Part 41: The Minturn stn.
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At the local narrow gauge convention, I bought a Detail associates kit for the "Foothill station".
The kit is sold out since many years, so I guess it could be hard to find another one....
It is a mixed media, but mostly wood, kit with plastic windows and doors.
The building is made for two levels of terrain which I will use to serve two railroads.
A standard gauge railroad on the upper level, and a HOn3 narrow gauge on the lower.
A bit like John Allen did with Corsa on the G&D.
So, here are some pics of the build:
I made fake nail heads on the walls with a Trumpeter rivet wheel.
The various posts were a bit fiddly to line up against each other.....
The roofs shingled and test fitted:
Next step was the windows and doors. And painting it.
I used Humbrol enamels for all of the painting.
The windows were glassed with slide covers as I find them much realistic.
The almost finished kit as it stands now:
the nailheads can just be seen here....
Just a bit more to do, as connecting the lights and lay the tracks in front of the station. some ground cover would be nice as well..
A "vintage" pic of the station:
It will represent the station in my freelanced version of Minturn Colorado.
And how it looks with foliage and sand etc:
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