SS Ltd Drug Store Build

[Jerry]

Wonderful modeling Gary.

Great scratch building on the doghouse.

Jerry

[friscomike]

Howdy Gary,

The drug store looks terrific.  Nice work on the roof. You've built one beautiful model.

Have fun,
mike

[ACL1504]

Gary,

First a belated welcome. Hope your wife is doing a little better.

The SS Ltd. Drug store looks great. The interior lighting is a great way to see the interior details.

Well done.

Tom

[Philip]

WOW! 

[GaryMc]

Thanks Jerry, Mike, Tom and Philip for the comments. Next up I wanted to put in the sidewalk around the building. I made a mold out of some thin card board and poured some plaster. I glued it to a thin piece of plywood to keep it from breaking and scribed in the lines for the joints, still needs to be painted/weathered. The one part of this build I was dreading the most is the fire escape made from photo etched brass, can I say frustration level through the roof, had to put it down several times but I'm happy with the results.

[deemery]

Well, that's a super result!   What did you use for mold release on your cardboard plaster mold?  That worked very well.

dave

[Jerry]

Gary the concrete and the firescape wonderful building!!

Jrry

[GaryMc]

Well, that's a super result!  What did you use for mold release on your cardboard plaster mold?  That worked very well.

dave

The card board stays wet for a long time after the plaster cures enough to handle so you can just peel it off or it sometimes just falls off.

[PRR Modeler]

Excellent details.

[friscomike]

Howdy Gary,

The sidewalk construction was clever and a technique I'll emulate. The result looks exceptional.  Nice work on the fire escapes; they are so tiny.  The roof detail looks terrific.

Have fun,
mike