Hey. title says it all. I’m on the fence about getting this because its the perfect size, but there is only one picture ANYWHERE of this, and I have no idea whats behind it where the tracks are located in the picture.
just curious if anyone here has this kit and could post some pictures? that would be excellent
I assume it’s this one. The first picture is the “track-side” view:
And, for reference, here’s the “street side” view:
The doors and windows are all molded in as part of the wall pieces, so they need to be hand-painted individually. Like most DPM kits, the castings are thick but with moderately good exterior detail. This was an early kit-build of mine, and I don’t think I did as good a job as I could have.
This is an unusual roof for DPM, though. The rafters are individual pieces which must be applied separately to the roof slab itself. The roof, in the usual DPM tradition, is a piece of white styrene which must be cut to size. I used masking tape on top of mine, and painted it a dark gray to get a tarpaper look. The tape didn’t stick down well, though, as you can see. I’ve since touched it up.
This kit still doesn’t have a permanent home on my layout, but it’s been sitting in pink foam land next to a siding for a couple of years. Eventually, I’m planning to cut the big doors out (carefully) and remount them in the open position. Then, I’ll put some interior details and lighting into the structure.
Let me know if you need any more.
Cheers
I don’t have any pics handy but onething I would suggest is to fabricate a loading dock for it. IMO it doesn’t lend itself easily to rail loading without some type of dock.
Tom
Scarpia, that’s a great roof. What did you use for it?
Fiatfan - I think you may be right about a loading platform. However, I’ll reserve judgement until this building finds its final home. If I can get the building close enough to the track that a dock isn’t necessary, I’ll do that, but I’ve got to make sure the roof overhang doesn’t get in the way of anything else. On the other hand, a platform can be interesting in itself, since you can put stuff on it.
Plastruct roofing tile. I got a single 8 x 11 sheet at a hobby shop in CT for around $3.50 this past spring, and still have enough for another building. I think the link for the web is here. That’s one huge advantage a LHS has over the intenet, to be able to “lay hands” on things for modeling.
Per the loading dock, I’ve considered it, but mine is not in place yet. I was thinking though, could they just use bridging plates?
Yes, but then you have to spot the cars dead on to the doorway. Not always easy if the lokie for the day has decided it doesn;t wat to just “crawl”.
As long as you use standard height cars (or shorter, such as gons, tanks, or flats) you should be ok. If you use hi-cubes or modern boxcars, you will need to either trim back the roof or build a loading dock.
Tom
Morgan, that’s half the fun! Especially if the momentum is turned on.[:)]
Tom
wow thanks guys. wasn’t expecting any responses. This is what I was looking for, because I didn’t know if this came with a loading dock/ramp. The lack of one seriously diminished its attractiveness after having seen these pics
I meant in prototype. I’ve done that in HO as well. And by that, I mean the controller lost connection, the engine decided to speed up, and I manegd to remove the buffer from the end of the siding with three boxcars and a Proto 2000 BL2…
Come on, how difficult is it to take a piece of 1x2 and paint it a concrete color?
I’d agree. Go down to Michaels or A.C. Moore (art supply places) or any general-purpose hobby shop, maybe even the craft department at Wal-Mart. They have a rack of balsa wood strips. All you need is a half-inch flat piece and a 3/16 inch square, 3-foot strip for pillars. Maybe a dollar total, and you’ll only use a quarter of it. Or, you could use styrene. If there was ever an easy scratch-building project, a loading dock is it.
Ouch! Sorry for your loss. I’m sure it wasn’t fun.
Tom
They make a built-up version of it in HO that’s pretty nice. Your LHS might have one, you can see it it’s in a clear case.