I am looking at possibly adding this industry on my layout. The dimensons for this building are roughly 6" x 9" x 9". Does anyone have this building on their layout and if so can it be easily built into a half width building ( making it 3" x "9" x 9") so it can fit against a backdrop? Pics would be nice if available. Thanks.
TAX, please show us when your done. I have this kit on my layout and don't see any reason why you could not use it as you intend.
John
I kitbashed the same structure in HO scale, and while I don't recall the specifics of the layout of the doors and windows on the end walls, it should be easily do-able. Use a straightedge and either an X-Acto or utility knife to score along the surface where you want to make the cut, then "snap" it in two along the scored line. Depending on the door and window layout, you may want to use the pieces from either one or both end walls, and perhaps exchange their positions to get something that works for your particular situation.
Use either a mill file or some fairly coarse sandpaper, taped rough-side-up to your workbench, to create a new bevel on the cut edges, then glue everything together with a solvent-type cement (I use lacquer thinner). If your bevel is not as true as the factory-created one, you might want to add a strip of .100"x.100" styrene strip to the inside of the full length of the corner joints: this will allow you to use filler on any unsightly gaps that might show on the outside of the corners.
Another thing to take into consideration is that loading/unloading shed that's included with the kit. If it's part of the 6" width, you may end-up with a near "flat" of the main building if you wish to keep the railroad side of the structure intact. The siloes can be easily halved length-wise, but don't neglect to add either a new back made from plain styrene, or at least some bracing made from strip styrene - this will prevent everything from warping or sagging later on.
Here are a few pictures of my kitbash:
Wayne
WOW! Wayne, what a great setup, exceptional work. Thanks for the pics.
Thanks for the kind words, guys.
As you can see from the somewhat out-of-focus picture below, much of the structure has been reduced in depth, some of it at odd angles, too, yet, from normal viewing angles, the whole complex still appears fairly massive. If you have the room, you can use the cut-off leftovers to expand the rest of the structure width-wise. I used plain .060" sheet styrene to build any needed additional walls - an economical way to expand on the basic kit in whatever direction best suits your available space.
That is really good work. From the looks of things I can do what I wanted to it.