Bank Robbery.

Well, the front looks good...but, (sorry), where I am from, up into the 1960's, due to

Depession banking laws, since relaxed, banks and savings and loans were two separate

institutions.  I would include two separate signs for one to be selected.  Two other

problems...banks usually, even before the Depression, tried to present an image of

strength and stability.  So boarded up windows, if that is what I am looking at on the sides,  would be unlikely, except for an abandoned bank in a ghost town.  And the front would be designed to look strong, maybe with Ionic columns or some such, but at least with marble facing.  Many banks looked like the newest and sturdiest structures even in crumbling areas, until fairly recently.  Since banks are burglary prone, no outside stairway would exist, IMO. Of course, never say never, but those are the changes I'd have to make to the kit.

Cool.

I am a bank examiner (regardless of what my profile says I am).  I have seen some inner city banks and bank branches that look very much like this.  I was even at a bank once when it was robbed. 

Nice work.  Brings back some fond memories.

 Thanks for your input. Ouch. :  

I've seen plenty of old banks in small towns even today in Montana that have similar details but to each his own I guess. Cheers.

Randy

I really like the building. But, for the record, I would have chosen something other than a bank.

Done. I added fluttering money coming from the briefcase (a tiny strand of twisted black wire w/bills glued to it), streetlights (working) & in general just put this thing to rest. I have yet to get the "perfect" picture of it, but at least you get the idea.

This will also be available as a second hand store, or you could make it just about anything you wanted w/a little imagination.

Cheers!

Randyu Pepprock
Downtown Deco
Dioramas Plus

I think the pictures are great. The fluttering money is way cool!

Just like my money does.

Looks great!  Might I humbly suggest adding a sign option for a liquor store.

Great build, Randy.

Now you have to add one of those typical advertising banners in the front window that reads, "Your deposits are safe with us."

Frank,

One of the local banks in the rural town where I lived once opened a branch office in one of those trailers you can rent. They even left the wheels on - not sure how that went over with depositors.

Jim

wow everyrhing about the scene and building are great. Kudo's for thinking outside the box and creating a NEW scene.  WHERE DID YOU GET THE BANK ROBBER FIGURE

Steve

Thanks much. The bank robber is actually a businessman that is running & trying to catch a bus. I "customized" him. I forget who is the mfg but it is a white metal figure. Cheers!

Randy

Since there is interest in your building for other than a bank, I suggest you offer the building as a generic without any signage. Your building can be made to represent a plethora of businesses with the addition of signs by the buyer.

Nice work!

Thanks. It will also be available as a second hand store. It will have a different facade & the fire escape on the opposite side. Or you could just throw the signs away. :  

Off to the Narrow Gauge Convention.

Randy

DD

Frank53:  My brother retired from bank mgt., and I was thinking that about the windows,

too...but there are a lot of other applications this bldg. can assume, with offices upstairs, maybe for a bank, if one sees it as that, with windows sealed.  I would not

want to give up those front windows, as they make it distinctive from a lot of similar

buildings.

Or a Pawn Shop.  They have lots of cash.

Really terrific looking building!

George

I would definitely put a "hoodie" on him!!! Super job on the entire scene. 

rep56:

That depends on the era you are modeling, the hoodie is a relative newcomer.

It looks good to me as is for a Pawn Shop, Liquor store or such.

Gotta agree, never saw a bank like that.

The fluttering money is a brilliant idea.  Way out of my league.  Nice work!

Looks great to me!

Yeah, the fluttering money is off the hook! 

George

Thanks for all of the nice compliments! I was at the Narrow Gauge Convention so I couldn't respond earlier. Those who saw this kit in person told me they loved it so I think it will be a decent seller. Cheers!

Randy Pepprock

Downtown Deco

The bank branch my parents used when I was a kid is in a building with 5 storefronts and apartments on the second floor. The bank used 2 storefronts, 2 were used by a liquor store and one was a soda fountain. The bank entrance had classic Greek columns and pediment. Later the built a stand alone building across the street

The independent bank for the town I grew up in, and into which I ventured to first

sign my John Henry on a check to an account with little money in it, was a sturdy

brick building that had bank offices upstairs and that was a pillar of several store

buildings around the town square..abutting a drugstore with my dentist's office up

steep stairs to it second floor.  Some years after I moved away, it was absorbed into

a large bank chain in a frenzy of bank mergers, and that chain was absorbed, and

the building rotated through a series of shortlived retail businesses.  Until, not so long ago, there seemed to arise a return to local banking, and now, the building is again a

local bank, not part of a chain, and looking much like it looked decades ago.  However,

if I buy that kit, I will make it something other than a bank.

Very nice work! Your "bank robber" has appeared on my layout but he is running from the station to a hog dog vendor to get a quick lunch. Please send your police over and you can arrest him. I will hold him as long as I can.

Steve