Bob I will try the Anitas galvanized metal paint. I must have 10 bottles of paint trying to find the "right color" I will give it a try. Thanks Tom Wilson

Brick building loosely placed trying to find the right placement

Missed photo, wall section cut and primered.

Thanks all. It has been one of the building that I have been wanting to do since I was hanging out the vestibule on the excursion car years ago to get the picture. There was no easy access to this part of the plant. . I used weathered siding from Northeastern to make it. The building is placed real close to the backdrop. I have been expermenting with the Walthers brick building doing painting on them to look like real brick. Give me wood any day.  One of the things i have been doing is painting the brick walls base color with Krylon fusion satin terracotta then painting it with rattle can of Rustoleum Multicolored Textured Autumn Brown. The textured paint is oversprayed from about 2' away just a mist. The after it dries I go over and paint individual bricks with other various reds and browns
Folkart and other acrylics. I used Vallejo white and greys paint thin down into wash for the brick mortar. Vallejo various gray washes for shadowing under brick that sticks out and along pillars and under windows and along bottoms. A little pan pastel also used.

The cut wall sections, Assembled with out the roof and finished almost building. The placement of the brick building is still on going. I will not get till back to it till after vacation in Aug.

Mock up of the building cut in cardstock with my Cricut. Tichy windows and doors will be used.

Area to be redone, The blue buildings walls and roof will be reused.
Areal view of location of former wooden building

I have been redoing improving sections of the layout. A industry on the prototype was Hommell corp. They made porcelain frit for the cermamic and appliance industry . They were bought out and then closed about 2010. A siding from the P&WV(N&W) brought covered hoppers into the plant. I rode a excursion in the 1990's by the plant and I got three pictures of the wooden structure .The other parts of the plant I could get from public road. I have had a stand in for the scene for years and it has been removed and I am scratch building the wooden part of the scene and the other brick structures are from Walthers. I cut the windows in the clapboard siding with my Cricut. I got the approx. size using Google earth. First group pictures are of the prototype. More to come

Morning all, I have ben working on a FSM Barthelow Coal . My good friend Andrew Deek supplied it and I built it for his new PRR layout. Change some of the roof material( The building inspector still is still in my soul) It was a fun build. Ready for something else. Have a nice Easter all. The module pictures taken on my layout.

Last picture

other pictures

3 time is the charm posting. Spent some time doing scenery around Zoe's building. Next project will be O Hommell in Carnegie Pa. The plant made porcelain frit Glaze) for appliance industry. Shut down/got bought out in 2015. The plant was big but I am going to do some compression with the wooden building and some kit bashed brick and metal buildings. Have a good day.

Tom, Wow what progress since I saw it last. Love the engine turntable and facility. Beautiful job.

Clairton interchange yard with the Union RR. I photoshopped in the backdrop of the real interchange yard. I tok the prototype picture in the early 90's. on the layout I had a WM engine the day I took the picture. In reality I know they went to Mifflin in the 70's using pooled power with the N&W. Just took modelers license for this shot. The bridge in the backdrop is the Ravensburg bridge .The photo is looking toward the N&W branch line.

West End of the P&WV , Tower by FOS. The branch line to Mifflin and Clairton take off at the tower. The main line goes to Connellsville.