Freelance 2013-2 (MAW)

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Text step in the transition from a rural to an urban ISL is the replacement of the country grain silos with another industry. I will use the George Roberts Printing Inc. kit from Walthers as a base for that.
There are two remarks why I choose that model
1. Industry buildings with a concrete skeleton are very common and I did find them also on many layouts. I thought it is time to have one by my own.
2. The basic structure is extreme simple. Those prototype looks like a perfect example for a scratch build model. The caveat is that the concrete skeleton must be perfect square or it looks lousy. My individual implementation of a right angle somewhere between 85° and 95° is a poor base for that undertaking. Conclusion is to get the Walthers kit and do kit bashing.


Some time later is the raw front wall cut, rough sanded and glued.


The glue set, filler is applied, again set and later sanded. That all set real quickly and I could proceed with concrete and brick paint.