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<p>At a show last week, a fellow friend and vendor was "liquidating" some N scale stuff from a layout/collection he'd bought. Among other things, I got one of the Bachmann maintenance facility buildings for $5. The previous owner had done a decent job building and weathering it, and I really liked the stock floor that had rails set in "concrete." All the windows made it a natural project for lighting and some interior details.</p><p>Here's the finished building unlit.</p><p>[img]http://www.ironpeng.com/pics/ef/ef01a.jpg[/img]</p><p>First step was to airbrush the base a bit more realistically.</p><p>[img]http://www.ironpeng.com/pics/ef/ef01.jpg[/img]</p><p> </p><p>Then I added some platforms and detail parts from the junk drawer.</p><p>[img]http://www.ironpeng.com/pics/ef/ef03.jpg[/img]</p><p> </p><p>Next came installing six white Surface Mount LEDs on the overhead beams. Hiding the wires was easy thanks to the I beam girder details. The LEDs are circled in red in the pic.</p><p>[img]http://www.ironpeng.com/pics/ef/ef04.jpg[/img]</p><p>Everything glued back in place and the wires touched up with silver paint to hide them.</p><p>[img]http://www.ironpeng.com/pics/ef/ef05.jpg[/img]</p><p> </p><p>I attached a AA battery pack to see how it looks in the dark...</p><p>[img]http://www.ironpeng.com/pics/ef/ef06.jpg[/img]</p><p> </p><p>Front closeup, ready to go on the layout.</p><p>[img]http://www.ironpeng.com/pics/ef/ef07.jpg[/img]</p><p> </p>
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