Lionel Engine House Kit 6-12897

Gpop,

Is this the engine house you are talking about?

The above pictures show the engine house on my layout where it lives most of the year. I also take it to the Pink Palace exhibit in October as part of our Casey Jones High Railer modular layout.

The pictures below show the engine house on the CJHR modular layout.

Hope this helps, and Merry Christmas to you.

Richard Gonzales

Hi gpap,

Lionel made a lot of great looking accessories a while back, I enjoy building them and making them like a bit more realistic. Here's a few pics, first I spray it red then I just apply some weathering powders and seal it with dullcoat.

Thanks,

Alex

Nice Job Alex,

Merry Christmas

Richard

Thanks guys, this is the kit.  You both did a fantastic job and love the weathering.  I guess step one in either case is to change that gray color to dull it up.  Really like both versions.  I think I was hesitant to spray paint it to change the base,but you guys sure made it look great.  Thanks for the help.

I wish Lionel would go back to making these kinds of kits.  Love building them.

Mery Christmas everyone.

I must have an older version because it looks the same but already came in red, not gray.  I added some stairs by the sliding door on the side,  same gutters and a rain barrel on a corner and a work bench on the inside wall.

Alex I like what you did with it.  What did you use for lights and the back door?

For all of my brick buildings I do the opposite of everyone else... I spray the entire surface with Floquil "Mortar" and then pad the surface with a bunched up paper towel dipped in Floquil "Brick Red".  It give the finished product a perfectly nuanced and imperfect finish that can be either weathered or not depending on the building's age.

Jon

Good morning guys,

Richard great work on your engine shed

gpap you're right I wish they would bring these old kits back, they were awesome

coach Joe the lights are from Plastruct, as for the back door it's a solid door that doesn't open. I cut it out of the structure and put a brass hinge on it,and made it a working door.

Jon, that sounds great, I would like to see this method. how about a picture!!!

Thanks,

Alex

Alex,

My older version has a brick wall in the rear not the solid door.  Yours looked vaguley like an Ameritown Building front so I thought maybe you had bashed it.

Joe