F. Wyneken Drayage, HO scale, is designed as a “typical” freight house with 4 structures that can be spaced along a single spur. This is a quality craftsman kit that needs some time and skill to complete. Product details and reviews are listed below.
4 structures: main building, main dock, separate dock and outbuilding (shown in the pictures above)
HO scale
Laser cut walls for accuracy
Top quality stripwood for all trim and bracing; you will need to cut these pieces to size
Dock legs and cross supports are cut to size for you
Footprint sizes: Main Building is 11 3/4″ x 5 1/4″ overall (11 3/4″ x 3 1/2″ not including the covered drive through); Main Dock next to the Main Building is 6 3/4″ x 3″; Separate Dock is 11″ x 2 1/4″; and Outbuilding is 4 1/2″ x 3″
91 detail items included plus a small sheet of labels for some crates and sacks: pallets, pile of old pallets, small barrels, large barrels, electric meter, crates, crate/freight sets (more than one item in the casting), pile concrete blocks, pile of junk, barrel sets (multiple barrels in the casting), shovel, hand truck, freight scale, garbage cans, crowbar, pushbroom, straw broom, crane, sack sets (some are single, some are several sacks in the same casting), smokestack (NOTE: the small oil can shown on the separate dock and the tire on the outbuilding roof are NOT included; they were placed there for the photo)
Buildings include: 6 windows, 3 baggage doors with windows, 3 baggage doors without windows, 3 goose-neck lamps, 3 doors, stairs, walls, roofing, trim boards, bracing for walls, signage
Most of the details are highly-detailed metal castings or brass, some are styrene (doors, windows, lamps) , and a handful are resin (freight and barrel sets)
Well-written and thorough instructions and templates; many pictures included in the instructions
Numerous website pictures and some instructional videos to assist in building the kit
Unparalleled customer support – I am a cottage business and you will receive a personal response
KIT #1 HISTORY:
The “history” behind this kit begins in the late 1800s. The word spread quickly in the small town where Wyneken lived that the railroad would be coming through their little burg! Not to miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Wyneken discovered where the tracks would be laid, and he bought some land close to the right of way.
Once the tracks were laid, Wyneken put up a small building to transport goods for people. It was called “drayage” in those days. Business went well and he added on another room to the building with a small loading dock. Back then, it was all horse and wagon, and LOTS of manual labor.
As the town grew, so did Wyneken’s business. The next addition was a dock area to help manage all the freight. Sometimes it wouldn’t even be in his possession more than an hour, the people came so fast to get their goods when the train rolled in. He also had to build a small shed for explosives and oil products, separate from the main building, just in case . . .
After the turn of the century, when Wyneken’s sons took over, the mode of transport turned to trucks. Business was so good the boys built a separate loading dock to handle the materials that wouldn’t mind getting a little weather on them.
Today, there is still business, but it isn’t growing like it did in the past. Longer distance trucking is starting to make a dent in the drayage business. The building is a little neglected, but still quite serviceable. Perhaps a new industry or two will open up in the community and bring some new freight through the Wyneken business.
Kit includes everything needed to build the structures shown, including detail castings. It does not include scenery, figures, vehicles, freight cars, glue, paint, trackwork and benchwork.
Note: The design and production of this product is the intellectual property of The TrainMaster, LLC. Any attempt to commercially copy and/or reproduce this product in any way will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of all applicable laws.
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