Kitbashed brewery from The Golden Spike
Aug 23, 2018 13:46:42 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 13:46:42 GMT -5
in 1989 or 1990, the first time I went into The Golden Spike, there was needless to say, plenty to blow my mind away: it was one of "the great train shops of yore" with seeming every cubic inch of airspace devoted to something railroad related.
But I was inevitably drawn to a massive building on the store's 4x8 demonstration layout. A huge, imposing multistory structure of brown brick and arched windows and loading docks and a visible portico for railroad cars. It had a custom Miller Brewing billboard on the roof amidst other ephemera. And unlike all the traditional little houses and storefronts and single-level factories that were accessible HO fare at the time, it was both awesome and familiar - evoking many of the ancient, terrifyingly derelict structures behind the house I grew up in.
I fell in love with that building, and it always loomed large in the visions of layouts I hoped to build. Of course, 1989 was 30 years ago - lots of things have changed. Bigger better more elaborate structures have been made. My own tastes and requirements (and what I ultimately built) shifted.
But as I mentioned in the brass thread, Bud's widow had promised me choice of the buildings from the store layout before the rest of it went on to other homes. There was one that instantly leaped to mind.
Yeah, it obviously doesn't "fit" but... wow does it ever look awesome! It will surely motivate the long-overdue major changes for the STC once the time comes.
For what it's worth, I believe it is kitbashed into a sort of freelance design, but I am not 100% certain. If anyone recognizes it or a potential source, I'd be curious to know. It was built and weathered by the late Allan "Bud" Ruback. His son-in-law later changed the sign from the Miller one to a custom made family reference.
As someone else already told me... it's not entirely out place or scale but it makes the layout seem vastly bigger than it really is, oops...
But I was inevitably drawn to a massive building on the store's 4x8 demonstration layout. A huge, imposing multistory structure of brown brick and arched windows and loading docks and a visible portico for railroad cars. It had a custom Miller Brewing billboard on the roof amidst other ephemera. And unlike all the traditional little houses and storefronts and single-level factories that were accessible HO fare at the time, it was both awesome and familiar - evoking many of the ancient, terrifyingly derelict structures behind the house I grew up in.
I fell in love with that building, and it always loomed large in the visions of layouts I hoped to build. Of course, 1989 was 30 years ago - lots of things have changed. Bigger better more elaborate structures have been made. My own tastes and requirements (and what I ultimately built) shifted.
But as I mentioned in the brass thread, Bud's widow had promised me choice of the buildings from the store layout before the rest of it went on to other homes. There was one that instantly leaped to mind.
Yeah, it obviously doesn't "fit" but... wow does it ever look awesome! It will surely motivate the long-overdue major changes for the STC once the time comes.
For what it's worth, I believe it is kitbashed into a sort of freelance design, but I am not 100% certain. If anyone recognizes it or a potential source, I'd be curious to know. It was built and weathered by the late Allan "Bud" Ruback. His son-in-law later changed the sign from the Miller one to a custom made family reference.
As someone else already told me... it's not entirely out place or scale but it makes the layout seem vastly bigger than it really is, oops...