Bar Mills H.J. Simpson Feed & Seed

[Bruce Oberleitner]

At this point, I just had to play with the thing a bit.  I dusted the platform with some brown weather chalks and added some Woodland scenic figures from the "Workers with Forklift Set A1911".  I didn't use the entire set as I just wanted a few folks around the building to make it look alive.

[PRR Modeler]

Really nice modeling Bruce.

[Janbouli]

Lovely small structure Bruce , thanks for sharing.

[GPdemayo]

Well done Bruce.....

[Lynnb]

You're making a nice scene out of a nice little kit.

[Bruce Oberleitner]

Thank you all.  I've been a bit slowed down here due to side effects to medication but should be back to posting again real soon.

What I find interesting about how this is coming together is that the overall base is only 10"Lx6"W X 3/16"H.  Goes to show you that you can make something cool in a small space for around  $50.00 even with today's pricing.    The funny part is that I think the two vehicles cost more that the structure kit!

[ACL1504]

Bruce,

Well done on the Simpson Feed build. I like the wrap around loading dock.

Tom

[Jim Donovan]

Thanks for the build thread Bruce. I learn something every time I read one. I like making small buildings, which is good since given the size of my layout that is all there is going to be.

While I use the Micro-Mark magnetic tray I use square blocks of hard wood to brace against walls. Oh well metal tray was a good idea.

Look forward to your next adventure in building.

Jim D

[Bruce Oberleitner]

Bruce,

Well done on the Simpson Feed build. I like the wrap around loading dock.

Tom

Hi Tom,
Thanks for the complement.  The wrap around loading dock was an extension of one of my concept drawing where I was originally thinking about building this kit into an oil dealer.  When I started looking at my scene, I realized that if I put the dock on the right side of the building it would interfere with the parking lot too much.  So I relocated the platform to the other side of the building.  Then it sort of hit me to go ahead an wrap it around to the track side and make it an on-line structure.  It's funny sometimes how one thing leads to another.   

Which of course leads me to cracking open an ice cold diet pepsi.

   

[Bruce Oberleitner]

Thanks for the build thread Bruce. I learn something every time I read one. I like making small buildings, which is good since given the size of my layout that is all there is going to be.

While I use the Micro-Mark magnetic tray I use square blocks of hard wood to brace against walls. Oh well metal tray was a good idea.

Look forward to your next adventure in building.

Jim D

Hi Jim,
I like building small structure as well.  One thing that's great about these kits is that you can finish them in a couple of weekends.  And I mean finish them.  No long 6-8 month builds were my enthusiasm goes south on a large kit.  Besides, you can try out a new technique on a small kit and see if it works without a large investment in time or money. 

[ndwolf68]

Bruce,

Lookin' real good!  I admire your perseverance in getting back to it.  I feel ya - health issues really take it out of you, physically and mentally.  I'm fighting with Diverticulitis and an upcoming Colectomy and it's tough with the recovery and meds to get much of anything done.  However, your inspiration, along with everyone's fellowship and encouragement really get my mind back on modeling and trains! So, thanks for doing what you do and keep going, sir! As we said in the Navy, "Bravo Zulu"!

R/,
Norm

[Bruce Oberleitner]

So at this point I did a little test to see how my scene was coming along.  Everything looks pretty good to me.

My friend Dirk Dunham was kind enough to help me cut a 3/16" piece of birch plywood for the structure base.  Once this was done, I painted it with Folk Art Mushroom brown as a base scenery color.  I then painted the edges black and added a 9" long piece of sectional track that I glued to the base.  While not show in the photos, I did scratch build a track bumper at the end of the 9" track.  And No, it's not that tree you see in the photos!

[Bruce Oberleitner]

Bruce,

Lookin' real good!  I admire your perseverance in getting back to it.  I feel ya - health issues really take it out of you, physically and mentally.  I'm fighting with Diverticulitis and an upcoming Colectomy and it's tough with the recovery and meds to get much of anything done.  However, your inspiration, along with everyone's fellowship and encouragement really get my mind back on modeling and trains! So, thanks for doing what you do and keep going, sir! As we said in the Navy, "Bravo Zulu"!

R/,
Norm

Hi Norm!
Boy I hear you.  In addition to the blood clot that I mentioned I have been fighting three other new medical problems this year and one of those is incurable.  What I found is that getting back to my workbench has helped my mood and returned a little bit of sanity back into my life.  So I encourage you to do the same.  Maybe you should build something small like a Norm Wolf's gas station kit that Jimmy D offers.  I can't imagine who he named that kit after....