trackage. Just beyond the truck scale house the road begins
a steep climb up the hill and over the ridge to connect with a
state highway.
I used a combination of the Builders in Scale kit 610 scale house
and scratchbuilding to model the Jollar truck scale. This kit is
designed for either a truck scale or a railroad scale, making the
components easy to use for any situation. For all intents and
purposes, this is really three structures – the truck scale, the
shelter, and the weigh shed. All are very simple structures.
You can construct this building on your workbench or in place
on your diorama or layout. I chose choice to build it on a 5”
x 4” piece of basswood painted with my earth-colored latex
paint. The first structure I built was the truck scale. I cut a
piece of .060” styrene 10’ x 16’. Scale 2” x 8” styrene was glued
to the edges. The entire assembly was then painted concrete
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3. Truck scale house with roof removed, showing the
scale and interior.
