Merchant's Row II - A Magnuson Kit.

[ACL1504]

Howdy Tom, excellent work filling the gaps.  Have fun, mike

Mike, Howdy,

Thanks for the compliment. Still having fun.

Tom

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Hello Tom, you've done a great job so far. I can't wait to see what you do with painting the building as well as what you do with all of the window spaces. There are a lot of upper level windows and even more storefront windows to fill up.

Jeff,

Hey, thank you also for the comment and for following along. It will be some time before I start painting the actual colors on the walls, doors, windows and trim. I need to see how these will look and fit.

Tom 

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One comment on the process:  When using putty or similar gap-filling/error-correcting techniques, looking at the structure after it's been primed is a real advantage.  The color contrast between the putty and structure are gone, so you can see it more holistically.  If there are places that need to be reworked, they're easier to spot.  And I've not had any problems with putty adhesion to primer.

dave

Dave,

Great comment and I agree. I was very happy to see after the priming on this one, no more putty was necessary. In the past, I've had no issues with putty sticking to the primer.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Very well done Tom.

Jerry

Jerry,

I appreciate the comment and feedback, thank you.

Tom

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Tom,

The building is coming along nicely.

Ron,

 Thank you, much appreciated. I'm almost finished with the basic build,  painting and detailing will come much later.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

When I attempted to glue the third story wall in place, I found it to be just over 1/8" to long.

I measured the part needing removed and used my miter box and Zona saw blade to remove the offending part.

I determined the part to remove was a portion of the back end of the wall.

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Problem solved and wall in place.

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Third story wall section primed.



There is a cast resin upper wall with chimneys that is to fit between the two stores. The high wall part goes in front and the shorter one towards the rear.

Glued in place and the primed.

[ACL1504]

Unlike Merchant's Row I, Row II doesn't have a full cast roof with details.

The kit has two pieces of black cardboard for the roof material. I cut two pieces to fit the roofs.

These are not glued in place, just wedged in to see how it looks. Installation will come much later.

[ACL1504]

The two structures were placed in Tahope to see how they look.

I'm not convinced they will be planted here. With the Municipal Building, the three of them are just to much for the area.

I have many smaller, more appropriate DPM stores and buildings I can place in Tahope.

The Municipal Building will probably stay put. The two Merchant's Row building will fit much better on the third level in Summit.

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In modeling, I've learned to pay attention to scale. Even in HO scale, it is particularly important.

Structures, placement of structures, the paint on them need to be in scale.

Sound in your locomotives need to be in scale for the model. I've visited model RR layouts where the sound is so loud it could be the real thing. Now, I do understand folks with hearing issues need the sound louder.

Loco speed needs to be in scale. Do you hear me Greg? Greg Speed in not in scale. 

Anyway, these two don't look in scale for the scene.



The small white with green trim in the lower right of the next photo is the weekend quarters for the Judge.

The main courthouse is closed on the weekend, so the Judge's Quarters is used.

Dave Emery built the Judge's Quarters for the A&S RR and the residents of Tahope.

[Mark Dalrymple]

I understand your thought process, Tom, but I do think when all those shops are painted up in different colours they will look quite different.  At the moment they look like two big blocks of shops rather than eight much smaller individual shops.  I'm not sure, however, how you could mock that up quickly.

Cheers, Mark.

[deemery]

The trio of buildings look like a substantial downtown, but I'm guessing that's not the look you're going for.  I've seen towns where there are some substantial buildings all together, and the next street block was houses (so no transition from the big commercial structures to residential.)

dave

[Rick]

Tom, I think they look good where they're at, but I understand your reason for not keeping them together.
I know wherever they end up they'll look great.