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Here's a Heljan station that I got in a garage sale lot. It's unpainted...looks like they dumped all the leftover plastic together to use it up:
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Posted - September 06 2010 : 10:18:51 PM
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actually it looks camoflaged & could be used at a Army Base or something 
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Posted - September 06 2010 : 10:43:41 PM
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| Not a bad idea. It's so interesting I can't bring myself to paint it.
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Posted - September 07 2010 : 12:08:40 AM
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| or it looks like it could be at a War Zone
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Posted - September 08 2010 : 12:00:39 PM
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my building of the week is a suydam kit of a trolley station,lots of bits in plastic,cardboard,and metal to keep maker busy on those winter nights ken
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Posted - September 08 2010 : 1:49:14 PM
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at name Pathetic Railway Co Still a neat building there, ken 
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Posted - September 08 2010 : 1:53:56 PM
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Suydum made some real nice kits. Building Traction power etc.
Unique I guess would be the right word.
-Gareth
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Posted - September 08 2010 : 2:06:58 PM
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| true romcat But I ain't got the skills or the talent to detail Rather have someone else do it for me
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Posted - September 08 2010 : 2:17:21 PM
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| hi gareth/microbusss they are great kits,just gotta take your time and read instructions rather than assemble bits you think are next,if you do you will end up in troble,but if you assemble as they say good results can be had ken
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Posted - September 08 2010 : 2:22:59 PM
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My Buddy Chris who is from Manchester he's a Traction guy which was a big part of Suydam's product line, he's the one who brought them to my attention. He has a few of their "Juice Jacks"
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Posted - September 08 2010 : 9:53:07 PM
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| The funny thing about that Suydam kit....I remember in one of those old Life-Like "Basics for Beginners" pamphlets, they showed how to kitbash a couple Mt. Vernon Mfg. buildings into something similar.
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Posted - September 08 2010 : 10:12:26 PM
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| That's an awesome looking kit Ken. Are they hard to find and/or expensive now?
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Posted - September 09 2010 : 01:04:20 AM
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| Beautiful job on that kit-not one you see every day.
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Posted - September 09 2010 : 03:15:48 AM
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| hi dacheez,i am sometimes lucky,as there are not to many uk buyers who have heard of the make,like i was with this,but have seen this one up for sale in states for between $30/45,ken
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Posted - November 16 2010 : 11:42:27 AM
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quote:That's an awesome looking kit Ken. Are they hard to find and/or expensive now?
Originally posted by DaCheez - September 08 2010 : 10:12:26 PM
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DC:
They're still being produced, actually. :) The current maker is Alpine Division Scale Models.
http://www.alpinemodels.com/page/page/2762955.htm
It always makes me feel happy to see one of the traditional suppliers still going. :)
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Posted - November 16 2010 : 10:43:21 PM
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quote:
What? What? What!? They've got some awesome looking stuff. The prices aren't too bad either, especially considering some of the stuff that's available today. Thanks for the link!
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Posted - November 17 2010 : 12:19:35 AM
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DC:
Here's one I put together, their "Ed's Market". The walls are die-cut, the windows are printed, and there's one cast-plastic door, for the back.
It comes with a lot of material to detail the interior - die-cut flat cardboard shelving, strips of wood, clever instructions, and cake decorations for the veggies.  Lots of cutting and painting for the merchandise, meat trays, and meat, but it was fun, and good practice for building stuff.
I added more merchandise on the shelves, because the store seemed too empty...made from more stripwood, either painted, or wrapped with striped pieces of paper and cut into sections.
The sign is my own addition, but the stock article is translucent plastic, designed to light up with the store (bulbs in the roof, hole cut in the wall).
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Posted - November 17 2010 : 11:22:36 AM
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O.O  AP awesome detail I loves the "meat" section
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Posted - November 17 2010 : 10:42:29 PM
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| Now that's taking it to a whole new level If I did something like that, I don't know how I'd bring myself to put the roof on Someday I'll start putting interiors in my buildings. For now I'm just sticking with sheets of plastic and black construction paper.
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Posted - November 19 2010 : 12:30:02 PM
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| That Heljan station at the top of this page was featured in Model Railroader's project layout, the Kitty Hawk Central. They made some mods and painted it white to make it a Coast Guard depot.
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