Merchant's Row II - A Magnuson Kit.

[Ensign]

Tom, your structures are all coming together well!
I think that they all look great right where you have now placed them now.

Greg

[nycjeff]

Hello Tom, the town of Tahope is certainly growing. In regards to your comments about scale. The two Merchant's Row buildings look like they fit into the overall scheme, but, to my eye, the Municipal building almost looks too big for the scene. Maybe it's because with them all painted with the primer color grey they look bigger than they are. I'm sure that when you are finished it will all look great.

[deemery]

Hello Tom, the town of Tahope is certainly growing. In regards to your comments about scale. The two Merchant's Row buildings look like they fit into the overall scheme, but, to my eye, the Municipal building almost looks too big for the scene. Maybe it's because with them all painted with the primer color grey they look bigger than they are. I'm sure that when you are finished it will all look great.

The windows are larger in the Municipal Building, and the distance between floors is taller.  That makes it look 'bigger'.  But that's not uncommon.  Some buildings were deliberately built to dominate their space.  That's particularly true of public buildings and banks, both of which wanted to appear majestic to their customers/to the community.  Good choices of colors should help even things out, but I'm not good enough at color theory to say what color the Municipal Building should be painted to make it look a bit smaller compared to the adjacent structures.  

It's actually pretty common to see the floor distance vary across a row of city block buildings.

A thought for the Judge's Quarters:  What if you put that on a slight landscaping rise, maybe 2-3 feet, above street level, leading up to the building?  An easy way to try this is to put a 1/4" chunk of wood, layer some fabric over top, and then position the building.  That would add a bit of height and 'prestige' to the smaller structure.

dave

[Jerry]

Tom nice job on those buildings for sure.  I like the placement of them.
But I'm sure you have in mind the look that you want.

Jerry

[Philip]

Looking swell Tom and wish I had all that real estate in Oh scale

[GPdemayo]

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

It can be if  you're driving the right equipment, let's say a 360 hp, 6 cylinder engine attached to a prop at 8,000'.....

[ACL1504]

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.

Mark, Cheers,

Thanks for the comment. I agree they will look much different when painted. I was trying to see how they fit without painting but I think I can't get away from it.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

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

Dave, 

I agree with the comment, but as Mark stated, it will be much easier to picture if they were painted.

I'm still deciding what I want to do here. The Municipal Building will definitely stay.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

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.

Rick,

Thank you for your thoughts as well. My reason for not keeping they there is that it gives the street an unbalanced look. None of these three will fit on the opposite side of the street.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Tom, your structures are all coming together well!
I think that they all look great right where you have now placed them now.

Greg

Greg,

Thank you, I do think they look good but I'm trying to balance the structures on both sides. It may be that I need to build a few DPM stand alone stores for the other side and see how they all look.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Hello Tom, the town of Tahope is certainly growing. In regards to your comments about scale. The two Merchant's Row buildings look like they fit into the overall scheme, but, to my eye, the Municipal building almost looks too big for the scene. Maybe it's because with them all painted with the primer color grey they look bigger than they are. I'm sure that when you are finished it will all look great.

Jeff,

The Municipal Building is big and the good citizens of Tahope spare no money to make it the show piece of downtown. I do think I need to add some color and see how they look then.

Thank you for the input.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

The windows are larger in the Municipal Building, and the distance between floors is taller.  That makes it look 'bigger'.  But that's not uncommon.  Some buildings were deliberately built to dominate their space.  That's particularly true of public buildings and banks, both of which wanted to appear majestic to their customers/to the community.  Good choices of colors should help even things out, but I'm not good enough at color theory to say what color the Municipal Building should be painted to make it look a bit smaller compared to the adjacent structures. 

It's actually pretty common to see the floor distance vary across a row of city block buildings.

A thought for the Judge's Quarters:  What if you put that on a slight landscaping rise, maybe 2-3 feet, above street level, leading up to the building?  An easy way to try this is to put a 1/4" chunk of wood, layer some fabric over top, and then position the building.  That would add a bit of height and 'prestige' to the smaller structure.

dave

Dave,

The Municipal Building is big as it should be. It serves as Tahope's all purpose building for all city and county offices and the Tahopeans are very proud of their new building. They spared no expense in the construction. 
 
I will have a small jail on the upper rear floor.

I've tried the Judge's Quarters on a slight elevation and it didn't look good. I've had it where it is now for the past couple of years and I'm not convinced it is the correct placement for it.

One day it will all flow to my liking.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Tom nice job on those buildings for sure.  I like the placement of them.
But I'm sure you have in mind the look that you want.

Jerry

Jerry,

Thank you and I know it will all come together when  I get more structures built for the town.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Looking swell Tom and wish I had all that real estate in Oh scale

Philip,

Thank you. I will add that having a lot of space can also be a curse. As a one many builder of the layout, it seems overly spacious at times. Trying to fill spaces that look natural is a real challenge.

Tom

[ACL1504]

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

It can be if  you're driving the right equipment, let's say a 360 hp, 6 cylinder engine attached to a prop at 8,000'.....

Greg,

You definitely need scale speed up there.

Tom