Here is the kit. I liked the old time look of this structure. It reminded me of places that my Dad used to stop at on our family road trips in Central Ohio.
The instructions are not your typical step-by-step style. They give you exploded drawings with part numbers.
Here is a typical sprue- this one is for exterior walls. It's not the wood sheets that come with most craftsman kits- it's a fiber-board material. This is before painting with rattle can grey primer.
Here are the parts for the house base. The kit uses slot-tab type assembly. This type of assembly was new to me but I have to say that even though the parts seemed wobbly when putting them together, they came out as a very sturdy unit.
Here is the assembled house base before painting with a rattle can grey primer.
I've only seen one other build thread for Showcase Miniatures- it was a Valu Fuel kit put together by Steve Custer and he did his usual fine job. The methods that he used will be very helpful to me as I go along on this kit. I'm looking forward to seeing how this comes out.
That's it for now, more later