New Photos 9-20! Sneak peek of new Korber Models structures

Rich. Both these new buildings look fantastic! I look forward to seeing the finished products and especially the background building.  Terry

Sold! I will take one of each.

Like em both! However, I don't think a "cement" building will stand up too long, as cement is just powder that comes in a bag. Now concrete on the other hand, is pretty strong  

Like both of them. Will you have at York?

Very nice, Rich. These castings are a great addition to your line!

Love them!

 

 

Peter

Rich - Sweet!

Great! I've been looking for a concrete diesel shed.

Rich - Both look like great additions to your excellent product line.  Love the looks of the background building.

 

Art

Great!  Can't have enough interesting and different buildings in O scale.  I can see that

"diesel shop" as an interurban car barn, part of a factory in which cars are run into the

building, and a lot of others prompts for imaginations.

Rich,

 

Excellent!  The hobby needs more of these type of buildings.  Interesting variants would be brick facades with arched windows.  I think Korber could make quite a business out some of these background / narrow buildings.

 

Some ideas:

 

 

 

I like the Heinz factory (they built their own freight cars, too!) and the Goldstein Scrap Metal company (could be made to fit between 2 parallel tracks or in the Y of a switch).

 

Obviously, creating these require significant investment in dies and molds, but wall castings might sell well.  The old DPM stuff isn't readily available or easy to work with when you do find it.

 

Thanks for bringing out new buildings!

 

Best,

 

George

Rich, that diesel shop is exactly what I have been waiting for!  Question, can it be ordered with windows on the ground level also?  And do you have a length for the building?

Heinz just merged with Kraft.

Rich, two new buildings hopefully we can see at York, I like brick and concrete look, can't wait to see the finished product.

 

Jack

 

Yeah, I know.  Another iconic Pittsburgh business gone.

 

George

 

I like to see a building I can use for an REA express building with a row of loading dock doors side by side on the first floor. something on the line of this building except the first floor is a entire loading dock with large doors for truck deliverys.

I think I am in for that Background Building with a train going inside of it!

Looking good!

 

A question .... will you be discontinuing the #306 engine shed?

Nice building Rich. The added height gives it a solid look.

What will be the dimensions of the background building?  I have been debating putting in another switch on the upper line and this could be the deciding factor.

 

See you at York

 

Al Galli

Great news. Just in time for my new layout. Way to go!

Thanks guys for the nice comments

Let's see if I can answer the questions,

We still plan to have the 306 diesel shed

We will target having these at York this year and on the web shortly after that.

These kits are modular so you can re arrange the sections, meaning each area between the concrete pilaster to make wider tart move windows and doers. So it could be ch aged to add windows to the first floor

The background building is about 22 inches wide as I recal

Any chance you might think of modular wood kits (made from plastic, that is)? Lots of large structures were made of wood and used well into my own lifetime.

Just a thought because nobody seems to be making anything like that.

Do you have photos of the wood building you are thinking of?

Gee...weird about Heinz...will have to tell a friend who collects some of their stuff....

guess it beats being sold off overseas.  I have used Korber modular brick buildings,

but brick or stone, with sometimes exposed vertical supports, seem easier to make

as modular panels, vs. wood, which is often any irregular shape and size.  But, maybe I just can't visualize it.  I build wooden grain elevators and stamp mills, and both have

high, wide and individualistic walls.

George, Love the Goldstein Scrap Co. in Worcester, MA.. That whole "Canal District" has some very interesting buildings. And with all the new investment in the area converting those buildings into resturants and bars is has become quite the entertainment area. The Union Station in that photo's background has been restored too. There was supposedly an N scale model kit of the station that was going to be offered a few years ago, but apparently it never was done.

 

I have also taken photos in that area because I figured it was being redeveloped and the buildings character might change. New England has a lot of interesting mill and industrial buildings.

 

Paul Goodness

Hi Rich! Put me down for the 2 stall diesel shop - love it! Korber kits were the first ones I ever built and detailed and kit-bashed! For whatever reason they gave me  the confidence to try things, (as did this forum incidentally ), and the finished products made me happy!! See you at York!  Bill Smith

These kits both look real nice, Rich, and I look forward to being able to see them on display at your booth at Fall York 2015.  Keep up the good work!

Hi Rich love the diesel shed I'll take one also thanks Joe

 

 

Rich,

Fine and realistic models  Like the diesel shop!

 

I have built for me a warehouse with the track going inside.

 

See you in october...

Rich,

I love the factory. Can you produce the key pieces in a way to enable modular adaptation for different sizes, height, width, etc? I think the hobby would love that factory either as it is or as a modular starting point. Great !!

 

Scrapiron the Bare (As in no layout)

Looking good Rich.

Thank you on the nice words.

Yes scrap iron, these kits are indeed modular so you can really make almost any combination of size in about 6 by 4 increment either with concrete only or concrete and brick.

Very flexible

Rich - when I bought these from Pecos River prior to your acquisition I had trouble getting the glue to hold them together. What do you suggest we use for assembling these? 

Hi Steve

I find gorilla brand super glue works really well.  I also use instant set

We do provide some bracing material to help add strength to the structure

Rich, that's the ticket. Now i have to find room on the new layout for the diesel shop. Don

Hi Rich - First snow day, I will start this Kober Model Structures

Gary

• Cheers from The Detroit and Mackinc Railway

I really like that diesel shop. 

 

Chris

The diesel back shop can be built up in just concrete if you like,  here are some early photos.