Factory/Warehouse Build

Now some build shots from August/September 2017:

Like I said, I would love to see these Korber kits in production, again!

Peter

Nice!

Peter isn’t Steve Nelson producing these kits? I know that he has/had a lady on an upstairs floor above the train layout who handles them. We met her there a few years ago there.

Peter pull up the Korber Models website and look at pages 5-6. Buildings are shown there. I didn’t see that they are not open for business.

I wish Steve Would reintroduce the Korber 2005 and 2010 kits! They are the most sought after kits since they remind many of factories from the 1930's til the end of the Century.

Here is what happened to my 2010 kit...

Peter, you did a great job on the warehouse

Thanks Peter.

Nice build 'Curve.

@Bill Webb posted:

Peter pull up the Korber Models website and look at pages 5-6. Buildings are shown there. I didn’t see that they are not open for business.

Bill.......look at Korber HO kit number 108.......my building was made from 2 sets of the O scale version of a like structure kit (and sold specifically as a factory-type building).......those don't exist anymore.

Peter

Peter were those older Korber kits from when Ernie still owned the business?  I remember he was using a different material and there were problems with warping.

Great job Peter. This is a great building to kitbash with

Excellent job Peter. Great looking building!

Peter - I am intrigued by the building on the left

Joe.....not the same as the original material. No real warping issue. I believe they were from near the end of Ernie's tenure.

Peter

@Joe Fauty posted:

Peter - I am intrigued by the building on the left

Joe.....that is MAX FOODS.......Max was son's Golden Doodle 2006-2020. From 2011-2016 he was basically mine (My son was an undergrad at Yale from 2011-2015 and worked as a paralegal in NYC from 2015-2016). He then moved to Charlottesville while my son went to UVA Law school........Then I kept him summers while my son was working out of town.

Max was with me in the summer of 2017 when I was expanding my modules for the club's (River City 3 Railers) modular layout. I wanted to build an old manufacturing building. I was inspired by a building called Big Dog Tires on the Capital Tracker's layout. It is based on the parts from 2 Lionel kits that share the same footprint and many parts: the Electrical Substation and the Municipal Building. I also noticed that Dennis Brennan and Norm Charboneau also used these kits to build their own unique industrial buildings.

So I started creating plans for a building......Max was with me. I didn't know what to call it.....and, it was Max who suggested MAX FOODS.....a company that only makes gourmet dog treats.

Here is Max helping me with design. I believe this is also the day he suggested the name.

From planning to actual construction......Max was there......about 6 weeks of work spanning June-August 2017.....

Peter

Peter I remember the post(s) when you built MAX FOODS.

I am glad Max helped unlike my Chancie - always taking smoking breaks

I found the original post - the building was all Lionel kits?

@Joe Fauty posted:

I am glad Max helped unlike my Chancie - always taking smoking breaks

I found the original post - the building was all Lionel kits?

Yes....both kits are Lionel

a) the Electrical Substation

b) the Municipal Building

Same footprint and basic structure with some wall modifications. The roofs were different. Many shared parts.

Peter