I may have that exact kit,

,I think it is an older atlas warehouse minus dock

Atlas.. I would agree

it was from Atlas's earlier production era like the lumber facility a lot of people had including me. But I forgot as Atlas improved their quality. I run two Atlas locomotives that over perform my Athearn's of the same age. 

I have a couple of those

Brad,

I have two of those buildings which are still at my parents in the attic. I think a rebuild would be neat if you had a place for it on the layout. I think updating the windows or doors with Grandt Line and adding some details from Monster Model Works or Vectorcut could really make it interesting. Keep us posted, I amy have to find mine and do something with them...

It's best feature is that it

It's best feature is that it is non-spectacularly mundane......the kind of falling down structure that is common all over. Some graffiti, a broken light, it will work. Read Lance Mindheim's blogs, especially the last few.

Agreed

Greg, yes some remodeling is in order. The windows and downspouts are over scaled.

Mark, I agree, and I do read Lance's blog. It sits well with the corner entry as it sits at an intersection of roads. The roll up door would suggest an era of Years past. I model a current day freelance shortline with modern facilities but the street it would sit on is the old part of town with an old station (Osborn Model Kit Angus, ON station) across the street from it. So it would fit my old vs new motif. I might take some sand paper to it, clean up my old gluing mistakes and yes add graffiti. 

Thanks for the comments guys.

Brad

We have an old building

We have an old building similar to that here in town that's been turned into a coffee shop, was an electrical supply in it's productive days.  Many small business's would look at home in there.....DaveB

Old Train-Miniature kit, later marketed by Life-Like/Walthers

 This was an old Train-Miniature structure kit, originally an old-western store, bank or saloon. Later released by Life-Like as their Clipper Mill Plumbing Supply. Apparently no longer available at Walthers.

My version

I'm building mine as a country store/service station of older vintage. still a work in progress but I did cut down the building and painted it. Will eventually have an old gas pump and sign out front, with an old car out back being worked on. 

The Flying Scotsman

I've decided to turn my kit into a pub. 'The Flying Scotsman', a Scottish themed pub with of course a railroad theme. The details were meant to be in mock up form, but I am happy with them with some adjustments. But I have to go back and work on the structure itself, and weather the brick after I fill in the holes and remove the bad glue work, I was probably 13 when I assembled it and i'm 43 now! I'm thinking some hanging plants too. Here's a couple of crude photos:

Tru-Scale made it before Train-Miniature

It came as a bank or as a saloon with raised porches and a couple of figures.  The saloon had swinging doors.

i own three of them, bought from a sale bin during my poverty-stricken grad school days.  One is finished as a tavern in an industrial area -- without the swinging doors!  

The other two are stacked to make a bar/seafood restaurant on a downtown corner.  

I really like the early 20th century concrete block "stone" walls.  Like insulbrick or fake Lannon stone, it is rarely modeled though incredibly popular on the prototype in its time.

The windows in these kits are useless:  the sizes are all wrong, and you have to adjust their positions in the walls to make them look remotely prototypical, but that's what Tichy and Grandt Line are for!

Tru-scale also made a "section house" with an outhouse, a windmill, and a woman hanging out laundry.  Back when I was modeling the Cotton South, I thought a couple of them would make good sharecroppers cabins, but I never saw any for sale under either brand.

Fly Scotsman interior lighting

I never thought I would have a use for this kit..being one of the first I ever built as a wee lad..hence the poor glue work which needs to be addressed. I turned it into an old pub 'The Flying Scotsman' keeping with my theme of old town vs new industry... 

But interestingly enough, even though I plan to properly light the interior with detail, my work lamp above and behind it for the extension of my 'Ontario South Central' Railroad lights up the interior nicely! 

I should have sanded the brick work first but figured it was in the mock up stage. I may even keep the side roll up door for the beer delivery. But work to do...

Looking good!

That's a great use for that old kit. I had one of those too about 55 years ago (yikes!) and for the life of me can't remember who made it. Mine may still be in a box of stuff from my first layout. Thanks for the memories.

The Flying Scotsman Pub

This post on the old Model Power kit has been dormant for awhile. I thought I would resurrect as I posted some photos of the pub that it is 'The Flying Scotsman Public House' on Robbie Burns day, with a sign of Robert Burns himself, this past Saturday on Facebook 'Canadian Modellers' group. Still a work in progress as I would like to replace windows and doors, interior lighting, fix the 2 foot scale 'front stoop' drop and ther details. I'm happy with the weathering. Thoughts of course as I move along with this project. 

Here it is..for now: 

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