Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Plastic Pellet Plant Background Building Kit – Modern Industrial Structure – 933-4146

Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Plastic Pellet Plant Background Building Kit – 933-4146

Add a realistic modern rail-served industry to your HO Scale model railroad with the Walthers Cornerstone Plastic Pellet Plant Background Building Kit. Based on contemporary North American plastics processing facilities, this low-depth industrial structure delivers the same operational realism and visual impact as the full-size Plastic Pellet Plant kit while using significantly less layout space.

Designed specifically for backdrop placement and shallow industrial scenes, this structure is perfect for shelf layouts, modern industrial parks, switching districts, transload terminals, warehouse areas, and urban railroad environments. Plastic pellet plants are common customers for covered hopper traffic, receiving raw or recycled plastic pellets for manufacturing products ranging from packaging materials to automotive parts and consumer goods.

The facility features a large brick and metal processing structure, four tall storage silos, rooftop air conditioning equipment, loading racks, overhead walkways, and detailed pneumatic transfer piping used to move pellets from covered hoppers into storage tanks and processing systems. This makes the structure an excellent destination for modern covered hopper operations and industrial switching layouts from the 1970s through today.

Key Features

• Authentic HO Scale modern plastic pellet processing facility
• Background building design saves valuable layout space
• Based on the full-size Walthers Cornerstone Plastic Pellet Plant
• Perfect for modern industrial and switching layouts
• Ideal destination for covered hopper freight traffic
• Large brick and metal processing structure with siding access doors
• Four tall vertical storage silos included
• Detailed loading rack with piping for two railroad cars
• Overhead walkways and rooftop air conditioning equipment included
• Fits layouts from the 1970s to present day
• Decal signs included
• Molded in six colors

Product Specifications

• Manufacturer: Walthers Cornerstone
• Part Number: 933-4146
• Scale: HO Scale (1:87)
• Product Type: Plastic pellet processing plant background building kit
• Construction: Injection-molded plastic kit
• Era Compatibility: 1970s to present day

Structure Dimensions

• Main Building: 15-3/8 x 1-3/8 x 4-1/2 inches
• Metric Dimensions: 39 x 3.5 x 11.4 cm
• Silos: 27-9/16 x 2-3/8 x 8-1/4 inches
• Metric Dimensions: 70 x 6 x 21 cm

Perfect For

• Modern HO Scale freight railroads
• Industrial switching layouts
• Plastic and chemical industry scenes
• Covered hopper operations
• Urban industrial districts
• Background structure installations
• Shelf layouts and compact layouts
• Modern railroad transload facilities

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