Blacktop Crossing: Imagine That Laser Art Pulp Mill Building

A modeler featured in Model Railroading had used some ITLA (Imagine That Laser Art) products for his Southern pulp and paper mill, so I thought I would take a look at it. The York Industries kit came close to what I was looking for in the way of a pulp digester building. Many mills seem to have their digestors (or digester, if continuous) somewhat out in the weather:

This is the arrangement for the four digestors at Allied Paper Company in the late 1960's.

But, the International Paper Company mill in Panama City, in the mid-1950's seemed to have the digestors in a building "behind" the paper machine. The building was a bit taller and might have been constructed of different brick in a different architectural style than the paper mill building:

Maybe the building just to the left behind the longer paper machine building, not far from the right smokestack.

Besides, a laser cut kit was not something that I had really tried before -- the company store was close. . . . Just after I ordered the York Construction kit, Trump started messing with tariffs and ITLA is a Canadian company. So, the order was held up several days at the border!!

The ITLA kits tend to yield OLD, worn buildings with a good bit of "character" -- not what I was looking for but by placing the panels carefully, most of what is in view looks fairly nice.

Started with painting some of the concrete, windows, and cider blocks; then installing windows; followed by test-fitting the four sides:

Looking OK. Added pilasters then glued cornice pieces on. It wasn't obvious until cornice pieces were cut that there needed to be some allowance for thickness in cutting the length! The Wife had already asked how the water was going to get off of the roof so that was enough of an excuse to fabricate a couple of downspouts to fill the gaps in the cornices.

Not the final edition, yet, since ITLA included a number of details like vents, and HVAC unit, and ladders, and trash cans, and rooftop access, etc. Waiting until piping is installed for pulp and chemicals to put on the details. A couple of views on the layout. Mocked up chip chute -- oops, someone blocked the chip entrance with a window!?!?