Spurred on by the Art Curren kit mingling project, I landed another haul of vintage kits from the 'bay, including a pair of Revell Superior Bakeries - one boxed and the other pre-built, I've lost count of how many of these I have now but it must be at least a dozen.
I also picked up an Atlas Lumber Yard with office, another of those classic kits that must have featured on pretty much every US outline layout ever made, as well as numerous kit-bashing articles and features over the years.
The final kit in this lot is a vintage Heljan NMRA Headquarters Building, a curious model that replicates the custom built building in Chattanooga, TN that houses the administration staff for the NMRA.
The real-life building has been designed to look like a typical railroad station and is complete with overhanging roof and upper viewing tower.
The kit contains the usual Heljan pre-coloured plastic components and captures the shape of the building well, although I'm not sure of the colour chosen as the kits dark red brick seems at odd with the images I have seen of the real building.
The kit seemed like it would be a good starting point for a kitbash into a smaller station building, and as it was going cheap I picked it up. However looking at the parts it has a few problems, including poor fit and also a large section of the wall has the NMRA sign and logo cast into the plastic.
These kits will join the growing pile of vintage plastic in the spare room, which more than ever resembles the stockroom of an eighties model shop! I really do need to get some more listings onto ebay to clear some space.
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