This old house is Richard Mikolayenko's N gauge model

Richard’s house is getting shaky, Richard’s house is getting old! Richard’s house lets in the rain,  
Richard’s house lets in the cold! He don’t got time to fix the shingles, he don’t got time to fix the floor.
He don’t got time to oil the hinges, nor to mend no window panes. He’s not gonna need this house no longer, its getting ready to meet its fate!

Good thing it’s just a model! Richard Mikolayenko submitted this Pola (now merged into Faller) kit of a building under demolition to the club’s monthly model display at our January meeting. To further emphasize the deterioration, he used a wash of black paint over the debris and attached a sticker from a kit onto the interior walls. He hand painted the window headers a light beige and rubbed a light black ash on the walls to bring out the details. He also painted the wood beams to resemble fire damage. It’s truly one for the wrecking ball!

Model display entries at Winnipeg Model Railroad Club's September meeting

WMRC Past President Larry Leavens brought in a model of a Bentonite plant that he had been working on. Bentonite is a clay product that swells when wet and is used in construction to reduce seepage in the soil. It is shipped either as a powder or in pellets, either in bulk or bagged.

The structure is a Faller Concrete Plant kit. The base of the building where a cement truck would receive the premixed concrete, was filled with corrugated sheet styrene. The majority of the structure was painted with ‘rattle can spray paint’ prior to the assembly of the major components.
The structure will be incorporated into a larger industry, Pembina Mountain Clays, at Scott’s Siding. The siding is named in memory of long-time WMRC member Charlie Scott.

Neil Carleton brought in a Canadian Pacific truss rod boxcar built from a kit. The kit was repainted and decorated with period correct decals from Black Cat Decals. Weathering followed using Pan pastels and then sprayed with Testors Dullcoat.