Plasticville Switch Tower

[Jumijo]

I bought a Plasticville switch tower this weekend and am looking for a good paint scheme for it. Frank53 posted his a while back, but I can't seem to find his photo(s) (please post it again, Frank). Dennis B's is in the current issue of CTT and looks good.

Jim

[Frank53]

here ya go jim.



I used sprays - roof brown and deep green. I used krylon white on the doors and let the brown show through, instead of giving it the full amount of coats. I used concrete on the base.

On the windows, I spray mounted wax paper to acetate and then used scotch magic tape to hold them in place from the inside. This gives them extra opacity.

I also added interior and exterior lights, but don't have the photo handy. I will find and post. FOr the exterior lights, I used N-SCale street lamps and beant the posts to make them into door lamps.

I am going to build the step support Dennis showed in CTT and add it to this one.

[Frank53]

here's the lit version:



since the plasticville is a bit small, the lights at the door are a bit big - but in the grand scheme of things, I think they look ok.

[Jumijo]

Great job, Frank. I noticed that you also painted the roof's joint flashing a contrasting color to the shingles. On mine, I painted it a pale green to simulate oxidized copper. The green and brown go well together. I was leaning toward a green/tan scheme, and seeing yours confirms my hunch that it would look very nice.

I'm going to add the mods Dennis suggested as well. Also, my tower came without a roof vent pipe, so I'm making one out of aluminum.

Thanks for reposting the photo, Frank. What a great source of inspiration!

Jim