Merchant's Row I, A Magnuson Kit Bash

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Tom

I've never painted a resin kit but after a good cleaning I wouldn't think any of the colors you have in stock wouldn't work.


The thing both my wife and I thought was strange was how muted the colors in Galena, ill, Darlington and Mineral Point, Wisconsin

 were. I expected vibrant colors but they weren't.

Merchant Row is an actual street in Milton, Wisconsin but the fronts of the buildings have been modernized. I think there is just 1 Nationally Regristered building on that street. The other 3 cities I noted above have many in their main business district with Galena I bet in the hundreds across the city.


I don't know if the story about Magnusion then Walthers getting the kit ideas from Galena and Darlington business districts are true or not but there are characteristics in the Walthers kits that mimic all the cities I mentioned above.

Pictures here are limited but I found great images online of Galena but Google earth street views have been my best source

Tom, 

Magnuson Models was started by Bob and Lynn Lunde. I believe they were initially in WI, not real sure. Sold Magnuson to Walthers, Then worked for Walthers, left and started DPM and eventually sold that as well.

I've looked at the building in Galena, Il. and Darlington and agree that the colors are some what less exciting than the original colors. The newer ones seems to want to paint over the brick reds and browns. I guess that makes sense in todays world. I'll probably do some of that on these.

Thanks for the information, much appreciated.

Tom

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Tom, nice save on the gap at the front of the building.  I think I'm going to have to pick up a tube (or 2) of the Perfect Plastic putty and add it to the toolbox.

The Municipal building seems to overpower the merchant row buildings, might need to be put on the other side of the street.

Ron,

The Perfect Plastic is perfect for filling the gaps. In my opinion, works better than the squadron model putty.

The Magnuson Municipal building is large as you said but the Magnuson building won't fit on the other side of the road/street.

Tom

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Mice find on that putty.  And it sure did a nice fill.

Jerry

Jerry,

Thanks, it worked very well in filling the gap, much better than the green putty.

I didn't need to sand the plastic putty filler.

Tom 

[Larry C]

Tom nice fix on the building corner and this is looking good.

[GPdemayo]

Looks perfect next to the courthouse Tom.....

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Tom nice fix on the building corner and this is looking good.

Larry,

Thank you, much appreciated.

Tom 

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Looks perfect next to the courthouse Tom.....

Greg,

Thanks for the comment. The court house is much larger as it should be, even for Tahope, However, I'm still moving structures around. 

One thing for sure is that the Merchant's Row structures won't fit on the East side of Tahope's Main Street.

Tom 

[deemery]

Looks perfect next to the courthouse Tom.....

Greg,

Thanks for the comment. The court house is much larger as it should be, even for Tahope, However, I'm still moving structures around.

One thing for sure is that the Merchant's Row structures won't fit on the East side of Tahope's Main Street.

Tom

Well, if county offices were combined with the courthouse, that would justify the larger building...  Or maybe the Sheriff's Dept operates from there...   For the latter, you could add bars to some of the rear windows to represent cells.  https://www.tichytraingroup.com/Shop/tabid/91/c/ho_structure-parts/p/8045-security-bars/Default.aspx

dave

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Dave,

We are on the same page. The Judge and I discussed doing that very thing. We are going to use the back door to the Municipal Building to lock up those that appear in the Judge's Quarters. Some Tahopeans will need to be locked up, even when the courft house is closed.

Tom

[friscomike]

Howdy Tom, As others have said, nice work filling the gaps.  I think I'll pick up a tube of that magic plastic stuff.  Have fun, mike

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Howdy Tom, As others have said, nice work filling the gaps.  I think I'll pick up a tube of that magic plastic stuff.  Have fun, mike

Mike, Howdy,

Thanks very much. The magic plastic putty is great.

Still having fun.

Tom

[GPdemayo]

Looks perfect next to the courthouse Tom.....

Greg,

Thanks for the comment. The court house is much larger as it should be, even for Tahope, However, I'm still moving structures around.

One thing for sure is that the Merchant's Row structures won't fit on the East side of Tahope's Main Street.

Tom

It seems that those who are the power in Tahope know how to spend the taxpayer and railroad money on "upgraded" public works projects.....

[Philip]

Perfect save! Squadron,milliput, and testors are terrible IMO.

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Looks perfect next to the courthouse Tom.....

Greg,

Thanks for the comment. The court house is much larger as it should be, even for Tahope, However, I'm still moving structures around.

One thing for sure is that the Merchant's Row structures won't fit on the East side of Tahope's Main Street.

Tom

It seems that those who are the power in Tahope know how to spend the taxpayer and railroad money on "upgraded" public works projects.....

 For sure, that's a fact.

T

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Perfect save! Squadron,milliput, and testors are terrible IMO.

Philip,

Thanks, I've used Squadron - hard to work with. Never used the others.

Tom