Customer Reviews

Bachmann Trains Union Station

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Union Station - A classic big-city station that will fit into a very small space if you need it to (simply by reusing the platform extensions somewhere else). One of these graced my American Flyer layout for many years when I was much younger, so recommending this is probably as much about nostalgia as it is about usefulness. That said, this structure is attractive and inexpensive. If you plan to light it from the inside, you might consider spray-painting it inside and out first, to cut down on the "radioactive"-looking glow of the light coming through the walls. It also gets rid of the plastic "sheen." It's very simple to lay the white pieces out separately, spray them with Wal-Mart's 99-cent gray primer, then with Wal-Mart's 99-cent flat white, then spray the gray pieces with the gray primer, let the whole thing dry an extra day, then snap it together. (If you want to get really elaborate, hit the green parts with a coat of $3 satin [not glossy] Hunter Green.) You'd be surprised how a little extra effort and a couple dollars' worth of paint makes this building fit in with any collectible village or with any O Scale model railroad. - Paul Race, editor, Big Christmas Trains

we bought this to add to our o gauge layout we are trying to build.we were very pleased with the product. you just have to add a little glue and your all set. my wife added colored plastic to the windows and we added a light and wow it's great.

Support for canopies is poor. gluing is difficult because of the inadequate support for the canopies.

There are five model shops in the Kansas City area. Hobby Haven in Overland Park has this item already assembled, for the same price. Model railroading is on the upswing. Also worth driving to: Doc's Caboose, in the West Bottoms, right on the tracks.