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Posted by NVSRR on Sunday, March 15, 2020 12:01 PM

dknelson

 

 
richhotrain

 

For those of you not in the know, I have lusted for that Bertram structure for years and even offered to pay Wayne a six figure number to get it. He not only won't sell it to me, but he continually taunts me with his frequent postings of the Bertram photo.

Rich 

 

 

Well sure if you're going to try to low-ball him on your offer, of course he'll ignore you.  Six figures won't do.  That's just walking-around money for Dr. Wayne.  He sneers at your pocket change. 

Pay the man what he's worth.  

But to the topic at hand, I have noticed that many micro breweries/brew pubs do favor funky, industrial "steam punk" sorts of structures, and some are near railroad lines or waterways.  An interesting and realistic choice for a non (but perhaps, once) rail served structure on the modern day layout.

Dave Nelson

 

 

the road out front at one time had interurban line in it.   The road will be redone to show that history

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Posted by dknelson on Sunday, March 15, 2020 11:44 AM

richhotrain

 

For those of you not in the know, I have lusted for that Bertram structure for years and even offered to pay Wayne a six figure number to get it. He not only won't sell it to me, but he continually taunts me with his frequent postings of the Bertram photo.

Rich 

Well sure if you're going to try to low-ball him on your offer, of course he'll ignore you.  Six figures won't do.  That's just walking-around money for Dr. Wayne.  He sneers at your pocket change. 

Pay the man what he's worth.  

But to the topic at hand, I have noticed that many micro breweries/brew pubs do favor funky, industrial "steam punk" sorts of structures, and some are near railroad lines or waterways.  An interesting and realistic choice for a non (but perhaps, once) rail served structure on the modern day layout.

Dave Nelson

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Posted by hon30critter on Sunday, March 15, 2020 10:52 AM

Hi NSVRR,

I'd say you got over your builders block quite nicely! I love how bright and cheery the building looks, and the patio will be very inviting once the details are applied.

Walthers has a few options for populating the beer garden. Unfortunately the stuff isn't cheap. The best value might be the Busch set at $40.99. It gets you tables, benches, lots of people and most importantly, full beer steins!

https://www.walthers.com/search/scale/ho-scale?q=Beer+garden

Well done,

Cheers!!

Dave

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Posted by NVSRR on Sunday, March 15, 2020 9:10 AM

mbinsewi

Nice job!  Yes

Where did you get the brick walls with the railings?  That patio scene is going to be excellent.

 

Those are from a Faller railing kit. The kit has almost a meter of the combination in it.   

 

You might want to fix that huge pot hole in the street.  Laugh  It looks like it's about a foot deep! Surprise   Laugh

 

that hole has been there for ten years .  That one of those future layout improvements projects   After the layout hits the "finished" point.  Which this one is getting too probably in the next year or so.  

Mike.

PS. Rich, I feel your pain...Sigh  There was no need for Dr. Wayne to once again....flaunt Bertrams right in your face like that.  I have the feeling it was directed right at YOU. Surprise

Mix yourself a bloody mary, and calm down.

 

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Posted by mbinsewi on Sunday, March 15, 2020 8:21 AM

Nice job!  Yes

Where did you get the brick walls with the railings?  That patio scene is going to be excellent.

You might want to fix that huge pot hole in the street.  Laugh  It looks like it's about a foot deep! Surprise   Laugh

Mike.

PS. Rich, I feel your pain...Sigh  There was no need for Dr. Wayne to once again....flaunt Bertrams right in your face like that.  I have the feeling it was directed right at YOU. Surprise

Mix yourself a bloody mary, and calm down.

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Posted by richhotrain on Sunday, March 15, 2020 4:40 AM

doctorwayne
The one which I used was LifeLike's "Bottling Plant", but converted it into the general offices of the John Bertram Machine Tool Works...

Here's the rest of it...

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Here's the rest of it???

You just had to post that second photo, didn't you Wayne?

You didn't need to post that second photo, but you did it anyhow, Wayne, just to taunt me, didn't you Wayne?

For those of you not in the know, I have lusted for that Bertram structure for years and even offered to pay Wayne a six figure number to get it. He not only won't sell it to me, but he continually taunts me with his frequent postings of the Bertram photo.

Rich

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Sunday, March 15, 2020 1:24 AM

NVSRR
Digging through old plasticville buildings I have in storage from mny years ago I found a building from a purchase of parts and pieces i got on ebay a few years back. Not sure if this is a brewery from faller of a life like bottling works kit.

Nice job. It looks night-and-day different from the way it started out. It fits there like it was meant to.

gmpullman
I found this Preiser Beer Garden canopy with kegs, bottles and glassware:

Ah, Warsteiner, good choice. My second favorite German beer.

doctorwayne
The one which I used was LifeLike's "Bottling Plant", but converted it into the general offices of the John Bertram Machine Tool Works...

Good choice for that building also. It certainly makes a handsome office building.

-Kevin

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Posted by doctorwayne on Sunday, March 15, 2020 12:17 AM

Nice job, and a good choice for that particular building lot. Thumbs UpThumbs Up

 

NVSRR
...Not sure if this is a brewery from faller of a life like bottling works kit...

The one which I used was LifeLike's "Bottling Plant", but converted it into the general offices of the John Bertram Machine Tool Works...

Here's the rest of it...

...the factory portion is from Walther's Vulcan Manufacturing...

Wayne

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Posted by gmpullman on Saturday, March 14, 2020 11:37 PM

NVSRR
interesting how sometimes the building tells you what will go in a spot not the other way around.

Very good solution. Nice choice.

I don't know if they are still available but some while back I found this Preiser Beer Garden canopy with kegs, bottles and glassware:

 IMG_9859_fix_w by Edmund, on Flickr

You should be able to find a nice crowd to populate your brew-pub.

Cheers, Ed

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micro brewery.
Posted by NVSRR on Saturday, March 14, 2020 9:59 PM

A little while back I asked for ideas on wht to do with an odd spot.  A little builders block there.  Digging through old plasticville buildings I have in storage from mny years ago I found a building from a purchase of parts and pieces i got on ebay a few years back.  Not sure if this is a brewery from faller of a life like bottling works kit. 

I pulled the annex of the back that had loading doors.  Found it fit the spot perfectly.  Thus was born the micro brewery since the kettles are still in the building.   With some disassembly, work and lots of paint,  the creation below appeared.  Still some work to do. 

Ok lots of work.  Along with lots of work in the surrounding scenery.  People, seats tables, random details,  some kind of umbrella or overhead canape to finish it off.   interesting how sometimes the building tells you what will go in a spot not the other way around.

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An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel

A realist sees a frieght train

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