I’m working some with DPM Modular pieces and would like to see what you are doing so I can get some ideas about what I want to do next. Here is the largest piece I’ve done so far.
Thanks in advance for sharing.
Joe Daddy
Joe,
I think your embedded photo may be too large for the forum’s image-handling software to process - all I see is a blank white frame when I click on it. Maybe you should shrink it down a little?
Ken, while the picture was indeed large, it worked from my end. None-the-less, I reduced the picture size. Now, how about sharing your DPM work so we can get more good ideas.
Thanks,
Joe Daddy
Works fine for me, and it looks good Joe
This small power house was built from some left-over DPM wall sections, a lean-to from a Walthers grain elevator, and some .060" sheet styrene. I still need to run steam lines to the nearby locomotive facility.
As you can see in this over-all view, it’s not very large:
National Grocers’ warehouse complex straddles the elevated mainline of my railroad, with rail service on the lower level:
One of the two walkways over the main line can be seen in this view:
The Walthers Waterfront Warehouse kit can be used to make a larger structure, too: I combined most of two kits to make this background factory. The rear and one end are built from .060" sheet styrene, with all of the visible walls made from the kit parts.
The leftover bits were used to make the visible end of the Evell Casket Company (the building at the end of the street is another side of National Grocers):
Here’s the same view from further back (Evell’s siding, and that of several other unmodelled industries, is on a pair of tracks under the south end staging yard, in the black area above the caboose to the left of the photo):
[IMG]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/Layout%20room%20tour
Dr. Wayne, those buildings, and indeed those scenes are awe inspiring!
I suppose you won’t mind seeing some work in N scale… DPM offers a good variety of modulars for us, too…
I had bought a bunch years ago with plans for a big complex, but only got as far as a quick little backdrop building…
When I reworked a significant portion of the N scale layout at the Delmarva Model Railroad Club, I used the modulars to build the office building for the automobile plant there…
Finally, when I built my current layout, I was able to use up the pile of parts I’d accumulated almost 10 years earlier… For the Warehouse of my paper mill…
Lee, the second of your pics doesn’t have the enlarge bar - all othe five do - any idea why?[%-)]
Thank you, Lee, for the kind words. I certainly don’t mind at all seeing your N scale scenes, [swg] and I especially like your wide view of the paper plant. The sweeping vistas possible in N scale show off that scene to good advantage and I like the diverging main lines, with the secondary track in the foreground. Very nice work. [:D]
By the way, I see the enlargement bar atop all of your pictures.
Wayne
Joe,
That’s much better, thanks for resizing. Nice work, blends in perfectly with the backdrop skyline.
As for my own DPM work, the only thing I have to share is a receiving warehouse that I built 12 years ago. It’s not my greatest work, and the rear side warped gradually over time; I was not at all pleased with how it turned out. Needless to say I have not done any more DPM since then. [In fact I’m almost too embarrassed to post it after seeing the outstanding work done by Wayne and Lee!]
In both pics, the warehouse was not the main subject - it was a background item in much-larger panoramic photos. So the the view is obstructed. But FWIW, here it is:
Ken, your buildings look just fine to me. [:D] One of the nice things things about the DPM modular walls is that they work equally well in a foreground structure or a background scene. As a background or backdrop, they have that “just looks right” appearance that fits in without drawing undue attention away from the main scene.
I bought some 4’x8’ sheets of .060" styrene, to use in conjunction with the DPM sections, as the large size allows me to cut one-piece rear walls and roofs for these large buildings. To prevent warping, I also use the same material to fabricate interior partitions, positioning them at every pilaster, and, where the building has enough depth, for cross walls between the partitions. If you’re using the DPM wall sections as a flat against the backdrop, adding a 1/2" deep wall at both ends, along with a roof and floor of the same depth, and, if necessary, a grid-work of stub partitions, will greatly increase the rigidity of the structure at a low cost, both in space and money.
Any chance of seeing some more views of your steel plant complex? [swg]
Wayne
Ditto, keep these excellent pictures coming, a tremendous level of creativity and quality being shared here. Thanks so much!
Joe
OK Wayne, I’ll put a few of 'em up tomorrow - it’s 11:00pm in my timezone and I’m getting up at 5:00am, so I need to to catch a few zzz’s [|)]
Great posts, guys. [tup]
I am currently working on a background building using Walthers modulars. Thanks for your inspiration. I can’t wait for the painting stage.
Sue
Wow! i’m certainly impressed with some photos in this thread showing DPM modular buildings.
Mine are not so impressive. I’ve not used them much. I had a long and skinny piece of real estate between the main line and the backdrop. It is 8 feet by 2 inches. I wanted variety. I used some DPM parts along with other building pieces taken from kits. I used paper backdrp building also. I cincluded an assortment of retaining walls of differing hights and depths.
In this photo the DPM “building” is above the Alco switcher.
The second photo has a small DPM “building” behind my brewery complex. This section is immediately to the right of the first photo. In the photos It is beyond the tank on the roof of the brewery.
Garry That seems like a very effective use of DPM and leftover kit pieces…esp. the fire escape! One of the benefits is you can simply spend a few bucks on some walls and windows, much more cost-effective than buying an entire overpriced WKW Background Building kit.
Dr Wayne - here’s a few of the mill images you asked for, you’ve probably seen them on here in the past. I’m only posting links, since this is really supposed to be a DPM thread and I don’t want to hijack Joe’s thread:
Ore bridge (hazy effect achieved via Fog-In-A-Can aerosol spray):
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/IronBeltBlastFurnace01/ore_bridge-1.jpg
BOF:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/IronBeltBlastFurnace01/BOF_ground_level.jpg
Blast Furnace:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/CSX_road_slug/IronBeltBlastFurnace01/BlastFurnaceRearView.jpg
Coil Shipment:
http://i39.photobucket.com
Steel Mill:
Brewery:
Small Passenger Station:
Cover for light switch:
Nick
While no match for some of the work show here, I did bash a DPM building for an odd shaped area.
Here’s the other side
Tom
Nick, you put the steel mill too close to the brewery - the smokestacks are a little tipsy!![:-^]
Garry, Great use of DPM for background buildings. The backdrop blends well, too. Is that photoshopped?
Sue
Follow this link to some amazing N Scale buildings, especially the Hilton Hotel model.
Joe Daddy