My father used to work for St. Johnsbury trucking in the late 1980’s, and to honor him, I’d like to model a typical St. Johnsbury trucking terminal.
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/tim_stevens/2004/apr18/file0003.jpg
http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/pix/trucks/tim_stevens/2004/apr18/file0004.jpg
Does anyone know where I can find a typical N scale truck terminal that is closest to the above pictures?
What about decals that go on trucks?
I have no idea but that building is so uniform it should be fairly easy to scratchbuild or kitbash if nothing similar is offered.
Seems to me that either DPM or Walthers offers wall panels that simulate concrete block.
Seems like I might be able to modify this model from Pikestuff.
I could cut or take off the roof and add a straight piece of styrene, and modify the office somehow. Pretty close, IMO.
I would also look for a one story block building that could be used for the other three walls. That would make it real close.
Gatrhumpy,
Check out the kits for Carson St Terminal or Carnegie Mfg on the City Classics website. They could be modified without too much trouble. N scale kits available for all HO kits.
Good luck. Keep us posted.
Hillyard
I checked out the Carson St. truck terminal, and it doesn’t seem right for what I’m looking for, like the picture of the N scale Pike stuff I posted a little earlier. Neither does the manufacturing building. Thanks for the tip though!
It’s likely that if you want a model thats faithful to the real building, you’re going to have to scratchbuild it. Fortunately, this would not be a hard building to scratch. The angles are all pretty straight and the windows and doors are either a standard design or they are all similar to each other, so you could mass produce them.
The brick building itself could be done using Plastistruct sheeting (Type in “Brick” as the “Catalog Description” and look under sheeting in the “Product Group”). The windows and doors could be had at Grandt Line Products.
Food for thought…
Gatrhumpy,
Just a little more information to help with your choice. The three kits we’ve talked about reflect different building types.
The Pikestuff/Rix Truck Terminal is a modern “sheet metal” building, with a concrete block foundation (at least in HO). It’s got a good appearance IMHO. Even if you don’t build it, the Pikestuff truck terminal has a lot of good parts for the price. It also requires careful measuring for the door cuts. I know, I have an unbuilt HO kit. Maybe someday.
The City Classics Carnegie Mfg building appears to be concrete block construction, (like the photos you provided). It’s “modular” in that it has two small rooms or offices that can butt up against the main building rectangular. You’d probably need more than one kit to cannibalize for the right wall sections. You would have to cut openings for the doors, which you’d need to buy separately from another source. Pikestuff does have a lot of rollup doors available in different dimensions.
The Carson St Warehouse reflects a structure with reinforced concrete pillars that is faced with brick between the pillars. You could replace the rollup truck doors, and you’d need to cut openings to insert the smaller wall windows from another kit or source, I’d guess.
So you have a pick of wall materials in these three kits. Whatever you pick, do what feels right for YOU. It’s your railroad.
Good luck,
Hillyard
Thanks for the advice. I’ll take that to heart. Once my railroad is set up and running with ballast, I’m going to start on the buildings. I’ll let you know how it turns out.