Walthers structures... show & tell

Calzephyr Jul 3, 2009

  1. PF2488

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    I believe it was an old Plastruct kit. It was an all styrene kit. There is a water tower in Poteet Texas very similar to this (except full size).

    Poteet Texas.

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  2. Biased turkey

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    Thank you Tracy for detailing your weathering technique. I use washes ( paintbrush or airbrush ) for all my structures. I use pastel chalks on some rolling stock.

    Fifer: That elevator is quite impressive. Are all the details on the silos roof included with the kit or did you superdetailed it?

    Midniteflyer1: Well done, nice brick color on the Ridgeway Paint Company building.
    I'm looking for some chainlink fence, yours looks very good. Is it from a commercial kit or scratchbuilt.

    gpa: Nice version of merchant's row II. I have it too ( see page 11 of this thread ) so it's interesting to see the work of other fellow modellers with that structure.
    I call that structure the "village idiot" because every village has an idiot and it looks like almost any layout has a merchant's row II structure.

    Jacques
     
  3. Midniteflyer1

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    The Chainlink is Gold medal.........
    A close-up
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  4. Train Kid

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    WOW, that chain link fence is awesome. Well done.
     
  5. fifer

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    Thanks , it is pretty much like about it with the exception of the lightning rods and steps and grateings.
    Thanks, Mike
     
  6. Fishplate

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    Northern Light & Power

    The outdoor transformer came from an old Con-Cor substation kit. And, there are some splotches of glue on the wall that really show up in this photo...I need to fix those!

    [​IMG]
     
  7. WPZephyrFan

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    I LOVE that brickwork!
     
  8. Logtrain

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    Does it count if all you use is some trusses out of a Walthers kit and the rest is scractbuilt?
     
  9. NSES40DC2775

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    That a nice power plant very will detailed and weathered.
     
  10. Train Kid

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    Not sure what to say.

    WOW.
     
  11. fifer

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    Fantastic work ! It really looks at home in the setting.
    Mike
     
  12. PF2488

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    That is really NICE!!!
     
  13. G&G Railway

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    I must say everyone has done a fantastic job on the kits.
     
  14. Tracy McKibben

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    I have one of these downstairs waiting to be built. I now have a standard for which to reach!
     
  15. Biased turkey

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    Thank you Mike ( Fifer ) and Midniteflyer1 for taking some of your valuable time to reply and supply additional information.

    Midniteflyer1 thanks for the link to Gold Medal I for sure will order their chainlink quite soon.

    Steve ( Fishplate ) that
    Northern Light & Power
    is a masterpiece.
    I am ( was after seeing your work ) reluctant to do some brickwork in N scale because at 1/160 the mortar generally lines look too thick. Could you please detail how you did the mortar lines ?

    Jacques
     
  16. Fishplate

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    Jacques,
    Please see this post for a brief description of how I did the mortar lines. This method was described in RMC many years ago.
     
  17. Biased turkey

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    Thank you Steve for the link to the mortar lines thread.
    I'll run a test on some wall section of Walthers modular .

    Jacques
     
  18. SinCity

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    Just bought a few more Cornerstone structures. Currently have the following:

    Merchant's Row II
    Mills Bros Lumber
    OL King and Sons
    State Street Stores
    University Ave Shops
    2-Stall Engine House
    Sanding Tower and Drying House
    Pella Depot
    State Line Farm Supply
    AL's Victory Service
    Goldenflame Fuel Co

    I just love structures!
     
  19. Calzephyr

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    Uh... ohhhhhhh!

    You've got the model railroading bug... and it's terminal... on the wallet at least... ;)
     
  20. SinCity

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    Still looking for more Walthers structures. Just wish they bring a few out of retirement.
     

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