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Hi there
I found this kit awhile ago for a good price.
Always thought it was interesting so decided
to show how I built it and what I have done with it.
So here is the kit I got and the various bits and pieces.
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So I started by cleaning window and door castings
and getting them primed.
And in the course of this
discovered I am short one of the freight doors...
Hmmmm.
Also included are the awning support brackets in this initial priming.
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Here's the sides and back pieces
primed and ready for the next step.
I went through and adjusted window openings
and weighted them all to keep them flat.
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I don't see many of these kits being built.
(I know Dorothy's House and the Roundhouse have builds out there)
I would be curious to see what folks think about Scale Structures Ltd. kits.
I have collected a few to build and this is the first one I have tackled.
This kit is from the original issue
I think before Jaks bought them and Walthers.
But the box is open and several things are missing
(Campbells shingles and some stripwood, plus that other door)
but I think this will be interesting.
Not too clear on instructions and following their sequence
but we shall see.
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Ok here is the store window display area following the lovely plans...
Of course the precut wood doesn't match, oh well.
This is more like a scratchbuild from plans,
except trying hard to utilize provided siding wood etc...
I think all the provided wood is wrong but... I can deal.
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So next I marked out the 2nd floor levels,
to add supports for floor.
I also back wall edges sanded to approx 45 degrees,
to prep for gluing together.
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So primed windows and front pieces,
added some extra wood, and began to
assemble bay window and front door area.
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Here you can see the assembly beginning.
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So I decided to keep white as the store body color,
and use a grey for rim, and a green front door.
Lots of alcohol/ink wash and messy paint,
to give it that lived in effect (ha).
So did all the doors and windows to get to adding 'glass'.
You can see I have assembled alcove, bay window area,
having to re-cut inner ceiling piece cut at the wrong angle,
and trying to duplicate the area, as laid out in the plans.
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Then I added floor supports for 2nd floor, with provided 6x6.
You can see added wall on right side for the door alcove,
which of course was short, so I added a piece
to glue door area to compensate.
This also shows beveled back wall edges at 45 degrees,
for gluing together without trim, as per instructions.
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So abandoning the sequence of construction from instructions...
I built the "foundation" and set "floor" aka 6x6 wood and cardboard,
which I added some cross pieces and 2x4 edge supports.
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So here's the floor scribed as wood flooring,
and some alcohol ink washes on exterior walls,
plus test fitting windows before glazing.
I need to lighten floor and dirty it up with some chalk.
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So I glued together sides and front window bay area,
having to add a 4x4 piece on the left,
to match plan width (they said 6x6 ?).
I love having great plans,
too bad so many of the pre-cut pieces for the front didn't match.
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So after gluing main structure together, minus the false front upper,
I found it was smaller than the plan, so added couple of side pieces.
Then built supports for upper landing and stairs,
then added window glazing.
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So I added some cross pieces for support,
since I couldn't add bigger wood for supports,
since interior will mostly be seen.
Also made up a wall of card stock,
separating front of store from loading area,
with 2x4 framing that will show in back area.
You can see I also used it for interior walls,
to give it a nice finished look.
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Since I had added windows to back walls,
I decided to deviate from the instructions again,
and build the landing in back.
So here it's built and stained,
with a couple different ink and alcohol mixes,
kind of a blurry shot, but you get the idea.
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So next I am beginning loading dock.
I built these before staining the wood,
but was careful with the glue.
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So here's the frame and my staining of the deck pieces,
black ink and brown mixes.
And some course graining with big grit sanding block,
I made from some floor sanding belt I came across.
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Here is completed loading dock.
I forgot to mention I had to build my own step stringers for this,
because there wasn't enough of the pre-cut material provided,
so I found some suitable wood and cut my own.
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Here is the construction of the front walkway in progress.
I had to make a little plan based on drawings for this,
covered in wax paper and tacked support pieces in place w white glue,
so it would stay in place while gluing on deck pieces,
which look nice and beat up I think.
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