Industrial Pier building

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Hello all-

I’ve finished my benchwork and I’m strarting to look at how my layout will look once on the foam. I’ve decided to rework my dock area, and I wanted to add a large industrial warehouse. I’m almost certain that Walthers had a Cornerstone model that was a large industrial warehouse building that went in a dock region.

I also think it’s discontinued, so I was hoping someone might know the name of it so that I coudln’t see if my old friends eBay or Google might be able to help me find things :slight_smile:

Thanks in advance for your help.

~rb

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Yep that was a tough one, but I finally found it:

http://walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3066

eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Walthers-Carfloat-Apron-Pier-Terminal-Crane-Ore-Dock_W0QQitemZ160242851021QQihZ006QQcategoryZ117371QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Good luck![:P]

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There it is! Tahnks for that, I couldn’t find it for the life of me!

Appreciated.

~rb

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Hey Roadslug,

If you miss that auction give the Hobby Depot in Monroe Wi a call. When I was there two weeks ago they still had one on the shelf. There might also be one in Madison at the Hobby Stop.

Chris

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This is a nice building. I was told it is modeled after one on Delaware Avenue in Philadelphia. I drove down and sure enough it is very similar to one. I can’t remember the pier # and it is south of Market St. I have this kit and you will like it.

Chris

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There’s also this one, which was called the Waterfront Warehouse. [swg] I used two kits to build this semi-flat background structure, with enough left-over to build another partial structure elsewhere on the layout. The unseen back and far end are .060" sheet styrene.

Wayne

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Doctor Wayne, that is one impressive structure. It exemplifies the relationship of industial building size to railroad car size that looks believable.

Mark

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Thanks, Mark. I have a few others that are reasonably large, but it’s often difficult to have believeable-sized buildings and still have room left for the trains. [;)]

This complex is over 6’ long, and is meant to represent about 1/3 of the total structure. (Walthers and some scratchbuilt, too)

And another, built using DPM modular walls, plus some scratchbuilt components:

Wayne

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I really wish they would release that and the barge in n-scale…

Chris

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Just curious if anyone had any experience with this on their layout; I wanted to put something together similar to what they have pictured on the box (the terminal building with a pier section adjacent with the large overhead crane) and wante to know if anyone had experiences good/bad with it.

Many thanks

~rb

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The real one:

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCC&cp=qnkdj58r4ry0&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=3642487&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1