ATTENTION MENARDS - Make This Brewery

We need beer!!!!! 

I'll be the bad guy........

Menards original product so far has been laser cut wood/MDF.  A structure this large in brick would take days to cut. So between size and days in the laser cost would be $200+ easy. 

OR...you can buy DPM modular brick parts and build it. Now the O scale line does not have a few of the panels they have in HO....but dang close. 

My spin....don't hold your breath......

I think Menards want Jack the mascot to remain sober.  He might also be alergic to one of the items needed to make beer.

AMCDave posted:

I'll be the bad guy........

Menards original product so far has been laser cut wood/MDF.  A structure this large in brick would take days to cut. So between size and days in the laser cost would be $200+ easy. 

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Dave it doesn't have to be a brick structure.  Menards Sash & Door Co already has the basic design.  I don't see a problem.

Dominic Mazoch posted:

I think Menards want Jack the mascot to remain sober.  He might also be alergic to one of the items needed to make beer.

That's a s----t----r----e----t----c----h if I've ever seen one.   Jack is a German Shepard and was probably weaned off his mothers' teat with beer.  I pretty sure that Jack knows his way around a keg.

Menard's, I think you would be wise to build a brewery. There is a lot of interest for a brewery on this forum. 

Good find, Nick!

Closely resembles the foot print they are  using already. Certainly not too much of a stretch, and fits all eras as well as regions of the country. Plenty of area to add a lighted sign such as Miller Signs put out, too!

Trust me, I'm  working on it.... LOL

wild mary posted:.

Dave it doesn't have to be a brick structure.  Menards Sash & Door Co already has the basic design.  I don't see a problem.

 

I was commenting on the  building in the post which was brick. 

A older wood structure would be fine if that's what they wanted. 

I'm liking Bob's version so far! Just shows that if you really want one, build it yourself! lol

Rusty

Menards was making resin buildings for a while, such as the excellent Menards Seed and Feed building a few years ago. I like MDF for models of wood prototypes, but I prefer resin for brick.

Regardless, I’m up for a brewery, MDF or resin, simulating brick, wood or steel siding, and this La Crosse, WI, brewery would be wonderfully fun. (See more images at http://mapio.net/pic/p-45224192/)

Hellllllloooooo Menard's, opportunity knocking here. Hey Mark, this is your wake up call. Like Wild Mary  said,  build one that can fit into a wider range of era's, you would sell a brazillon of them.   I'm in for one.

"BUILD IT AND WE WILL BUY"

Most all of the old breweries that I have seen pictures of were constructed of brick. We've seen some modern ones that appear to be built of poured concrete like Coors .  Bar Mills makes a model that has clapboard siding but I don't believe that it was prototypical.

Cabinet Bob your Brewery has come along way from the Mystery Box.  I wasn't sure from the MB picture if it had a roof.  I know you made it taller but are the stacks, vents and roof from the original?  Where did you get the red tower from?

Speaking of Breweries, Here's an Eye Catcher...

Why is it that when Menards comes out with a new building there seems to be almost as much discussion about what they should have done instead of what they did? Talk about biting the hand...... They certainly are doing more than most to make affordable additions to our hobby. I, for one, certainly appreciate it.

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Speaking of Breweries, Here's an Eye Catcher...

 

With the DPM modular brick panels you could build an almost exact copy of that structure.  The DPM system offers panels with arch top window and doors along with that upper cornice. 

Here is a favorite.  America's oldest brewery!  Pottsville, PA is a hilly town, the complex large.  

They fermented and stored beer in caves dug under the city above.  Wish I had a picture of the cave entrance but here is an interior view.  

The brewery could fit well at the foot of a mountain.

A separate insert, looking like the cave entrance, may allow for inclusion of a narrow

gauge consist.

 

Jim R. posted:

Menards was making resin buildings for a while, such as the excellent Menards Seed and Feed building a few years ago. I like MDF for models of wood prototypes, but I prefer resin for brick.

Regardless, I’m up for a brewery, MDF or resin, simulating brick, wood or steel siding, and this La Crosse, WI, brewery would be wonderfully fun. (See more images at http://mapio.net/pic/p-45224192/)

Thanks for posting the picture!  In 2008, we departed Green Bay on a flight to O'Hare (and ultimately to DFW), but were diverted to LaCrosse because of snow. They put us up in a hotel.  As we were checking-in, I asked the desk clerk what LaCrosse was known for. The clerk smiled and said, "Well, we have the worlds largest 6-Pack!"  Always wondered what it looked like...

It seems that every Menards mystery thread at its introduction of a product has pleads for it to be a brewery. These are some of the most interesting threads on the forum. The creative guesses and reasons for it being a brewery keep a grin on my face. For this reason alone, it is my wish that Menards never makes a O-gauge brewery. 

Jim M Sr posted:

Good find, Nick!

Closely resembles the foot print they are  using already. Certainly not too much of a stretch, and fits all eras as well as regions of the country. Plenty of area to add a lighted sign such as Miller Signs put out, too!

Jim I've been saving this one for my brewery.

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And I have two of these guys waiting to haul freight,

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TM Terry wrote:

"It seems that every Menards mystery thread at its introduction of a product has pleads for it to be a brewery. These are some of the most interesting threads on the forum. The creative guesses and reasons for it being a brewery keep a grin on my face. For this reason alone, it is my wish that Menards never makes a O-gauge brewery. "

That's Blasphemy I'll have you know. You will receive a 24 beer penalty for that.

All kidding aside, I too find those guessing threads quite entertaining. I do however would still like to see a brewery made.

coach joe posted:

Cabinet Bob your Brewery has come along way from the Mystery Box.  I wasn't sure from the MB picture if it had a roof.  I know you made it taller but are the stacks, vents and roof from the original?  Where did you get the red tower from?

Coach joe : I made and upper story  floor for the brew pots..LOL... the stacks, vent and roof came off the old  one I 'm kit bashing. the tower was an old K-Line  I THINK.. My plans are to paint it med. brown, fill in the back tunnel with garage doors, put it on a base to make it look like concrete. The transformer will be on one side and fenced in ... my goal... When its done.... yes,,... have a COORS LITE...

Even copy one

I scratch-bashed my brewery several years ago. There is at least one hip-roofed wooden O scale brewery kit available. There are some small brick breweries in Ohio, including one down by a tourist RR in Nelsonville.  The one l would like good photos of is the one once at Silverton, Col. The brewery museum in Polosi, Wis. did not have brewery photos or those for different reefers that Atlas might gin out. Menard's might have the same problem Millers Signs did with Coors, whose current owners did not want their logo on us "childrens'" toys, so l can't get Coors signs. The several other Colorado historical breweries are not now well enough known to support a market.

John H posted:

Why is it that when Menards comes out with a new building there seems to be almost as much discussion about what they should have done instead of what they did? Talk about biting the hand...... They certainly are doing more than most to make affordable additions to our hobby. I, for one, certainly appreciate it.

John the feed back that Menards gets from this forum is golden.  Where else could a company obtain this much FREE market research?

I still like this one.

This thread proves why Menard's shouldn't make one.  Everyone has a different idea of what their perfect brewery would be.  After all of this hype, whatever they end up putting out will likely be a disappointment to a lot of people.

towdog posted:

This thread proves why Menard's shouldn't make one.  Everyone has a different idea of what their perfect brewery would be.  After all of this hype, whatever they end up putting out will likely be a disappointment to a lot of people.

Couldn't agree more.  I've already set my mind up for disappointment.  As long as it's not a modern building I'm in for one.

towdog posted:

This thread proves why Menard's shouldn't make one.  Everyone has a different idea of what their perfect brewery would be.  After all of this hype, whatever they end up putting out will likely be a disappointment to a lot of people

I sure hope everyone has a different idea of what the perfect brewery should look like. I'll bet everyone's layout looks different too. You like it and order it or you don't. I still hope Menard's makes a brewery as I don't think any of the other manufactures will. If I like it, I will but it. I have several of they're buildings but not all on them as they don't all fit in to what my vision is for my layout.

I think Menard's is doing a kick *** job with all of the offerings to date.

I need a better brewery, but this will do until then.

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Joe-

Team Whistle has a great set of vintage vehicles! Have you actually been there? If I build it, do you think people would buy it?

Jim M Sr posted:

I need a better brewery, but this will do until then.

a

Love the home town stuff - Bromo Building & Mr. Boh.

I am in the process of turning an MTH Granery into my version of the (defunct) Altoona Brewing Co.  I bought an empty Horseshoe Curve (Altoona Brewing Co.) can, added a water tank roof on top, and frame underneath: viola!!  A tank for my brewery. 

I also bought a Horseshoe Curve billboard, a few (RMT) Altoona Brewing Co. hoppers, some "metal" barrels, and made ABC Signs.    (I'll post pics in a couple of weeks.)

But I have to admit- I like the conversion of the Menards Power Plant into a modern brewery!!

ToddModel posted:

Joe-

Team Whistle has a great set of vintage vehicles! Have you actually been there? If I build it, do you think people would buy it?

No, I have not been there. I think it is very unique because it is built in an original roundhouse. However, I'm not sure how popular it would be with modelers due to the space the model would occupy. A lot of guys don't install turntables and roundhouses due to space limitations, so I think this model would fall in that category. It would look pretty neat on a layout though.

There vehicles are pretty wild as well. Even their beer taps look like steam whistles.

I didn't realize until I did some further research that the roundhouse where Steam Whistle Brewing is located is also partially occupied by the Toronto Railway Museum. 

Mike Wyatt,

Good morning Sir,

Several years ago the Weaver Train Co. did four custom run cars for our store. Maybe you can find a couple to go with your brewery.

Joe- 

Very nice aerial photo. It looks like there is a small scale railroad that wind its way around the complex.