Well, I've been silent on this topic for a while... but as the summer fun winds down and train season winds up, I have some progress to report. No pics of the process, but the building is now painted. I went with colors that were close to the original American Flyer tones as it seemed most fitting.
Recently, I installed windows and shades in the building. While almost all of my buildings have transparent or roscolux windows, I went translucent here since this building will be in the back & the interior is pretty rough looking. Window shades are masking tape... there are so many windows that I went with what was easy. Here I set the building tower under the basement light so see how it will look lit:
I also worked on the doors for the entrance. Went translucent here too, but used pinstriping tape in the inside to give the doors a little more detail:
Here you can see the pinstripe tape better, plus the installation of the light strip for the entrance:
Also started installation of the lights for other parts of the building. Letting the glue dry (I don't trust just the sticky tape), then I will starting wiring it all together:
Here's how the upper portion of the tower came out. I did ended-up making it a zeppelin mooring mast as planned (Pennsy zeppelin to come as a future project). The overall building was a bit too tall, so I cut down the beige part of the tower a bit. The platform shown here is, of course, where the airship docks. Hard to see in the picture, but I have LEDs installed to facing upward to light the tower. The station name ("Strato") seemed appropriate to airship transport 
Most of the tower is just wooden dowels and discs. The door on the platform came from a P-ville mobile home, while gold rod at the very apex is a lego piece that I ….um... liberated from the kids:
Next up is continued work on the lighting/wiring, then final assembly of the structure!
