Kitbasher's Diary: Bachman Rural Freight Statoion (N Scale)

[Drew1125]

Hi everyone!

Well after being completly bone-idle in the modeling dept for the last few weeks, I've finally started piddling with something...

I've been wanting to build something for The Gauge NTrak project next summer, & this will be a part of something I have in mind...

I've had this kit laying around for a couple of years...I don't remember where I got it or why, but, what the heck...let's see what we can do with it!

At this point, I still don't have anything complete, but I thought I'd kind of walk through where I'm at up to now...

Here's the picture of the kit as it appears on the box...

 

[Drew1125]

The first thing I did was to "rough-up" the siding a little bit with the point of an x-acto knife, then glues the wall sections together...

 

[Drew1125]

I opted not use the base included with the kit...instead, I made a 4' high foundation out of pieces of .040" styrene sheet...

 

[Arlaghan]

COOL!

Can't wait to see this one develop.

Judging by the size of that window... it's a very tiny kit indeed! Gotta love N scale.

 

[Drew1125]

I sprayed the entire structure with Floquil Roof Brown, then dry-brushed the siding with Polly Scale Reefer White, & painted the foundation Polly Scale Concrete...then gave everthing a thin black wash of India Ink & alcohol

 

[Drew1125]

Next, I used some more of the .040" styrene to make a "concrete" loading dock...

 

[Drew1125]

On the other side, I made a smaller "wooden" dock, cut from pieces of the original kit's base...I also added a loading door from the scrap box...

 

[Drew1125]

Well, that's where I am at this point...guess I'll go see what else I can come up with this evening!

 

[Catt]

Lookin' good ,Charlie.

 

[Clerk]

Charlie, I can see that that building is going to be a cute little thing.

 

[Tyson Rayles]

It's working for me! Really love the wooden loading dock.

 

[Matthyro]

Nice one Charlie. Now what comes next?

 

[NScale]

Looks great! Love to see the finished project

 

[Drew1125]

Thanks guys!

Well, this might seem a little wierd...
I decided to go on and use the roof from the kit...the problem was, the posts that support the overhang were now dangling off the ground because of my foundation modifications...

 

[Drew1125]

...I've tried to solve this by making some concrete "knee-walls out of styrene...any thoughts on this? I guess I could always go back, get rid of the kit supports, & just make posts that go all the way to the ground...?
Any comments would be appreciated!

 

[Arlaghan]

How about having the loading dock area extend all the way across and to the sides of the building? Just a thought.

 

[Drew1125]

Hi Arl!
Y'know, I did consider that...that's pretty much thwe design of the original kit...(see 1st pic)
But I'm funny like that...I just can't leave anything alone!
I was trying to get something different out of this kit...a building that's had things added on, knocked off, changed around, etc...maybe something that once was a RR structure, but has been used for other purposes in the years since...?

 

[ezdays]

Charlie,

Just a thought, but suppose you slid the roof to one side instead of having an overhang on both ends. You could have a lot more to work with on one side rather than splitting it up. I think lengthening the posts on each end would look strange with such a short overhange and the knee wall also looks out of place with such a short roof overhang.

Don

 

[Drew1125]

Hmmm...now you've got me thinking in a whole new direction...Thanks Don!
Lemesee...I know I got a nice sharp razor saw around here somewhere...

 

[ezdays]

Originally posted by Charlie
Hmmm...now you've got me thinking in a whole new direction...Thanks Don!

Charlie,

You have helped me more times than I can count.

Don