That’s a perfect spot for a row of small company houses and a company store! They can all be one story do they don’t block the view. Since you’re doing modern operations, you can leave the houses abandoned or paint them different colors to look like they’re now privately-owned.
Who makes a reasonably priced comany house?
I could kit bash a Plasticville house or scatch build one also but a kit would work best for me."Mine " is finished and ready to pack away until ready to be placed.
I will add lites to it then.
In HO, City Classics makes 2-story company houses. I’ve seen Tony Koester’s article on taking Grandt Line and Rix houses and converting them to company houses as well (don’t ask me which issue, but I think it was part of his Coal Fork Extension series in the late 90s/early 2000s). Those would be 1 floor. In N scale there are the Grandt Line houses, but that’s about it. AMB makes a laser kit for a company house if you’re into wood. They offer it in N and HO.
Ryan,
Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I can’t find any labels from our ballast, we’re looking for the invoice/packing slip now. We know it’s there someplace.
The coal we use for our loads is called Unit Train Coal. I looked at the Scenic Express catalog on line real quick, but didn’t see it. We bought all our stuff direct from Smith & Sons.
I’ll let you know if we find the info on the ballast.
Mike
Mike,
I am leaning toward the smaller size fine grain Gray Limestone #50 ballast by Smith & Sons.
Thanks for checking the ballast and the coal items for me!
Ryan
Who makes a reasonably priced comany house?
I could kit bash a Plasticville house or scatch build one also but a kit would work best for me."Mine " is finished and ready to pack away until ready to be placed.
I will add lites to it then.
go to Walther.com and check out this #152-798 for a nice company house, this a laser cut wood kit and it is on sale right now for $8.98.
bill
Do you think those company houses would be appropriate for the current time period ?
this is great I had no idea we have so meny people with these kits
keep them rolling in
I have to find time to add mine
Ken
I built a Drayton and found the windows to be an issue but that is directly due to my inexperience and will probably buy several more of these to go with the mine.
One of the best things about it was the stick on parts, cuts down on the odors greatly when spouse is very sensitive to chemical smells at the bench.
Jeff: Nice job on the mine. I just got a New River kit and am going to get the Glacer Gravel to help it along. Im’ going to do an iron mine.
Instead of company houses how about support buildings? A machine shop, wharehouse. office building, or a power house. There are usually a host of buildings around a mine.
Have fun.
Have any part numbers or manufacturers who make them ? It might end up being a good idea.
I know that you’ve probably heard this before but check the Walthers catalogue. That’s what I do. You could also use DPM modules and Walthers and cook something up yourself. Another shop that you could add is a maintance shop for cars and trucks. Lots of clutter there. I’m at work so I don’t have my catalogue to look at but I’ll take a look when I get home.
Here’s a kitbash in N I did following Jim Kelly’s HO Turtle Creek Central series in MR.
Duhhh. I thought you might have something specific in mind… My error.
Don’t dispair, I did have a couple of things in mind. I just don’t have the spacifics at hand. I’ll take the catalogue to work and have a look.
OK Jeff: Here’s some suggestions for you. I’m not intending to use all of them just what floats your boat.
Walthers #933-2830, Yard Office. This would work well for the offic that was built when the mine opened. It’s an older styly brick building.
Scale Models Alpine Div. #700-1 Furniture Factory. It’s a corragated metal building for use as a maintenance facility.
DPM. #243-201 Schultz’s Garage. Older style maintenance building.
Great West Models. #24-502 All American Tractor & Trailer. Modern Maintenance building
Pike Stuff #541-5002 Modern two story office building.
These are all in the Walthers 2006 catalogue.
There are some suggestions. I’m not doing too well in the thinking area right now as I have a toothach. I hope that this helps.
Paul,
Thank you very much for the suggestions. I will look at them and whatever I choose, I’ll post some pictures. Have you used any of them yourself ?
Hi Jeff: I haven’t used any of those buildings myself. I just paged through the catalogue and picked out what looked interesting. When I get to building the mines I’ll use some of the brick ones for sure but the Pike Stuff is too modern for my era. I’m doing the middle 50s. By the way. I like the way you added the second loading point. I guess your mine is doing alot of business with the power companys.
Have a good day
Not only a nice building but a very nice scene to place it in.[^]
Hay Jeff: How are things going? The thread has gone way back. I’ll bump it up to a decent location. I’ve got the parts all copied and have picked up some card stock to make the mock-ups. I’ve also been getting together pictures of prototypes. See you later.