I just looked at Woodland Scenics, it appears they are available.
https://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/category/HOScaleModularSystem
https://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/show/item/35600 is the power house kit.
Mike.
Thanks, Mike. That’s good news.
Some of the moldings are a bit crude but if you clean them up during assembly and make an effort to keep everything aligned they build into a nice structure.
Cheers, Ed
So Ed …I see where your one side of that building has 4 of those tall windows, vs the std kit with 3 windows.
I had originally wonder about the backside of that DPM powerhouse, but as I looked closer I found there are 2 more of those windows on that backside.
So if one were split this kit in half to make two thinner ‘flats’, they could get a larger plant with as many as 5 windows on the front side.
I found a few images of power plant scene constructed with a kit bash of the Walther’s kit.
I kind of like it, but I have a question. What are the one or two big bases under the original kit suppose to represent??
I think they tend to make the plant look bigger and more powerful, but what did the originial kitbasher have in mind? Or how might they be explained, and/or re-adjusted??
That is pretty much what I did, the whole back side of my brewery is plain sheet styrene. No windows or wall panels at all. The “belfry” tower was another “kit-bash” as well.
I really don’t recall if I started with the actual “Power Plant” kit or simply used it as a guide. I have buckets full of DPM modular brick pieces I’ve collected over the years. The tall window panels were sold as separate modular sections.
Again, with the modular wall panels, the kit instructions are simply a suggestion. You can mix and match the wall pieces in many different configurations. DPM used to supply a large information sheet with the full line of modular pieces. Some are intended to use as ground-level or shipping dock height, others were tall window sections and yet others were shorter “standard” wall height panels.
DPM_modular by Edmund, on Flickr
Here’s another “flat” I made from DPM walls:
IMG_1346_fix_sm by Edmund, on Flickr
[url=https://flic.kr/p/RApJgj]Rum
The DPM modulars allow you to make any shape you want, provided you have enough of the modulars, and they blend well. Be careful, since each wall could be slightly different than another.
Notice near “View #2” that a ribbon of brick bisects the windows, whereas the backside first level walls have the windows above the brick ribbon. So if you were to merely bring the back windows to the front side, see near “View #3”, the windows would not line up.
DPM sells all of the modulars in packets of 4, and its amazing how many differetn walls and window combinations they make. You would want the “street level with rectangular windows” product. Like this:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-Scale-DPM-Modulars-30134-Street-Level-Rect-Windows-NIB/112883820397
BTW, I have this power plant kit still in a sealed bag. I count six, not five, large arched windows in the bag. Perhaps there is an extra window and only 5 large arched brick opening walls. IMO, 5 would look better than 6 anyway.
Ed,…interesting plant photo
