Construction Update #46 - Memphis Jct.

 

Background Structures - The Rooming House

This background building was built by kit-bashing two Walthers "Row House" kits to make a taller 28" long by 1/2" thick front..

 

 

The 3-story section was made by using two side walls from one kit and adding the third floor, cut from the top half of the two side walls, from the second kit

 

 

The one story section on the right, was made from the lower half and the two side walls from the second kit.  The original recessed entry doors were replaced with a pair of doors left over from another kit-bash.  The structure was painted with "rattle cans" from my local Ace Hardware and weathered with a combination of washes and powdered pigments.

 

 

Background Structures - Sherman Williams Paint Company

This large structure is another Walthers kit-bash that includes a scratch built addition on the left end.  Again, because I think most Walthers industrial and/or factory kits are two small, two kits were used.  Originally, this structure was located behind the Preston Miller yard where I never thought it looked right.  Later it was replaced with the Kentucky Grain Growers elevator and silos.  After kicking around the shop for a year or so, it finally found a home at Memphis Jct at the end of the spur that runs down the center of the street behind the depot. 

I tried something else for the window treatments on this building.  Normally, I would put black construction paper behind the clear glass windows to block out the vacant interior.  In this case, since it has no back wall, I installed all the windows and spray painted the back sides black.  Two of  warehouse doors have the doors rolled up.  Photographs of factory interiors were pulled off the internet and glued in place to provide some depth.

Original location behind Preston Miller Yard

 

Street Running

 

I finally got around to painting the roadway and parking lots around the depot.  I found that by giving the concrete paving around the tracks a light coat of asphalt gray spray paint and then sanding it  lightly with 600 grit sanding film made it look pretty good.  The asphalt roadway still needs some weathering.

 

Other Developments - Southern Recycling

 

Southern Recycling is a interesting industry that exists in Bowling Green.  Note the two loaded gondolas inside the yard and three outside the gate on the right.  On the left, the tracks exit the yard, cross through and intersection and enter a lumber dealer.

 

Here is the Southern Recycling location on the layout just south or to the right of the depot.  The spur goes down the center of the street to the Sherman Williams paint factory.

 

Other Developments - Berry Global

 

Berry Global, Inc is a Fortune 500 global manufacturer and marketer of plastic packaging products. Headquartered in Evansville, Indiana.  They have two facilities in Bowling Green, a large complex east of downtown and a smaller facility to the west.  Both receive plastic pellets by rail in covered hoppers. My friend Kurt Boyd is building the main structure to represent Berry Global.  I think the model will be a lot more interesting than  prototype which is a plain tilt-up style concrete building with silos and a spur along one side.

 

Berry Global will eventually occupy this space (white cutout).  The cork roadbed, without track, is the Madisonville Sub mainline to Madisonville, KY and Evansville, IN (staging). 

Kurt is building the main structure, I volunteered to build the silos from a Walthers Pellet Plastic Transfer Facility which turned out to be a bit more work than I planned on.  Only one silo has a ladder while all four silos have the indents and mounting holes for a ladder. It took three applications of putty and sanding to smooth out the other three silos and eliminate the holes and indents.   There are other problems with this kit to include the piping which doesn't line up properly.  While I think the end result will be fine, I wouldn't recommend the kit for someone who isn't prepared to fix a poorly designed and executed kit.

 

As always, your comment and suggestions are welcome.

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