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Is this a Walther's kitbash buliding

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Is this a Walther's kitbash buliding
Posted by cudaken on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 4:06 PM

  I think the parts came from Walther's.

 It came in a lot of buildings I bought on E Bay. I now need to add a section to the then backside because it will be seen and want a offices there. Does the color look stock if it is a Walther's? It is lightly weathered and looks like chalk and dull coat.

 Pastie  Ken posting again

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Posted by nedthomas on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 4:19 PM

It looks stock Walthers. The door, windows and roof details are cast in gray and walls look unpainted. You should have no trouble adding to it.

 

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Posted by cudaken on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 4:23 PM

  Thank you for the answer!

                 Ken

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Posted by bpickering on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 4:34 PM

nedthomas

It looks stock Walthers. The door, windows and roof details are cast in gray and walls look unpainted. You should have no trouble adding to it.

Actually, my impression was that of DPM modular sections. Whistling I'm using them for background buildings, and the arched windows, 2x piece, look very similar.

In fact, the dock doors look very similar to the Dock Level Freight Door pieces shown on this page.

If they are cast in RED plastic, that's likely.

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Posted by CNJ831 on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 6:21 PM

I'd have to agree with Brian. The building looks to be composed of common DPM modular wall sections. It certainly isn't a Walthers' product. However, those are Walthers' vents and fans on the roof, from their roof detailing kit.

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Posted by Great Western Rwy fan on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 6:27 PM

My guess is that those are DPM {Design Preservation Modular} walls and look similar to  My warehouse structure I built with DPM pieces..

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Posted by bpickering on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 6:30 PM

CNJ831

However, those are Walthers' vents and fans on the roof, from their roof detailing kit.

CNJ, OK, that's nice to know. I've actually got a set of those vents/fans to put on the tops of these buildings, along with a fire-escape or three, but haven't decided where/how many/etc. to apply to the several backdrop buildings.

Also, note the middle loading-dock door has been slightly customized; the doors from DPM are all one-piece.

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Posted by doctorwayne on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 10:30 PM

bpickering

In fact, the dock doors look very similar to the Dock Level Freight Door pieces shown on this page.

If they are cast in RED plastic, that's likely.

 

Mine have the same dock doors, but they were cast in tan-coloured plastic. Didn't matter, of course, as they got painted. Smile,Wink, & Grin

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Posted by cudaken on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 3:30 AM

  I added the Walther's vents to the roof. Thanks again for all the answers as well. I will take it with me to my LHS and see which is the best match. I don't want to have to paint the whole building because I don't want to take it apart.

 Other buildings that came with it are DMP so more than likely it is as well.

 Thanks again, Cuda Ken

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Posted by G Paine on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 5:23 PM

Here are a few of the parts I see on the building

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/243-30103
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/243-30105
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/243-30108
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/243-30112
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/243-30117
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/243-30106
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/243-30110

Note that there are number types of wall sections and each has a different height

  • Street level or dock level - used for the lower floor of a building, they have a line of bricks at the loading dock level
  • One story wall section - used for one story of an upper floor
  • Two story wall section - used for two story of an upper floor
  • Cornice - used to top off a wall at roof level, I usually put 2 cornice sections back to back because the back of the wall is visible above roof level

 

Before you go to the hobby shop, you should download their modular planning packet which gives full size prints of all the modular walls available. That way you can have an idea of what you want before you shop. The file is Adobe Acrobat PDF. Also, DPM is now owned by Woodland Scenics.

http://woodlandscenics.woodlandscenics.com/images/instructions/homod.pdf

You can use the planning packet to do a mockup of a building to see if it will fit and how it looks. This is a picture of Sheepscot Transfer and Storage with the mockup building next to it.

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Posted by cudaken on Thursday, May 6, 2010 6:20 AM

 Why thank you George! The file will be helpful and fun to play around with.

 I have been working on the spur some. Few pictures if you don't mind.

 And it would not be Cuda Ken's layout with a few of theses.

 Thanks to all that took there time.

             Cuda Ken

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