A Walthers/Magnuson quick and dirty kitbash.

[barrymk]

I needed to populate Hill Street in Cuspidor with some shops fairly quickly  and picked up a Walthers merchants Row 1 at a fair price from a UK store. How.ever Hill Street is, you've guessed it, on a hill and a steep one at that.I figured a little slicing up would be possible.  However there is a snag, there isn't any matching Walthers brick siding to be had over here. I may have to improvise.  Anyhow I made my cutting decision which gives me a three store and a two that I can arrange on the hill.  Next step tomorrow is to prime and paint the walls I do have.

[jerryrbeach]

Barry,
Building a town scene on a grade offers a significant challenge, but IMO the results are far more interesting than the same type of scene without the change in elevation.  I will be following to see how you succeed with this challenge.

[Mark Dalrymple]

I'll be watching, Barry.

I cut this kit up and staggered it down a hill on a curve (using 3/5ths of the kit).  It came out well.  I think I used Slaters bricks for the fire walls.  I also added hip roofs to two of the shops.  Its great to cut these things up and splice them back together in new and unique ways.

Cheers, Mark.

[barrymk]

Thanks Jerry, I'll try to remember to keep photographing the process. 


Mark I'll take a look at the Slater sheets although I used to find them too sterile, one wall at least will be pretty visible so I might bite the bullet and pay the outrageous postage quoted from the States.  Hill Street has a curve to it but probably not enough to justify further splitting.  I'll think about that later if Wendy allows me back up to the loft this afternoon!  Do you have a photo of your kitbash, I would be interested to see it. Cheers Barry

[Mark Dalrymple]

Hi Barry.

The Slaters product I use comes in small sheets and is quite rustic.  There are several different brick 'bonds' to choose from.  Like many of my structures my block of shops kitbash is unfinished!  I also used another shop front from the 'block' to do another bash.  You can clearly see the Slaters brickwork on the side wall of this bash.  As it is for OO scale, it is a bit oversized, but that doesn't particularly worry me in this instance.

Cheers, Mark.

[jerryrbeach]

Barry,
FWIW, I have some Wills OO dressed stone sheets I think are pretty nice.  Don't they make brick sheets, too?

[barrymk]

Mark Nice work! I particularly like your colour treatment of the brickwork in the first photo. Thinking about where my buildings will be positioned I doubt whether the new walls will be very visible anyway so off to the LHC tomorrow in Coventry.


Jerry I use the Wills stuff occasionally but it only comes in small sheets and the thickness varies from one side to the other which makes it less than ideal to work with.  I guess I'll have to work with what I can pick up tomorrow. Cheers.

[barrymk]

Mark I like the Mansard roofs too! I may borrow that.....

[Mark Dalrymple]

Thanks Barry.

Umm - I think I'm confused - Wills sounds right, as they are small sheets.

Cheers, Mark.

[barrymk]

Mark they might just do for this and if that's all I can get today that's what I'll be using.  I've had to splice them in the past and because they are cast in an uneven thickness that can mean fiddling and filing, just an extra chore that shouldn't be necessary.  Cheers

[ACL1504]

Barry,

Nice structures, well done.

Tom

[barrymk]

Tom If my kitbash works out as well as mark's I'll be pleased.

[ACL1504]

Tom If my kitbash works out as well as mark's I'll be pleased.

Okay, I did get the posts a bit mixed didn't I? Anyway, I'm sure your's will be nicely done as well.

Tom

[barrymk]

I'll try to live up to that!

[barrymk]

I've been as busy as today's raft of honeydoos has allowed.  Here's a progress report. painting, painting, painting.........


So far so good, lots still to do.