Kitbashed DPM Buildings - Show your creations

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I have sixteen DPM Design Preservation Models structures awaiting assembly. They will be the “uptown” area on my layout.

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I cut index cards to the exact footprint size for each building. I have the tranfer company but it is too large for this area. I have three buildings which are duplicates. I am thinking of combining two large buildings (Hotel or Merchantile both same building different names) and making them into a factory. Also I’m thinking of shortenning a couple of buildings from three inch depth to two inches or so. Simple enough things.

What I’d love to see is kitbashed DPM structures. I’ve heard they kitbash wonderfully - some must have some creative re-creations. And any hot tips would be great.

I did already stumble on one step by step guide for assembling these buildings. http://www.gatewaynmra.org/structure.htm

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Here’s one that I did a couple of years ago.

Tom

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I didn’t “bash” the structures so much as add some signage to the street side. These two are the “Front Street Building” and “Goodfellows Hall.”

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These are not exactly kit bashed either. In the background are some 1" deep structures I constructed from their modular system.

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I kitbashed this one from two Laubes Linen Mill kits (sees like everyone has one):

Here’s another view plus, the building to the left is DPM Modules:

And here’s another one of DPM Modules:

Nick

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Looks good, what did you use for the awnings?

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I found a graphic for the Woolworth sign on-line, so I would get the colors and font right. I made the awning graphic on the computer using the basic Microsoft Paint program. I took the colors from the original sign, and just made a lot of vertical stripes. I printed it on plain paper and glued it to a styrene strip that was a bit narrower than the awning, and finally folded over the edge. Then I glued it on the building.

The group of foreground figures is from Preiser. The elderly gentleman reminds me of Frank Drebin from the Naked Gun movies. Mrs. Winnie Bago, in front of Woolworths, is one of Woodland Scenics Full-figured folk.

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Simon, some of those flas line up really well with your backdrop.

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Thanks Chip, actually it is the other way around. I played around with photos that I thought looked reasonable on the backdrop behind the building flats. It really is a collage of enlargements glued to the backdrop with photos of fences and walls to disguise the end of the alleys.

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Mr Beasley,

Awesome job with that street scene. While I love what you did with the buildings (especially the Woolworth sign), what really sets this scene apart from most IMHO is the way you positioned the figures. Really adds live to the entire scene. Great job!!

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Thanks, Dave. And in your honor, This is the upstairs of The Other Corner Cafe…

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Mister Beasley, Gosh darn it! WOW! [swg][:I][wow][:D]. I am totally blown away!! This is way to cool. THanks - this is really meaningful. I believe one good turns deserves another - so when I finally get that subway station completed - those trains will be stopping at “Beasley Avenue.” You have made my day - week even!

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Take it with a grain of salt. You share the top floor of the building with Katie’s School of Dance and Max’s School of Rock, and your back window looks out on a pair of tracks. But you can always go downstairs to the best restaurant in town, the House of Haggis.

Welcome to New England, by the way. Did you get the house with the trainroom?

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Are DPM modulars considered kitbashes?? Anyway, here goes…

Sheepscot Transfer and Storage is a work still in progress. It’s a rail and truck warehouse and freight forwarder. I still have to build a loading dock, finish the front entrance and add some interior detail.

Ollie’s Tavern is an orphan right now. I had it on my last layout and have not found a home for it on the new one. I built an interior for the first floor.

This building is a small hydro powerhouse from modulars. It was on a rock wall below a dam on my old layout, so that is why it has the tall foundation, and can not stand by itself. It has a small substation that goes next to it.

The next one is something from 2 Laube’s Linen, in the planning stages now. I just have to get another half-dozen things done before I start that…[:-^]