Another new N-scale manufacturer ( well new to me )
The kits from Perplexing Puzzles Plus (http://www.p3nh.com/) come in plastic sealed bags. I ordered several at a time and they were shipped in a well protected box.
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These are the parts , the lasercutting is crisp and well done , 2 small points of critic , the wood used for the windows, doors and trim is a bit on the thick side , I'll show later when installing the windows, and the connections to the sprue are left to wide , so you have to use more force then you would like to cut parts off the sprue, I would lasercut right down to just having the part barely hanging on to the sprue.
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The next 3 photo's show the walls in different stages of painting after I had primed them with a tan/gray primer from the rattle can. I chose for milder color's then the fire truck red shown in the manufacturers photo.
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The assembled windows , as I said the wood used is a bit too thick , especially the frame sticks out of the wall a bit too much.
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Windows assembled in the walls , It looks good to me , but with thinner material for the frames would look even better.
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Arches for the doors.
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Doors installed and glazing done , there is plastic glazing in the kit but I wanted to try out a new product I had bought , same principal as Micro Klear but thinner and the result looks better. The product is Glue 'n Glaze from Deluxe Materials (https://www.deluxematerials.co.uk/nl/scale-plastics/49-glue-n-glaze-5060243900333.html)
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Assembling walls , very easy with the magnetic board.
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Painted the chimneys.
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Assembled signs and trim. There is a tower in the kit for on top of the roof , I left that away , but that is a matter of taste .
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A couple of evenings fun and imho a nice addition to any N-scale layout.
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Nice looking building Jan.
Jim
Nice looking building.
Thank you Jim and Curt , these are really inexpensive kits that are fun to build .
Neat looking fire station Jan.....well done. 8)
Thank you Gregory
That's are pretty nice looking fire station nice work.
Jerry
They're less than an hour's drive from me and I see them at a number of local train shows, most recently Hooksett NH last weekend. My layout is running out of places for kits (almost everything in Newburyport, MA will be scratchbuilt), so I haven't bought any of theirs yet. Interesting to see how it goes together.
http://p3nh.storefrontpro.com
dave
Thanks all , they are good value for money , and if Andy changes the windows a bit ( either a thinner material for the frame or the holes in the walls larger so the frame fits in the wall ) they will be great.
Another little kit from PPP
The real name is the Old West Hotel, it will be a restaurant on my layout.
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The parts, as with the other kits from PPP the walls are great , but the details should be in somewhat thinner wood.
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Primed with gray from rattle can.
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Trim , doors , windows and walls painted with 2 different Vallejo greens.
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Window frames and staircases assembled to walls.
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Base and floor of porch assembled and painted white.
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Assembling walls.
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Roof drybrushed with black acrylic.
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Walls fully assembled with window blinds.
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Trim (https://modelersforum.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fjanbouli.com%2Fimages%2Fgebouwen%2Fppprest%2Fppprest11.jpg&hash=5e65a94684c06ccd0770adce3c29ee8d89364eda)
Trim assembled.
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Porch and staircase assembled.
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Stair steps assembled.
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Flexible white glue for roof assembly, with strips of tape holding it together.
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Fully assembled but still need finishing touches. Very impressed with my new camera and 30mm Macro Lens.
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Filling the joints on the roof.
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Roof looks much better now. Added several chalks and dullcoated it.
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Still need to touch up the paint on the sides of the porch and such.
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Nice build! Jim
Nice job Jan.
Thanks for the compliments Jim and Curt