Walthers still lists a lot of Campbell kits in their catalog. Three of the corrugated structures look pretty good to me: Seebold and Sons Manufacturing, the Oil Warehouse, and Ayres Chairs.
I've built a couple of these. Here's a cut-down version of Seebold:
And here's the oil warehouse:
I find that these kits go together pretty easily. They are card stock structures covered with corrugated metal. I cut the corrugated material into 4' wide strips and spray the back side with 3m 777 adhesive. I apply weldwood contact cement to the building cardstock and then overlap the corrugated panels as I put them in place (just like the prototype practice). Once I press them down, they are in place to stay,
I find that cutting the window openings prior to assembling the card is a good practice, but I wait until after the sheeting is in place to cut holes in the metal - using a very sharp x-acto blade. Epoxy works well for installing the windows.
Weathering corrugated panels is a real challenge for me. I'm not happy with my Seebold building weathering at all, and the other one is just too crisp and new.
Good luck.
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Nevin, I can't agree with you more. And hope you have enough space to do that facility justice, particularly in length. A semi-flat reproduction would still be effective.
Mark
Mark:
That is the one I am going to model. It was at the end of the line of the Lila C branch (I think). It was dismantled and moved to Death Valley Junction after the DVRR was build. It is simple enough that I will probably go ahead and scratch build it. I still think that a good corrugated fairly large building in state-of-the-art plastic with good windows and doors would be a seller for some company. Not all buildings are brick! - Nevin
Kevin,
I'd sure like to know what a (primitive?) borax roaster looks like. Send pictures?
Edit - found some http://www.ttrr.org/img_dbf/dvr_2_02.html
I sometimes find old Suydam metal kits at a good price at small train shows. It seems that since people think you must solder these kits they stay away from them. I use the thick gap-filling super glue with extra wood for bracing. They make ok background buildings with some additional detailing. Here is one I am working on.
This building will be Prestage Tool & Gear. I stretched the building and made the rear roof out of foam board painted to match the front.
Walthers New River Mining Company (933-3017) readily kitbashes into factories. MR had an article about 20 years ago converting two of them into a chemical plant complex. The principal change is to cut it down to ground level. Playing with the walls is a further option. Add tanks, piping, stack, etc., and suddenly you have a unique structure! I did a similar kitbash to simulate a non-metallic mineral processing industry, but I'm too lazy today to photo and post same.
Most warehouses are pretty simple, so a corrugated warehouse is easy to scratchbuild with the use of pre-made corrugated sheet sections laid over foam board or such.
The Suydam kits are still made by Alpine Division Scale Models. Prices are a bit higher than the old Suydam kits but then a lot of things were cheaper in the past. Here's a link to their site:
http://www.alpinemodels.com/page/page/2762608.htm
John
Grandt Line makes a nice corrugated plastic craftsman model of a building that stands in Placerville, CA. It can be kit-bashed into a pretty decent smaller warehouse. I use mine as an office in my locomotive facility. It's the building to the far right of the photo.
Tom
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!