I'm sure many of you have seen or own the old Walthers signal tower which was produced years ago with a watchman's shanty and shed. They came preassembled and molded in two color versions. I have one of them, and had the tower sitting in place for years in it's raw, unpainted version. While it's not a precisely accurate version of a Pennsy tower, it certainly has a Pennsy flavor to it. Atlas now owns the dies, and I've begged them for years to make it in kit form so it could be easily painted in PRR colors, or those of any other railroad but they never have.
So I finally bit the bullet, and got some paint in appropriate PRR colors and some fine brushes and got to work. I repainted the whole darn thing, going back and carefully retouching any areas I screwed up. And with those large windows and its prominent location on the layout, I detailed the interior as well. I didn't go crazy doing so since its not right in your face, but you can clearly see things like a desk, storage lockers, a fire extinguisher, control board with the track layout, and of course a tower operator.
I then weathered it using chalks, and buried the fake concrete under the wooden steps in cinders so it wouldn't show up. There's a bit more work to do in terms of adding weeds and cables coming into the building, but that won't happen till I make a bit of progress on the surrounding structures, so I figured it was time to post some images. BTW, location is "ROSE" at the western end of Altoona yard just east of downtown. 
Enjoy!
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