Highly compressed corner model of the White Oak Denim Mill. In 1915 White Oak developed 01 heavyweight denim which birthed Levi's 501 button-fly Jeans with the red selvage thread down each leg.. An exclusive supply and purchase relationship lasted for 102 years. White Oak (circa 1905) closed 12/31/17.
Model buildings by Model Structures for Model Railroads, stack by Harry Hienke who also built and /or weathered many of the Service Yard structures shown.
scale rail posted:Art, I can smell the bread baking. AMC Dave, I have too many bars in my town now. Though I'm planning one more. Don
Didn't think you could have to many in a 1950's setting!!!!
It's my first bar.....had lots of places to eat.
I can't pick between two. One is Korber Joe's Pickle Factory bashed into a 2 1/2 inch deep flat with lots of extra's - most scratch-built like the loading dock, square tapered smokestack, ducting on the exterior of the building.
The other is the most elaborate kitbash I have attempted to date, the coal mine, tipple complex.... It's a combination of 2 different kits, plus a bunch of scratch-built items:
This is a GREAT thread! Excellent work everyone, inspirational!
- Nick
chris a posted:I can't pick between two. One is Korber Joe's Pickle Factory bashed into a 2 1/2 inch deep flat with lots of extra's - most scratch-built like the loading dock, square tapered smokestack, ducting on the exterior of the building.
The other is the most elaborate kitbash I have attempted to date, the coal mine, tipple complex.... It's a combination of 2 different kits, plus a bunch of scratch-built items:
Chris, slow down, your gettin too good. Fantastic work. Don
Nice work Guys,
I really like the Freight House I made for my harbor, and the sawmill, both are probably favorites.
Mission Santa Barbara (my now grown son's grade school project) made from cardstock:
I built this model of the section house at Vance Junction, Colorado on the narrow gauge Rio Grande Southern Railroad more than 15 years ago from a Banta Modelworks kit. It resides on my 12-by-8 layout that was completed in 2004.
MELGAR
laz1957 posted:Keystone posted:laz1957 posted:From my hometown of Hazleton, Pa. and built by ANDRE GARCIA "the Elbow Room".
Very nice, but it begs the question... Did you include on your layout the below ground "comfort station" around the corner?
KEYSTONE,
WOW that is a thought. Man I remember those on Broad Street when I was a kid. LOL!!! Brought back some memories,Thanks!!!!
I used MTH's subway entrance; changed the signs, painted the green trim black and created a taller pipe w/ a wider cap for what I always thought was the vent for the heat or "fresh air".
Don, thanks for the encouraging words, and thanks to all who hit the "like reply" button.
Trust me, Don, from my perspective, it doesn't feel like I am moving too fast !! After more decades than I care to admit to, I am glad I am finally getting some decent modeling results, that I am proud of. Being a member here on the forum has alot to do with my progress, always something new to learn here.
This is mine. It is a model of an actual grain elevator in my small home town. The C&NW cowboy line is long abandoned, but the elevator remains and is still in use for truck traffic. The grain is elevated from the pit on the back side, by means of a conveyor with buckets attached, and deposited in several bins awaiting loading. The engine would unhook from its train and spot a couple of box cars for loading. The cars were moved to load the 2nd car by mechanical means. Often the empty would come in from the wrong direction, (from the east where the big terminals are located) 
and need to be placed on the siding for further movement by means of a "flying" switch manuver.
Chris A, You have a wonderful eye and sense of artistic unity, like here...
..where you have kept a consistent tone and age to the vista with that particular tunnel portal, in its appearance of weathered lumber, working so well with the beautiful coal facility building. Your work rises to the level of art, in my opinion.
FrankM
Scale Rail,
My favorite structure on any layout is my Hellgate metal Bridge, to me as a Welding Engineer the ultimate metal O structure.
PCRR/Dave
I built this Bridgeport Tower House model from a kit by Laser Art Structures Branchline Trains about ten years ago. It didn't make the cut onto either of my O gauge layouts. There are many similar houses in Bridgeport, CT.
MELGAR
Pickle plant...
I really like that.....built one in HO like that...now I need a O scale version
FrankM - Thanks for the very thoughtful and positive feedback.
chris a posted:I can't pick between two. One is Korber Joe's Pickle Factory bashed into a 2 1/2 inch deep flat with lots of extra's - most scratch-built like the loading dock, square tapered smokestack, ducting on the exterior of the building.
The other is the most elaborate kitbash I have attempted to date, the coal mine, tipple complex.... It's a combination of 2 different kits, plus a bunch of scratch-built items:
Chris
those are just stunning pic! I like that coaling station I see what you mean on the weathering I will have to try it on mine a great job all around
This small machine shop, on my 2004 layout, is the only structure that I have built from styrene. I much prefer to work in wood and generally use small buildings on my layouts.
MELGAR
This is hard. If I don't like it, it would never be on my layout. I'd rather have plywood or more track. Not the best photos; wrong device. Still learning this ones camera, which is clunky, but not too bad. I miss my old AL-1 and developing real film though.
This factory used to be an AF talking American Flyer City Station with timed stops. The timer still functions and I use it a lot, so I guess it wins "Best" by default (it actually controls the el, not the lower lines.) It was going to get tossed until I nabbed it (a freebe) No roof or doors (still no door to enter as is 
) and I never liked the green/yellow windows on the station much, but they look "right" to me as old factory windows, so I never bothered hunting parts (now Lionel parts for thier repop)
The fav. on this layout is stored on another device ... so more later.
My all time favorite is my childhood gantry and launcher(& pw car) Enough so that once the WB/Looney Tunes train was done, I ended up with this fun little layout to eat up more "space" 
MO985......WOW!
Love this thread !!! Kudos kudos !!
One of my favorites from the last iteration of the Munoz Lines . . . Sunshine Sarsaparilla. Built for us by John.
The Munoz Building I built from a Bar Mills kit
Two I kitbashed, Hy Dranger's Flower Shop and Ginny's Election Headquarters
Kayla's Soap built for us by John
Pocahontas Coal built for us by Brian
Question - how many of you have a funeral parlor on your layout. Here are photos of mine. It is one of the buildings my brother-in-law made.
Charlie
I used to see a lot of country stores when l was kid, and alway liked the ones with a gas station built into a corner and so have long desired that Stony Creek store kit beautifully modeled above. This even though l have bashed a couple of other store kits with that feature, and just got in another two story store kit to bash, and have the Alladdin store kit yet to build. This last and the Stony Creek kit are probably the top of the pile in country store kits. Dunno where l will put them all.
It would have to be Finley Station; if not for Finley I doubt there would even be a layout for me to enjoy.
Scrapper did the sarsaparilla factory relocate to New Jersey?
Gene that Northport Sweet Shop is dead on. Nice build.
Coach Joe . . . . . Sunshine Sarsaparilla is now in Delaware
Menards flying saucer which steals cows.
It stole the show on Halloween, parents loved it, kids thought Godzilla was a bit better.
I am glad to see so many scratch-builders and kitbashers still in the hobby. I have enjoyed all the submissions and keep them coming.
Charlie
Not my best but one of my favorites. Don
This Department 56 Diner where a young couple is sharing an ice cream soda:
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