Greetings All,
I recently had the good fortune to be contacted by 1:1 Sir Neal of the Atlantic Pacific Railroad fame and received an offer I couldn't refuse. You want a Walthers Bralick Building? This was a very generous offer indeed and I had a perfect place for it so I wasted no time in my reply.
Here's The Bralick Building kit box cover from Walthers.
If the picture on the box reminds you of my Superior Furniture industry you're right! The Walthers Bralick Building is an altered Walthers Hardwood Furniture. My Superior Furniture is actually a slightly modified Bralick Building. Walthers also used this basic building for their Heritage Furniture back drop building kit.
The plan for this project is to open up the Bralick Building kit and use it as a building flat here, across from Bedford Station.
The blue painted backdrop is a removable panel that leads to a crawl space. The structures and pictures are taped to that panel. This area was definitely in need of scenic help and I think the Bralick Building will fit the bill perfectly.
Here's the kit opened up and painted. It makes for a 44'' backdrop and I am already thinking this will be a good fit.
New loft apartments across from a train station? Sounds like a good idea to me!
The kits very large windows offer a great view inside the building that I needed to block. I chose to go the colorful drapes route to highlight the building now being refurbished as a mix use commercial-residential structure with some small shops.
From across the room the building with its colorful window treatments is an eye catcher.
The building is up and the condos are ready for sale.
To blend it into the scene and give Bedford the look of a small city I reused some of the backdrop buildings that I printed out many years ago. The brick wall on the lower right takes me to the end of the removable panel.
Some ground cover and a rail fanning pavilion complete the look.
1/87th scale Sir Neal has invited the guys over to check out his new digs and the great rail fanning spot.
A BBQ, some cold beer and this will be the place to be!
The first train to pass the new building is pulled by another all ALco lash up. The PC RS-2, NYC FB-1, NYC FB-1 consist are from the old Life Like Proto series that i've painted over the years.
So far I like the way the new backdrop building has fit into the Bedford portion of the layout.
Once again thank you 1:1 Sir Neal for hooking me up big time.
Thanks for reading!
See Ya Soon!
Reminds me very much of a new development "The Griffith", not far from where we live and more or less cattywampus from the Glendale Matrolink station. Great idea!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliments and adding a new word to my lexicon!!
DeleteThe building looks great! I like the color the windows add. The business signs are a nice touch! Do you prefer cans or bottles?
ReplyDeleteThanks MK / KK!!! Bottles or cans as long as its cold! Actually I prefer cans...
DeleteThat's great! You certainly got a lot of good looking background building from that kit. Railfans all over Empire City are going to want to claim a track side condo! Nice consist with the PC RS-2, NYC FB-1, NYC FB-1, by the way! The signs for businesses on thelower level are nice details.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ralph!! The kit delivered big time as a background building and the rooftop details were perfect additions to my EC Station project. Glad you liked the PC consist!!
DeleteGreat job on converting it to condos! The original idea was to have 1:1 Sir John use it as part of the rail/bus terminal, but this really turned out great. 1/87th Sir Neal has requested the top left hand corner condo to use as needed for visits to Empire City. Please make sure the E.C.P.D. is notified on the nights he stays there as he likes to entertain his friends when traveling!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliments 1:1 Sir Neal!!! The building was just too big for the rail / bus / train station area I had available but it really worked very well for the condo building flat. The upper left 'penthouse' is 1/87th scale Sir Neal's and the patio is reserved! Thanks again!!!
DeleteBedford Park goes upscale!!! Ingenious use of the building as a flat. The signs and window treatments are a good way to fill in the big windows. 1/87 Neal always throws the best parties and you can't beat the location.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brian!! 1/87th scale Sir Neal will be hosting a train feast this weekend. See ya there!
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