Altering A Kit To Fit A Space

[Drew1125]

This might be a rerun for some of you, but I thought I'd show how this kitbash was dictated by the shape, & size of the available space.
I started with a 2-track spur, a main line going to the rear, & an exit hole in the backdrop that needed to be hidden.
I used pieces of cardboard for a base.

 

[Drew1125]

I decided to pve over the tracks, with spackling, & started test fitting pieces I cut to fit from a Walthers Superior Paper kit.

 

[Drew1125]

...here's some walls I temp. set up...

 

[Drew1125]

...and some more...

 

[Drew1125]

I needed something to bring the two seperate buildings together...the answer came in the form of some pieces from a Walthers coal mine kit...
With some roof details, here's what I ended up with...
I named it Leigh Foods after one of my daughters, who's in culinary school.

 

[Tyson Rayles]

It"s well worth posting again cause it's a neat use of a tight space as well as hiding the exitway.

 

[Catt]

Charlie,would you mind if I put this into the How To section on the NARA site?

 

[CarlFidy]

Charlie,

Great looking solution to the problem!!! I'm going to have to do the same thing - hiding an exit - several times on the layout I'm planning.

It's nice to see the work in progress photos.

 

[Gary Pfeil]

Charlie, That's wonderful. it works great! What an imagination.

Gary

 

[Drew1125]

Thanks for all the kind words!
Catt,
If you ever see something of mine you'd like for the NARA site, you don't need to ask...you're more than welcome to it!

 

[Catt]

Thanks Charlie.I'll get you uploaded to NARA this next week. Any other NARA members if you have a neat idea write it up photo it up and let me know about it. We have a How I did it section on the site.

 

[Ralph]

Charlie,
I just noticed this thread today. Thanks for the multi-pic "how to" series above. I like the look of the building; very industrial, gritty, and interesting with the connecting piece that differs from the other sections. It looks like many I've seen in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
Ralph

 

[Drew1125]

Thanks Ralph!

 

[shamus]

Great piece of ingenuity that Charlie, very nice work indeed.

Shamus