"Kitbashing an addition to the Diljak A-1 Container Company"
was published in the November 2004 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine.

Here are some shots that weren't included in the published article

For some unknown reason, RMC never published a shot of either side of the building.  I don't quite get that...

Here's the side of the building that faces the abandoned track.

Another shot of this same side of the building.  Both here and in the article, I refer to the portion of the structure on the left as the "main building," and the smaller 1-storey part as the "addition."
Here's the opposite side of the building, the side that faces the active track.  Note that the loading dock doors on the right are completely open to reveal a little of the interior.  To give the building a more lived-in look, the loading dock doors on the left are slightly ajar.  All of these molded-in doors were removed with a nibbling tool, shown in the article.
These are the walls that are used from the two DPM kits, Cutting's Scissors (1 wall used, on the left), and Laube's Linens (all 4 walls used, on the right), as well as some pilasters from DPM's modular wall kit.
This shows how the Cutting's Scissors wall was chopped to create a loading dock door.  The section at the left creates the end wall of the addition; the top section is the track-side wall of the addition; the lower section is the track-side wall of the main building.  I used a nibbling tool to eliminate the molded-in dock doors so I could later add what appears to be a cinderblock insert.  The molded-in man-door was also eliminated.
Here's how the Laube's Linen wall was cut in half to create the end wall of the main building.  The piece on the right was used, and the piece on the left was discarded..
After I'd cut out the molded-in sash of the lower windows, I added small scale 2x4 strips of styrene to create the illusion of an open lower sash.  I did this to most of the windows in the building -- it's Summer on my layout, and this building isn't air conditioned!
I used a piece of Vollmer brick to fill in the opening of a loading dock on the abandoned track side of the building's addition.  Here it is before the simulated glass block piece was inserted.
This is the way the wall looked with the insert (above) placed in the opening.  I'd also removed the molded-in door and replaced it with one scratchbuilt from styrene.  Again, leaving it slightly ajar creates the illusion of life.
I referred to him in the article, but unfortunately RMC didn't run the picture.  This is old Mr. Diljak, smoking a stogie,  wistfully staring out of his office window at the passing trains.

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