I already had an Altoona Brewing Co. plant on my ca 1950 layout, that I created out of an MTH Granary ready-to-use structure.
In my Menard's Mystery Box there was an American Light and Power plant. I have an AL&P at one end of the layout already- and I really like it. But I don't need TWO power plants.
Reworking history a bit (Altoona Brewing closed in 1974), (in my imagination) the company developed "Horseshoe Lite" in 1948- 21 years before Miller launched Miller Lite; they marketed it on radio "The Jack Benny Show" . As it happened (again in my imagination) they doubled their business, and built an all-new modern plant to add to the old plant, in 1950.
Here is what I used on the Altoona Brewing Scene:
- MTH Granary. The signs are printed on paper, sanded, and applied w/ diluted Elmer's glue.
- Menards AP&L
- HO scale laser-cut wooden grain elevator kit from Ultimate Trains
- Horseshoe Curve beer can (bought on e-Bay), put on a Plasticville water tower frame with a Plasticville water tower top. Viola! An Altoona Brewing Water Tower.
- RTR Trains Altoona Brewing closed top hoppers (MTH Altoona Brewing Co. Reefers on pre-order)
- silver-painted wooden barrels, diecast vehicles, and Chinese figures.
At this point it is just set up- I will permanently add it and scenic the area later.
