MENARDS American Power & Light Building

Thanks Pete, I saw John's post about the smoke units too.

Mike

I finally had time to unpack and plug it in. Impressive!

Mike

ezmike posted:

I finally had time to unpack and plug it in. Impressive!

Mike

I Love it !   plugged it in and it sat on my kitchen table blinking for three days.  

We had to eat out the first two nights   

I am happy with mine.  It arrived Saturday.  I do need to glue two of the step-down transformer bushings back on, but no big deal.  I had thought of applying some brick siding on it to make it look a bit backdated, more like a station from the steam-diesel transition era I model, but for now the thick siding that simulates metal siding looks just fine.  My wife was impressed, and I know I have a winner there! (both the power station and my wife)

I had to glue some stuff too, reset a door, unbend a couple of garage doors from the somewhat crushed carton. It really helps that the outside box is adequately bigger than the inside plastic container. I would say that the glue requirements were created in manufacture. A bit sloppy fast job I'm guessing. But then...$99 for a train item as impressive as this tells the story.

This one is different from the one I bought last year. No blinking sign, but still lit. No flood lights on the sign. And the transformer red LEDs blink on this one, but not the first one. Other than that, maybe a little rougher construction, but still a great accessory. 

Don't forget to select a free train car when you order...I did forget.

"Don't forget to select a free train car when you order...I did forget."

Me too.

Mike

I am hoping Mark the train guy at Menards see this post.  My building is also missing 2 of the lamp hoods.  Anybody know where to get them or a substitute?

Thanks,

Doug

Here is my setup it’s a great building 

FL9TURBO2, Nice looking setup! Great placement of your power and Light building! One question, where did you get the bucket trucks?

mike g. posted:

FL9TURBO2, Nice looking setup! Great placement of your power and Light building! One question, where did you get the bucket trucks?

I ordered them from MB Kline’s they were very cheap 

I'm delighted with my Menards buildings. For corner scenery on our club's modular layout I combined the Menards buildings with items from Korber, Lionel, and MTH. This scenery has been very well received.

The Homies are a tip of the hat to my former employer. Whenever the @#$% hit the fan at our pulverized coal boiler plant, the standard response was "ok, who let the clowns out"....

FL9TURBO2, Thanks for the information!

Gilly, Great looking corner Way to blend everything together!

I know this is a really old post...but wanted to ask Troy...what is the building that you have the pacific power sign on top of...has the smoke stacks on top?  Is that a kit or scratch built...Looks fantastic...is that cotton for smoke??