Michael's Freight Depot is a typical commercial, concrete and brick structure. It can be painted and weathered to suit most railway freight yard scenes.
This model railroad kit is highly detailed and includes 107 (!) 3D printed parts that add a real sense of realism to the scene.
It's surrounded on three sides by a loading dock platform, one for rail and one at either end for road transport. It features:
- 2 x high roller doors that can be closed, partially open or fully open
- 2 x entranceway panels which include a door and 2 x windows
- an internal office with a door and a window
- awnings over the entrances
- the roof can be fixed in place or left unattached so you can take it off to see the details inside.
- the ground concrete road base is op
This kit is part of our "Modular Model Building System" model kit series. Designed to be flexible, our kits are easily combined with other modules from the system, allowing you to build whatever type of industrial, commercial or municipal building you need for your model railway.
Approximate building sizes.
Building and platform foot print is 15 1/8" (38.4cm) long x 4 5/8" (11.8cm) wide x 3 3/32 (7.8cm) high.
Building, platform and ground concrete road base foot print is 20 1/2" (52.1cm) long x 5 7/8" (14.9cm) wide x 3 7/32 (10.8cm) high.
Features
- Modular design so you can change it to suit your needs
- Slot & tab panel alignment for easy assembly
- Detailed assembly instructions
- Detailed assembly video with tips and how-to info
3D printed detail parts include:
Shelf with books, bottles & boxes, assorted crates, 205-litre/44-gallon drums, windows, doors, gas bottles, wooden barrels, oil tank, hand trolleys, pallets, rubbish bins, jib crane, power meter box, platform scales, air compressor, electric motor, wheelbarrow, lockers, belt pully wheels, cable drums, fire hydrant wall outlet, fire hydrant alarm bell, entrance awnings, guard rails, loading door protector caps, wall corner protector caps, doors and windows.
Tools & Supplies Used
Not included
- Glue, paint, weathering and finishing products
- Figures, vehicles, rail, rolling stock etc.
Tools needed
- hobby knife
- Needle files
- Sprue cutter
- sandpaper and sanding block
- ruler/straightedge
- pegs, clamps, weights
- Paintbrushes
Optional Tools
- Airbrush
- Spray booth
Supplies used in the photos and build video
These supplies are available from your local hobby shop and are only suggestions based on what we used in the how to build Doug's repair shop vide
Deluxe Materials
- Speed Bond
- Model Lite
- RC Modellers Canopy Glue
Vallejo
- Surface primer Grey
- Surface primer Ghost Grey
- Surface primer Black
- Surface primer Israeli Sand
- Surface primer German Red Brown
- Surface primer Derert Tan
- Hobby Paint Panzer Grey
- Hobby Paint Gory Red
- Wash Light Grey
- Wash Dark Grey
- Model Air Sand Yellow
- Model Air Concrete
- Model Air Burnt Umber
- Model Air Dark Sea Grey
- Model Air Mahogany
- Model Air Red
- Model Air Rust
- Model Air Light Rust
- Model Color Oily Steel
- Model Color Wood Grain
SMS Scale Model Suppliers
- Weathering Pigment Dust
- Weathering Pigment Concrete Dust
Other scenic items used
- Worker with forklift
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