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• HO Scale Transload Building (kitbashed Walthers kit with lots of scratchbuilding)

Some of the trials and tribulations of getting the docks to work for this build.

Electrical and water installed.

Of note, the secondary box abovce the main electrical has an interior panel box on the opposite side of the wall for the breakers inside of the building.

Downspouts are all over the building. There’s a lot of roof to drain.

Anda couple of more for good measure.

Like I said, lot’s of downspouts.

The rail side of teh biulding has less than the truck (road) side of the building. Most advertising was on the road side of these types of buildings.

There’s a lot of junk left around the base of the walls, especially where the dock doors are. This will simulate the crud and grime that collects around the base of structures.

Some squadron white putty to clean up the major gaps in the parts also double as the remains of stucco, plaster or render, on the building. They’ll be drybrushed during the weathering phase.

An SP building in the heart of Texas. So an air-conditioner is a must for managers working hard for the railroad. Meanwhile a blower pulls the hot air out of the dock area and the rest of the hot air back in to keep the workers cool.

The blower has yet to have a grate put on it, that will happen shortly.

Taken from the managers end of the building this time. The Walthers kits are quite nice.

Another view showing the roof outline from the rail side.

While on the rail dock side the one door is open and ready for business.

One of the nicest features of the model is that you can see through the building, and to a purposefully limited degree, around the rest of the inside of the transload area.

On the truck side, one door is open for a forklift or hand-truck to come through, the other closed.

From the truck dock side, even more work has taken place on the windows. Only one of the double hung windows has the 9-light original in-place. This by the way is the manager’s office.

Looking from the rail dock side of the building most of the windows have been replaced with newer double hung, single pane windows. Some are still the original not having rotted out yet.

The final installment the H beams for the roof. These play a part in ensuring that the roof stays out where it is supposed to, stiffening the structure in the process, and will carry the bus bars for lighting later on in the build.

The construction of the doors is simple, yet effective.

Completed interior, minus roof beams, with the internal partitions in place for the offices.

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