Well, I have had this MTH station out on the layout for about 10 years representing the Northumberland station. It is a bit garish and looks very European with the colors and the trim. I had a large number of visitors coming and wanted to make it look better. So, I completely disassembled the building and made some changes. Fortunately, it was held together with tabs and screws so, while tedious, it was doable taking all the parts off the structure. I removed the windows, doors, roof and the base. The building itself was a one piece casting and very nice.
Here I took my modified windows and braces and set them up to be spray painted due to their large number. I also took the building cast and sprayed it a red oxide and then added white mortar paste to the whole building. Once I wiped it, off the building had changed character significantly.
I modified the window trim to make it less heavy and garish. There are 45 windows in the structure, so this took a little bit of time. I also added some finishing trim to the upper side to make the mod look better. In this picture you see the original in green and a painted, modified window in brown, the PRR trim color, plus I painted mutins a dark red and added the concrete base to the window. The V shaped parts are the braces for the lower roof.
Here is the finished building on the layout. It looks more American now and is a nice representation of the Northumberland Station.
I need to address the additional platforms by adding a black roof and matching the platform colors.
One last thing will be to weather the building somewhat as it looks too brand new here. It is about 50 years old in my period. We also need to add some patrons and activity. Too many things to do!
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