A couple of years ago, I asked a question:  What's in a kit.  We took a look at rolling stock and locos.

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/1984

I thought it would be a good idea to see what is in some of the different types of structure kits.  I know that I don't like surprises when I open the box.  But, of course, things we wouldn't choose end up being very satisfying when we tackle them and and have a successful conclusion.

So, how about some examples:

To All: The Vandalia RR was a subsidiary of the New York Central RR. The Vandalia RR had this standard plan for some of their towers. I scratchbuilt this one from a photo in a TRRA Historical Society publication. It controls entrance to two passing sidings and two main tracks on the E. St. Louis Rail Group Layout.

Yours, Elvin Howland/E. St. Louis Rail Group

I'm working on my Master Builder Structures NMRA AP. I need two scratch built structures to finish it up. Linda (my wife) pointed out that I need a couple of bridges on the RMP, which is an Fn3 (1:20.3) garden layout, so why not build some?

Last weekend I built a small wood bridge in HO from 1:1 scale plans - just cut the wood to length, as shown on the plan and glue together. I could scale those plans up 4.29 times (87.1 / 20.3). However, I'm looking to see if you MRH folks have some already together?

To All: The second tower is DeCamp Interlocking Tower on the E. St. Louis Jct. Layout. Also scratchbuilt from a photo in a TRRA Historical Society publication.