Building a brick electric substation: I could use suggestions

What about Ameri-Towne, they sell just the brick walls from their kits and I think some with no windows. They are all red I believe and would also probably be a lot of cutting. Also I think Plastruct and Evergreen make sheets of bricks that could be used for walls. At my LHS I have only seen white in those from what I remember anyway. They were like 8"x10" or so, kind of like a full sheet of paper size wise.

Here's a recent thread that might be of interest? Electric Sub-Station

I was wrong about the Plastruct, it comes in colors: Plastruct Sheets and Evergreen doesn't seem to have brick sheets?

Eliot,

Send me an email with the wall size you are looking for, we could do something for you.

Andre.

Ameri-town blank walls. Cut in 1/2

 Here is a link from the Scenery Source List.  7" X 12" brick sheets.

Eliot,

  While not a sub station, it the New York Central's Glenwood Power Station, maybe some of the pictures can still help you.

http://www.scoutingny.com/scou...lenwood-power-plant/

Tom 

Take a look at" Trainman2001" here on the forum, he just built one this year. 

RTR12, thanks for the info. I liked the sub station thread and I might use Plasteuct !

Andre, I will send an e-mail.

MikeCT, Thanks, man. I thought if those Ameritowne walls. A lot of cutting with three divisions per wall.

MNCW, I really enjoyed those photos. It must have been an amazing complex.

Clem K, yes, he did a great job !

Eliot

Eliot,

I would use Plastruct patterned sheets glued to .040 or .060 styrene sheets. The sheets are about 7" x 12". I use them on many buildings. They have a smooth brick surface and also a rough brick surface. If you would like to go into more detail about constructing this building sned me an e-mail and I can give you more information.

Alan Graziano

Scrapiron Scher posted:

I would like to scratchbuild the sub station in the photo below. I am having difficulty finding brick wall sections. I have found some that are approximately 4" x 3" and expensive and, of course, I could kitbash ot scratchbash a Korber structure but it does not seem like the wall sections would be big enough and also free of windows. Ameritowne buildings have walls with three protruding brick separations which seems like a lot of cutting.

Of course, I would also like suggestions on the electrical equipment, too.

Many thanks

 

Here is one I scratchbuilt for the New Jersey Hi Railers , it was from plans of a 1950-60's industrial architecture book.  I also have 11x23 of resin cast brick panels I use that are about .090 thick, I had a master laser etched into acrylic and then made a mold of it to cast panels for large walls and then I can cut windows in it with a CNC router wherever desired . I also mill the panels to different thickness to stack them for various trim and reliefs 

Scratchbuilder1-48 posted:

Scrapiron Scher posted:

I would like to scratchbuild the sub station in the photo below. I am having difficulty finding brick wall sections. I have found some that are approximately 4" x 3" and expensive and, of course, I could kitbash ot scratchbash a Korber structure but it does not seem like the wall sections would be big enough and also free of windows. Ameritowne buildings have walls with three protruding brick separations which seems like a lot of cutting.

Of course, I would also like suggestions on the electrical equipment, too.

Many thanks

 

Here is one I scratchbuilt for the New Jersey Hi Railers , it was from plans of a 1950-60's industrial architecture book.  I also have 11x23 of resin cast brick panels I use that are about .090 thick, I had a master laser etched into acrylic and then made a mold of it to cast panels for large walls and then I can cut windows in it with a CNC router wherever desired . I also mill the panels to different thickness to stack them for various trim and reliefs 

Impressive work! 

George

MicroMark also carries brick paper in O scale so you can build the substation out of whatever and cover the walls with the paper.  Russ