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Super User 374 posts richhard444 Super User 374 posts
richhard444

OK this is my first time to blog, so bear with me. The building I have attached pictures of started out as a Walthers Golden Valley Canning Co. kit. After I built it I completely repainted and weathered it and mounted it on apiece of .060 styrene to keep it all together. I hand painted various bricks to make the building look more realistic. The roof top air conditioner and support platform were scratch built, painted and again weathered. I added additional detail items, people etc, also added scenery around the whole building.

The industry "Wm. Nast & Co." was an actual company located in Ironwood, Michigan's Upper Peninsula and was serviced by the Chicago & Northwestern RR. I was able to get a copy of the CNW's "Shippers Index" which has helped me name my structures for actual companys. I find this helps to make my operating sessions seem more realistic

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Richard - Superintendent CNW Peninsula Div.

blog - https://mrhmag.com/blog/richard_harden
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numbersmgr Frequent poster 566 posts
numbersmgr

Welcome

Welcome Richard

We're glad to have you.  That is a great looking building - and complete with landscaping.

Thank you for sharing.

Jim Dixon    MRM 1040

A great pleasure in life is doing what others said you were not capable of doing!   
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richhard444 Super User 374 posts
richhard444

First Time Blog

I am going to respond to my own blog. Ha Ha

My wife who was a educator looked at my write up and said that she should proof read them before I post them from now on.

Richard.

Richard - Superintendent CNW Peninsula Div.

blog - https://mrhmag.com/blog/richard_harden
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rickwade Prolific poster (deceased) 6,447 posts
rickwade

Richard - good to have you!

Welcome and thanks for the pictures. The building scene looks nice and I look forward to you future posts.

Rick

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TTX101 Regular poster 484 posts
TTX101

Beautiful job!

The cannery looks perfect - is this a waterfront place that packs Great Lakes fish?  You got the colors and details perfect, in my opinion.  Nice!

Rog.38

 
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richhard444 Super User 374 posts
richhard444

First Time Blog

Hi Rog,

No actually it is a Canned Fruits and Vegetable packing that was located in Ironwood, MI. Thanks for the compliment.

Richard

 

Richard - Superintendent CNW Peninsula Div.

blog - https://mrhmag.com/blog/richard_harden
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Kevin Rowbotham Prolific poster 2,336 posts
Kevin Rowbotham

A picture is worth 1000 words...

Welcome Richard,

Don't sweat the small stuff.  The write up gets the message across and the good photos of a very nicely done structure, tell the rest of the story.  No editing needed! [smile]

~Kevin

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arthurhouston Prolific poster 1,154 posts
arthurhouston

Contest Winning Model

Richard do not worry about grammar and spelling no one is worst than I am so that covered, Kevin hit it PICTURE WORTH 10000 words. A friend of mine has taught me how to do Walthers kits but not as good as yours. Take a min and watch this vedio and then part two may give you a bunch of new ideas.
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Steve_F Active Member 73 posts
Steve_F

Nice job, looks really good.

Nice job, looks really good.
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Fiddler66 Regular poster 112 posts
Fiddler66

Great structure

Thanks for posting the photos. That is a great job. I like the idea of mounting it on a piece of styrene. I am thinking I my do that with some of my soon to be built kits.

 

Jim
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Greg Amer gregamer Regular poster 496 posts
Greg Amer gregamer

Looks Great

Nicely done.

 
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Alexedwin Regular poster 427 posts
Alexedwin

Very nice modeling indeed!

Very nice modeling indeed!

Alex

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kLEROYs Regular poster 181 posts
kLEROYs

A+

You have done a great job.  

My question....it looks like there are two docks, is one for rail and the other for ground transport?  

I'm looking forward to seeing it in your layout.  Can you provide any detail/pics on your layout?

 

Leroy

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JC Shall Prolific poster 1,491 posts
JC Shall

A Nice Looking Complex

I'm planning to use a cannery on my (under construction) layout also.  It won't be too far removed from what you've done here.

A small suggestion:  I presume the rooftop air conditioner is a condensing unit.  You might want to add a couple refrigerant lines (pipes) going from the unit down through the roof, plus an electrical conduit (another pipe) to feed juice to the unit.  Also, some access to the unit for maintenance would be a nice touch.  I noticed you provided that for the water tank . . . maybe something similar would work for the a/c unit.

A very nice model...

-Jack

-Jack

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greentowner New member 18 posts
greentowner

First Blog

Might be  your first blog but sure isn't  your first structure. Very nice indeed.  Thanks for sharing. 

 

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JerryC Regular poster 222 posts
JerryC

Well done

I'd just suggest adding a few supports for the large steam lines between the main building and boiler house at 8 or 10 scale foot intervals. Along the lines of lightweight trestle bents.

Jerry
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richhard444 Super User 374 posts
richhard444

First Blog

To Leroy, Yes there are two docks, one is for rail and the shorter one is for trucks.

To rest of you who have responded, thanks for the good comments and for the suggestions. I intend to put them to good use and have it judged for AP points Probably it will qualify as kit-bashed. This building has been on my layout for quite awhile, but not fully detailed. The Sunday after Thanksgiving our local Div 6 of the NCR has an annual demonstration type train show open to the public. Along with demos we also have a model compitition and the public to votes on their favorites. I added the extra detailing and took it. I ended up taking 2 nd place in the structure group. I am starting to work on my AP Award for "Master Builder Structures" so I took this one along to get input from two MMR's in our Div. as well as another structure which I wanted them to judge, and this worked out well got 92 points out of the max of 125. I will put the other building up ASAP.

Sorry a little long winded.

Richard

Richard - Superintendent CNW Peninsula Div.

blog - https://mrhmag.com/blog/richard_harden
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