. It took a little effort to make it look usable.

A photo of what the kit looks like straight out of the box.

 

Great job, looks awesome now

 

The transformation is amazing! It's remarkable what a paint job can do. Did you have to take it apart at all to paint it?

 

wow, just realized that it's the old
Bachmann station!
Great job making it realistic!

 

Hi, MT
Yes, I stripped it down and rebuilt it.

 

With a repaint and a few details, it turns ito a nice little station but you took it up to another level. Great job!

 

KWE,
I too really like the cantina! Lighting looks great.
That sure is a nice transformation of the station.

Scott

 

I had a three or four-story building that I bought early on during layout construction, second hand. I figured out later that it was more N than HO! It got replaced.

A house got the heave-ho too, replaced by another that looked less plasticky...

On my way home from work today, I saw something that immediately put that image of the Bar in my head - a Nissan Cube!

 

I think you should have switched scales.



Doug

 

My eyes voted nay on that one...

 

I've been kicking around some ideas on how I may wire my lighted buildings on the layout. I practiced a bit with the two older buildings posted above. I decided to use an old N scale transformer, an on-off switch and a dimmer switch. I could go battery power, but I am not sure I want the hassles of replacing batteries. I used a lighted on-off latching switch to power the block on and off. The way I have it set up, I should be able to power 7 buildings.

I am not a fan of chrome, so the chrome switch annoys me. I did find similar switches in black. I ordered a black switch just to see if I liked it. Eventually I will need at least 3 latching switches.

This is the black switch


A short video of how I plan to light my layout

 

Good idea. I would stick with the little old power pack instead of batteries. The dimmer is good.

Years ago, I went through all the trouble of cutting a rectangular hole in the case of my old MRC 500N pack to mount a slide switch to turn the AC on and off for the lights when I could have just used an external switch. Ah well, when you're young, you get fanciful ideas.

Doug

 

I'm with Doug on this. Batteries would be a pain over time.

I do like that black pushbutton switch.

 

I had one of these on my very first layout. Seeing this pic makes me want to get a pair of them just to have. One as is and one to "dress up" Good memories