Hello I am looking for a building for a 1935-45 junkyard it will be on the outskirts of town and will have rail service. I have been looking at everything I can find but nothing has caught my eye yet I would like to scratch build it if I can but will settle for a kit. What do recommend ? Thanks Frank
You didn’t say how “big” an operation this would be. If you are sorting, shredding and loading strings of gondolas this may not fit your needs. However, for a smaller, rather run down, place check out Monroe Models “Jurgens Junk Yard” kit #2204.
It will have a home at Whyte on my pike someday this coming winter….When the modeling season rolls around again! If you haven’t seen it, it may be worth checking out! It is a pretty nice looking kit.
What do you consider the purpose of this building to be? Most junkyards would only have a small shack or shed for keeping track of what moves in and out of the yard.
Large operations would definately have a scale, or some way of weighing how much is going into the cars.
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The junkyard near here has several buildings. One is an office/storage/engine-transmission type operation (old house with add-ons), the second is a general mechanics shop where they strip/rebuild vehicles (modern warehouse type structure) and the third (large woodframe barn type) is where they seperate out different types of metals going out.
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Hello sorry its a small kinda run down yard no shredding and we only load 2-3 gons a week. I am looking for something that would work for a office of some sort. No I have not seen those kits but I will check them out. Thanks Frank
Well, a 1930s junkyard is one place where a storage shed from an old boxcar (I suppose wood siding, or perhaps a well-used WWI era steel car) would make sense - I have seen images of several junkyard (well, more like scrapyards) w/ boxcar sheds, and even saw one with my own eyes in Newark NJ during the late 1980s (it was, I think a '50s 40 footer). Remember that Quonset huts were developed starting w/ WWII, but similar Nissen huts were developed by the UK for WWI - not sure how many of those would be around in the depression era US.
I guess you could scratch build anything that you wanted. But in terms of kits, consider...
o Ma's Place could easily be kitbashed or run down to whatever level of deterioration you want.
o one of those old yard offices made from a boxcar. I think ConCor did one and there's also a very simple Plasticville one.
o one of the old MODEL RAILROADER structure books has a really neat looking crossing shack that could easily serve as a small office.
o for something a little bigger, how about an old, shorter passenger car?
o the late Art Curren used an old house as the office for a lumber yard kitbash; it would probably work for a junk / scrap yard as well.
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For the 1930's an old single level house would do, like an old shotgun house.
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A scrap yard in my old home town had an office building hardly larger than a one-car garage, a dirty frame structure with a door and a front window and perhaps nothing beyond that.
ConCor makes a neat little kit, a tiny brick structure that also would seem perfect for this role. IT is called the Cambria City Tire Repair Shop. It could date from anywhere from 1880 to today and look right.
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Hello thank for the ideas. I like idea of the shotgun house or a barn type structure. I found a photo that I think might work can anyone give me a idea on how big the building in the background might be? Thanks Frank
I've scratch build this for my scrap yard at Silicon Valley, now sold.
And still with fresh ground cover:
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Take a look at this one...
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It is a Walthers kit, Electri-Corp Supply or something like that. Looks like it would be a really nice model for what you want. It might be gone by the time you read this but where there's one, there are probably others.
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0-6-0can anyone give me a idea on how big the building in the background might be?
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danmerkel yep it's gone but the one building look like a good start
wolfgang nice I like the look of that building is that real wood ?
fifedog Hercules I was thinking of Chopper with some kids running for the fence. They were both great movies
jeff thanks for the size
I think I am going to try and scarthbuild it with the kits I have seen gives me more of a idea of what it should look like Thanks for the help Frank
From here, the structure in the background looks to be an old barn. Many farms had a tool shed used to park backhoes, small trucks,etc. A backhoe could serve as a small wheel loader. You could fill the yard with old tractors & other farm equipment.
Hello I thought it might be a barn but it has windows and stack on the roof. I would guess a barn would not have heat. The windows might be there? Unless it was added on after the farm was gone. I am not sure what the white stuff is it look like it has strips. I am guessing some kind of seal for the gaps in the boards? As for backhoes and such I found only few that might work not sure on them yet need more research. I think the junk will be the hardest to get right. Thanks Frank
0-6-0wolfgang nice I like the look of that building is that real wood ?
Yes, this little structure is scratchbuild from wood, Grand Line windows and shingles.