Follow the progress of construction (and sometimes destruction) of my N-scale model train layout.

October 21, 2007

Engine Facility Nearing Completion

Here are two shots of the Bachmann Engine Maintenance Facility that I have been working on. The building is pretty much complete, but I still need to do some work on the concrete pad that it rests on.
There were some areas of the kit that I felt were poorly designed. The attached parts shed (not pictured) had two identical side walls. The walls were both beveled in the same direction, rather then in opposite directions so the bevels both pointed toward the inside of the building, as was the case with the larger walls. Even though the shed was pictured outside of the building I got the feeling that it had really been designed to be placed inside the building. There were also extra parts included that appeared to construct a raised platform for the shed in the instructions. However the pictures from the box do not have this.

I painted the brick walls with a light gray wash to highlight the mortar lines. I think this came out very well. I also painted a majority of the gray parts, beams, doors, ventilation fans, silver to give them a more metallic appearance. The one thing that I was not happy with was the discoloration of the window panes by the plastic cement. Overall I was pleased with the way the model came out however.

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