faraway Wrote:Tyson, John, thanks. I will go with those flat buildings. Do not know why but I like them very much.

Is it perhaps because you can detail the roofs better than other shapes? Thinking of junk, vent pipes air-conditioners, conduits etc etc?

Koos

A quick check with the basic brick box. It fits into the overall style of the layout without blocking my view. I will proceed with details etc.

Here's a building of that general type, with a possible name for the business:
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John, that kind of industry is not what I had in mind. I do love the very simple garage like shops I referred to two days ago. But I am still searching for a small "something" to be placed on the other side of the street (replacing the white auto body shop). It should be all brick too and block my view as little as possible.

The Atlas HH600 fit perfect in the brick scenery.

So you're creeping back even to the 1940s now!

jwb Wrote:So you're creeping back even to the 1940s now!

My automobiles and trucks support the late 1950s better. Lets assume the HH600 are old engines soon to be replaced. The modern crossing signals have been removed and will be replaced by simple crossbars. The trains will be flag protected on the street.

I like it Reinhard, looks good!

I need to get going with some structures myself, I have an awkward shaped space too for a rail served industry (warehouse) that I need to build something for, currently trying to work out the size and height of the freight doors. The building will (appear to) sit on a foundation, as the track in the area is on a ballast bed, so I need to raise the structure a bit so that the door openings line up with the doors on boxcars etc.

Koos

torikoos Wrote:...currently trying to work out the size and height of the freight doors....

Koos, my "home standards" for loading docks at modern buildings are 1.5cm over ground and 4.0 * 4.0 cm in size.

ps. I did play with the older stuff (40' boxcars and HH600 engine) only. It was all back to modern times (flipping between 198x and 200x) when I went to bed

My little brick box (photos updated after details and ground cover has been done and building has been set permanent)

Bandit in the bricks

Wow! It's amazing how good a little box structure can look when done with care and given such great details!

Reinhard,

Where did you find the details of the gas main on that structure, Ive never seen that before?

fwwrmodeler Wrote:Reinhard,

Where did you find the details of the gas main on that structure, Ive never seen that before?

Wayne, they are made by Scale Structures. Walthers part numbers are 650-2097 (large gas meter, in stock) and 650-2076 (medium gas meter, not in stock). John (jwb) pointed me to them some month ago.

sailormatlac Wrote:... they had large roof-mounted advertising on a steel girder frame....

I needed some time to adapt and implement your suggestion.