Downtown Deco coming out with Four New Kits

One question. Is there a reason the ledge is missing on the one window?

I like the building though.

The "ledge" on the one side window is a flowerbox.

The front windows have the fancy ledges.

Valcan, I have this kit. That's a planter box in the first side window. Don

Don,

Randy left this over on the scenery forum . Shows a pic of the first time bar

David

https://ogrforum.com/d...ent/5512461238278249

We have over 20 of Randy's buildings on our layout, I will organize some photos asap.

I was looking forward to the Gugisberg Machining building, which has been postponed for lack of commercial support. Too bad, but it was in fact a big building...

Cast hydrocal buildings have a wonderful look to them, with a texture difficult to equal in other media. In my experience I much prefer hydrocal to resin in modelling brick or stone buildings.

Randy prefers the dark side of urban structures, he is very much into decaying buildings; and neighborhoods on the down side, awaiting rediscovery and redevelopment.

For years I've implored Randy to produce an urban row house series. I guess it never caught his interest. I see that Les at Westport is taking up the challenge, which is great, but a row house series by Randy would be dynamite.

Jan

Thanks, guys, on the flowerbox info. I see now. It's the same color as the ledges on the front two windows, so I thought it was a ledge.

I'm glad I finally asked.

Jan, David, thanks. I'm thinking the bank might be my next purchase. I'm trying to work in a second town on my new layout. It would be a small rundown place that's on it's last leg. Some of the Downtown Deco buildings would work well there. I managed to get a new Bus Depot kit on E-bay. I dropped my old one and of course it flew in a thousand pieces. Anyway I'm glad Randy's thinking of us O gaugers. Don

Hi Don really nice buildings, awesome detail

I can't wait to see your scenery when your

done.

THANKS, ALEX

Alex, somehow I get pulled down to the beach so much everything is going slow on the layout. I do have about a third of it framed. It's a big week on the island. We had two ships come into Lahaina yesterday and today. Don

Wow Don what a beautiful site, I also would be spending

a lot of time at the beach to.

THANKS, ALEX

Harry, I just made it up......just kidding. It's on there web site under "what's new". On the right side under "O" Gauge. I made Randy's Hambergers into Perter's Greek Hambergers. "You can't keep them down". He's a friend, relative and professional cook. Don

under what's new

New in O Scale for 2012 will be;
DD49 Luci’s Tattoo Emporium
DD50 Metals Bank
DD51 Sisters of Mercy Thrift Store
DD52 First Timer Bar

hope this helps

dan

Does anyone have some of the false fronts Deco used to sell??? I believe Fish Market and Pillow Factory and Rainbow Beverage were some of the names. If so I would like to buy them from you. Let me know

Bill, someone (I think) bought some of the old molds from Randy and was making them. Maybe someone on the Forum knows. Don

Don, any scene of those islands is a wonderful sight.  My late wife and I visited there

on our honeymoon in October, 1980.  Intending to go there only once in our lifetimes,

we ended up going back three more times!! 

Just to keep this post related to trains, we did see what I think was the sugar cane

train on Maui, if I'm not mistaken.  Thanks for the pic!

     HOPPY

Hoppy, glad you got the chance to come back three more times. Yes, I'm sure you saw the Sugar Train. It's right down the hill from us. In fact I just heard it's wonderful whistle. Don

Harry, I just made it up......just kidding.

Must be the Maui-wow we

Don:  I enjoyed these shots of the DD buildings, BUT, I wonder if they plan on doing more RR oriented buildings.  My problem is that I have a small layout with a lot of track and "stuff" built in.  Overall it's 22'X24' on four levels, but it has over 750' of track and some 66 switches.  So, ir's crowded and I don't have a lot of extra room for those neat little buildings.  I'm concentrating on buildings that required RR service or are part of the RR itself.  My downtown section, which hides an 18' section of track, consists of some 20 buildings varying from 3 stories to six stories and I'm thinking that I should have even taller structures.  At York I was requesting Ameritown/ OGR to make up six and eight story structure kits from their inventory of building parts.  Several that I have I added floors to to make them five stories but could use taller buildings.

Also, with the limited amount of real estate, I find that I need to concentrate on factories, warehouses, freight stations, etc. all that require the services of a railroad connection.  I really like those charming little buildings that DD offers, but I can't buy them simply because I don't have the room for a non-railroad oriented building.

Yeah, I know that I squeezed too much RR into too small a space, but, after all, I am building a model RR, not a just a small town on a layout.

Paul Fischer