HO EBT Foundry and Pattern Shop Kit

The Foundry and Pattern Shop in Rockhill (HAER buildings #4 and #5) were an integral part of the EBT's shop complex and contributed to the railroad's self-sufficiency. The foundry supplied iron castings for the railroad, and also for the mines and some local industries. Both ferrous and non-ferrous castings were produced. The pattern shop (also called pattern house, pattern storage building, or pattern storage room) contained shelving holding the wooden patterns used in the foundry casting process.

This is the sixth kit in a series of kits that model the shop buildings in the EBT Rockhill yard and is only available at the Company Store. Features of the kit include:

• As true to the century-old prototype as possible
• Laser cut floor, interior framing, roof rafters, walls, battens, doors, windows, and sub-roof for construction ease and excellent fit
• Corrugated metal roofing material

Kits of other shop buildings in the Rockhill yard are available elsewhere on this site.

HO-scale; footprint is approximately 18 by 7 inches. Conceived by Broad Top Mountain Models; designed and manufactured by banta modelworks. Photo shows a completed and painted kit. Photo of this craftsman kit courtesy of Bill Banta.

Click here to view a playlist of YouTube videos by Michael McCarville showing construction of EBT structures offered by the FEBT Company Store and Broad Top Mountain Models.