Anyone add their own custom touches to their Menards buildings?

Oh, boy...yes

They look really good Chris, and that's a unique touch with the overheating car in the REA parking lot. 

Warm White LED'S inside for lighting

Not sure this counts, but put a red light on top of the Menards water tower.  Also have amber tinted the lighting on Menards buildings with Tamiya X26 clear orange, and power them at around 2.75-3vdc to dim the brightness to my taste.  Not for everybody.  Click for larger image.

"We take your steak"......as onlookers are entertained!

Since we are campers I bought the Menards Camper scene. I am not into the flamingo thing at my campsite so I removed the flamingos and built a stone fire pit. There is a stack of wood by the fence and an additional load in the back of the pickup.
Dan

Converted the Menards Sauerkraut Factory to include signage from a local brew pub in town. 🚂😉😺🍺

I converted the Menards Electric Generating Station to an Oil Pumping Transfer Facility  with new signage and a tank truck at the entrance.  The building is adjacent to an oil field, so its changed identity is appropriate to the industrial neighborhood. I considered the interior diesel generator of the building as "logical" for powering the pipeline transfer machinery.  My only regret -- I sacrificed its original neon-lighted sign above the entryway.

Mike M.

A few, not much.. A palm tree on the Hotel Royal front. A few extra diners at the Country Inns and Suites. A ladder on the Tide Factory.

And you never know where Batman my choose to look for crime.......

Changed this to Saul's Interglatic Rentals. Better Call Saul. Chrome duals might not show in the video.

@UKE KAT posted:

Converted the Menards Sauerkraut Factory to include signage from a local brew pub in town. 🚂😉😺🍺

Cool stuff guys! I always thought this building would make a great brewery. 🍺

Just for possible amusement value, here's a short clip of my Menards Oak Point nuclear power plant - pretty much a novelty item and I decided it could generate not just power but its own weather system. As the video captions say, this is Phase 1 of adding extra lighting effects and sound to the stock "disco ball" effect:

The thunderstorm module produces very realistic effects, but I am ramping them up anyway with much more "lightning" and a siren.

I, too, have bashed (mildly) the vinegar plant into a pickle plant.  And have built a fleet of cars for a branch serving this and a ramshackle packing house ( like one for tomatoes in Indiana).  I have posted all of these before, so here are just the dedicated pickle car, plant, and water tower.

Nice work folks!

Speaking of Menards, I just received an email from them regarding their new O Scale Cripple Creek Tractor Repair. Looks nice and should find a home on many a layout.

My Question: has anyone changed or attempted to change the signage on any of the Menards buildings?

Was it difficult? What did you use?

@Sean007 posted:

Nice work folks!

Speaking of Menards, I just received an email from them regarding their new O Scale Cripple Creek Tractor Repair. Looks nice and should find a home on many a layout.

My Question: has anyone changed or attempted to change the signage on any of the Menards buildings?

Was it difficult? What did you use?

This one was fairly simple.  I got some signs that came with the die cast Remington trucks and applied them as you see. Then I painted over the framed sign and added a Remington sticker and glued on some .22's just for decoration along with the owner smoking a cigar by the sign.

@Chris Lonero posted:

This one was fairly simple.  I got some signs that came with the die cast Remington trucks and applied them as you see. Then I painted over the framed sign and added a Remington sticker and glued on some .22's just for decoration along with the owner smoking a cigar by the sign.

Chris - excellent scene!

Count Dracula, going by the alias of Vladimir Dracul, has purchased Gamer of Thrones and re-tooled the facility. His workers have not caught on to his nefarious plans for their city, for now at least, and are just glad to have a good-paying job.

The rotating coffin was fairly easy to do: drill hole in center point (center of gravity) of bottom of coffin - and then insert onto metal post. I gave the building a dark wash with india ink and alcohol; also dulled down LEDs with paint.

This is one more I finished for the upper deck. Before and after.

Chris - I like you mods.

Here's my attempt at brining the York hotel into a more used and weathered look. The rubbery (vinyl?) walls don't take paint very well. In fact, I only got done two sides (it's a huge building) thus far. I also dulled down the hideous interior white LEDs; lots of work there, too. Before and after shots:

Looks great Paul!

Using Dollhouse Hinges and Doorknobs I used Basswood panels to make doors for the Menards 2 Bay Engine House. Painted, then weathered them using a lighter to smoke up the doors. Did it outside of course! Safety first! Used Tubular Track inside the building, blackened the center rail with a Sharpie and put Basswood panels underneath the tracks blackened with a Sharpie to look like an mechanic's Bay under the track and covered stairs buildings for access to the  mechanics work pits underneath  the track and locomotives.