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I am working on revising the marketing material for Korber Models to include some of the Korber kit completed buildings on my own layout and a bunch of you folks have these on your layouts - so - could you post a few pictures on here for me to use?..... 

Some of our customers already sent me these and they are terrific examples of what one can do with the Korber kits.....

Please, please, please?..... and thanks.....

Steve

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OK BIG DISCLAIMER! NONE of these buildings are mine nor did I build them. Over the years on various auction sites, I created a file of unique custom built buildings, many with korber kits as a base. So here are some of those custom structures in my files:

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Ace Tank Mfg.

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Whitehead Petrochemical Corp. [Red Building looks korber-like]

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Korber Water Tower on factory roof above

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Coca Cola Bottling Corp.

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REA Transfer Station

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Korber flat

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Korber Flat #2

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Here are some more examples:

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above: Indiana Hi-Railers excellent example of Korber & Pecos River Brass Structures[ now Korber anyway!]

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[Colonel] Klink Mfg. Co.

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Haven't seen this kit in a while

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City Warehousetower

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I haven't seen this kit in a while

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Some nice details on this little mfg. co

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NOW THIS is a GREAT Structure!

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Wesley Foods

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I haven't seen this kit in a while- possible deviation from American Flag co kit?

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I believe Bxcrdan did theses monstrosities!

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Many like myself want these structures back!

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Steve:

As stated in an earlier email please don't forget the Pecos River Modular series. Having the various walls, windows, doors, details etc for sale for custom kit building would be beneficial. A good example is what a customer was calling the "Kilowatt" building - see below

This is a photo from the internet. Rich put the kit together for me to build for a customer.

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Other examples are below.

A friend of mine and myself ordered the piece parts. Peter has already built his engine shed

Peters Shed

This is a modular kit I built for a customer

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This is a freight terminal that I will be posting a 'how to' by the end of this week.

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MrMuffin'sTrains posted:

I am working on revising the marketing material for Korber Models to include some of the Korber kit completed buildings on my own layout and a bunch of you folks have these on your layouts - so - could you post a few pictures on here for me to use?..... 

Some of our customers already sent me these and they are terrific examples of what one can do with the Korber kits.....

Please, please, please?..... and thanks.....

Steve

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Are you (hopefully) planning on reissuing some of these?  

bigtruckpete posted:

 

Many like myself want these structures back!

korber xfer and storage2

YES! Great kit. Please consider bringing this one back!

In the past three years, I've seen two Korber 2005 Warehouse kits on eBay (I got one of them). The Korber 2010 would also be a nice one (have only seen one and was seriously outbid). Uses similar panels in a different quantity and configuration.

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Alex, I feel you have made people  aware of the possibilities of what can be done with some imagination and  kit bashing skills to do great things with Korber buildings.   My good friend Dave C will hopefully chime in as he has some good ones the guys might like to see.  

The one thing I always liked about Korber is the material is strong and good to work with.  I feel this thread will go the distance.  I know that I am a huge fan.

Marty

John Pignatelli JR. posted:

I built a Waterfront warehouse for the AGHR Harbor area, Maybe Matt Jackson can take a photo of it for you Steve.

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Didn't see your post. I'll check through my collection when I get home. In the mean time, here's a trackside view of a Korber Union Ice Company being switched.

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Found the warehouse photo (2007 Open House). John built this from the Pecos River Brass modular panels (now a Korber product). It was loosely modeled after a Warehouse in the Port of Los Angeles next to the channel North of the Vincent Thomas Bridge. The panels were very easy to work with and provide a lot of flexibility. The awnings were added.

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I had a thought that didn't die from solitude. Most of the Korber buildings use common panels, yet the panels themselves have never been offered separately (I've been outbid on a couple of auctions for loose panels). Why not list the component panels for separate sale -- not as individually packaged items, but in a parts catalog where they can be ordered and tossed into a shipping envelope for the customer. Since you need to have stacks of them lying around anyway to compile the kits it seems logical.

 

I looked at this thread several days ago and was amazed at how many excellent Korber Buildings are shown on it. I just finished this one which is the Sore Gum Candy Company. I build it for a friend and he is going to use it as another manufacturing building and putting the logo on the water tank. While these buildings take a little patience to complete, they look like they belong in the first part of the 1900's



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