Kingman Railroad Scrapping Facility - N Scale

The scrapping area of my Kingman Railroad is heading towards completion now. Just some people and a few vehicles to add.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• railroad
• model
• railroading
• trains
• kingman
• b-17
• b-24
• scrapyard

[venusflytrap99]

wow very real looking. how much did the scrapping and the convader belt and one of those planes cost you?

[vultee35]

@venusflytrap99 Each B-17 is cast in polyester resin, and even with the cost of making the silicone mould, the cost was peanuts; very like the real B-17's after the war which were being sold off for about US$17,000. The building was all made from scratch using plasticard sheet over a balsawood frame.

[aiawods]

very nice model. what era is this layout? my first thought was 'these planes need some rust!'

[vultee35]

@aiawods The layout is set around late 1945 so the aircraft are still pretty new. With the war over, there are military trains running bringing troops, tanks and other military vehicles back from the West coast of the US, now that an invasion of Japan is no longer needed.

[astrialkil]

I nearly vomited when i saw the cutter! Why they destroy such great machines is truly a comment on how shallow they are. They care only for petty money.

With all the money they waste they should make great underground shelters and store all the serviceable machines down there. And they should always leave 10 of each type for posterity!.

[vultee35]

@astrialkil - They were scrapped because they were obsolete with the development of the jet engine. The world was tired of war and the people wanted to move onwards to peace. The planes were cut up and recycled. A few found other uses and survived, but with over 300,000 US warplanes alone, what did the world need with them any more? It is a sad sight, but understandable.

[Maxobillion]

Brilliant model. Very sad what this model represents though. The wholesale destruction of a generation of war birds!

[TralfazConstruction]

You're a very creative artist. I thought at first that I was looking at vintage color newsreel.

[TheLimbReaper]

If we kept every plane we ever produced that survived the war, I don't suppose they'd be a rarity today.

[AKcharger]

LOL...loved the cutter!

[tarzanzardoz007]

Very good, an inspiration.

[flightLdr1]

Aircraft are made of Aluminum, and do not "rust" . They do however get a greyish white,

 powdery coating, "Aluminum oxidation". This slows the corrosion process by sealing the

metal from Oxygen, Which is the main cause of oxidation

[4crevis]

Amaazing!

[CaptnDave69u]

Awesome layout! Kinda sad to watch good b-17s meet the end.

[ihavebeenawakened]

I live in Kingman. The man who bought the planes for scrap paid what the fuel in the tanks was worth. Government waste, who'da thunk? People today still metal detect out there and find bits of history. Check out the Kingman Auto and Air Show which takes place at the old Kingman Army Air Field this October.

[72Z15SS]

very cool...