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Walthers SceneMaster kit
"Blast Furnace".
Plastic-palooza!
The main industry on my railroad, (and by far the biggest structure) is a quasi steel mill... an abbreviated affair, squeezed into a particular section for maximum visual effect.
This Walthers kit was (I believe) introduced in 1999, and has gone through a few evolutionary changes over the years.
The final assembly config doesn't fully match the box photo, but at least the evolved instructions correspond to the current parts.
It was 'fairly' easy to assemble, but required an enormous amount of patience.
As it sits now, it's basically a diorama on a Homosote base that'll be set into a jigsaw cutout.
Lots of CA glue and Tamiya cement. All acrylic paint over enamel primer. The dominant color is a Vallejo earthtone with a little gray added.
It has a large footprint. There isn't enough room left over for much more than a lead-in track and a few small outbuildings, but it'll have the desired effect. It'll be trimmed out with a short string of Athearn RTR ore cars.
The kit has gotten quite rare, but wherever it's found the price has nearly doubled.
"Blast Furnace".
Plastic-palooza!
The main industry on my railroad, (and by far the biggest structure) is a quasi steel mill... an abbreviated affair, squeezed into a particular section for maximum visual effect.
This Walthers kit was (I believe) introduced in 1999, and has gone through a few evolutionary changes over the years.
The final assembly config doesn't fully match the box photo, but at least the evolved instructions correspond to the current parts.
It was 'fairly' easy to assemble, but required an enormous amount of patience.
As it sits now, it's basically a diorama on a Homosote base that'll be set into a jigsaw cutout.
Lots of CA glue and Tamiya cement. All acrylic paint over enamel primer. The dominant color is a Vallejo earthtone with a little gray added.
It has a large footprint. There isn't enough room left over for much more than a lead-in track and a few small outbuildings, but it'll have the desired effect. It'll be trimmed out with a short string of Athearn RTR ore cars.
The kit has gotten quite rare, but wherever it's found the price has nearly doubled.





