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Manufacturer and Model Number of the Thomas Edison HO Building

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Posted by gmpullman on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 4:23 PM

ACRR46
It looks suitable for a RR employees bunk house.

So... if you are really looking for a bunk house why not start with a — bunk house?

http://www.laserkit.com/laserkit.htm

https://www.modeltrainstuff.com/american-model-builders-ho-713-lineside-structures-r-kit-railroad-rooming-house/

There are drawings and photos of the C&O rooming house in Thurmond, West Virginia available at the Library Of Congress site:

https://www.loc.gov/item/wv0302/

 

 Thurmond by Edmund, on Flickr

 https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.wv0302.sheet?st=gallery

 

 Hope that helps, Ed

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Posted by ACRR46 on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 12:29 PM
Thanks guys for the replies. I'm interested in the Menlo Park laboratory. It looks suitable for a RR employees bunk house.
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Posted by dknelson on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 9:52 AM

Art Curren's kitbashing book (out of print) has a great article on what can be done with the Edison laboratory building to make it something more useful as an industry on a layout.  It is also in the August 1983 MR for those with the All Access pass.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Monday, August 20, 2018 10:10 PM

That looks like a pretty easy scratchbuild, Ed:  some Evergreen clapboard siding, with doors, windows, and porch details from Grandt Line or Tichy.  The roof could be done with Plastruct shingle sheet, or Campbell's paper shakes, or any of the numerous ones available to "print yer own".

I'd guess the cost to be similar, but the materials are readily available.

This scratchbuilt ice house is probably a bit longer, but there was no need for windows.  It's also a background structure, with a truncated backside, so I didn't get too fancy with the roof, either...

There is a small office at the street-end of the structure, though, with windows and a door, both from either Tichy or Grand Line...

The main structure is tapered to suit its locale, so the one in your link should be easier to construct.

Wayne

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Posted by gmpullman on Monday, August 20, 2018 9:57 PM

Which "building"? His birthplace or Menlo Park Laboratory?

https://www.walthers.com/edison-s-laboratory-kit-15-5-8-x-4-3-8-x-4-3-16-quot-39-x-11-x-10-5cm

There's one on ebay at the moment:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HELJAN-915-Edison-s-Laboratory-Greenfield-Village-Spur-H0-Modellbausatz/253222464721?hash=item3af53c2cd1:g:w9EAAOSw0ehZ6HOB

This would certainly be a pretty straight-forward scratchbuilding project, yes?

Ed

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Manufacturer and Model Number of the Thomas Edison HO Building
Posted by ACRR46 on Monday, August 20, 2018 9:29 PM

Is this kit still available?  I wish I had bought it years ago.

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