The October Bring ‘n’ Brag category was Non-Railroad Structures and this brought out three entries:

1st place went to Rick Montgomery for his HO scale Meadowhead Barn. This is a Walthers Cornerstone kit built and attached to a Walthers Cornerstone Fieldstone barn base and ramp. All are painted and weathered using barn red grey and wood brown. Also added a silo and painted it concrete. Decals are also added to sides and silo. Cow farmer and hay bale also added inside door.
Turntable/Lazy Susan was a nice idea for display.

2nd place went to Grier Kuehn for his HO scale small town church

• Starting Point: IHC HO Country Church kit
• Scratch built add-ons: entrance, foundation, steps, shingles, steeple and chimney
• Polly Scale point with chalk weathering
• Woodland Scenics and Highball scenery products
• Vehicles and other details from various sources

3rd place went to Neal Schorr for his O-scale Auto Repair Garage. This is a model of a typical small town Pennsylvania automobile inspection station. The model was built using the kit version of Design Preservation Models "Deuce's Bike Shop." When assembling the kit, I glued the kit together as with the built up version, but left off all the motorcycles, signs, and graffiti covered fence all of which give it a typical model railroad/toy-like appearance. I also painted it brick red rather than buff and then weathered it rather heavily to make it look like a beat up old building. I did use the dry transfer lettering on the front door which was relevant to a state inspection station, but sanded it down to make it look weathered. More than anything, the key feature is the accurate reproduction of a Pennsylvania state inspection station sign. Though the sign is small in size, it always grabs the attention of visitors to my layout and clearly identifies exactly what the structure is.
The photos show the structure in place and compare it to the built up structure as available for purchase.

This page is based on an email from Dominic Martinelli.