Happy New Year’s Eve everyone! I’ve mostly been lurking and enjoying everyone’s work lately, but finally have something to contribute.

I’ve been collecting kits for my future layout and recently snagged a Walthers Cornerstone store kit. What’s interesting about the kit is that they include two different building faces in the same package. I’ll save the full sized kit for the future but decided to use the second “face” to create a small building front.

Here’s essentially what I started with. I then added JTT scenery products brick sheet to each side to extend the depth. The brick size matched pretty closely.

Then I gave everything a spray with Tamiya paint, did some detail painting, filled in mortar, and added a copper patina effect to the bay window roof.

For now this is what I’m left with this. I’m debating a dark wash or trying to clean the mortar / haze a bit more.  

My next step will be window finishings using an idea that @Seth Thomas shared. It’s been a fun build so far!

I continue my slow progress on the Buildings Unlimited factory/warehouse (busy week on the modular layout….ran trains Tuesday through Saturday).

I started the weathering of the wood platforms:

…….wishing  all a happy, safe and healthy New Year!

Peter

Scratch Built using  coffee stirsticks ,

I am working my next full interior building for Northbrook, the Mercer Ave. Cafe.  This was the old DPM Birdie’s Tavern kit. I hope to finish the first floor sometime today and get to work on the upstairs apartment. I have more details and signage to add to the dining room and might rework the kitchen a bit. All these parts are my own 3D resin prints.

Isaly's Dairy was a Local Dairy Company here in Ohio & Western Pennsylvania  in  the 1950's

They always located their stores next to a Western Auto.

Best Know for their Chipped Chopped Ham.

Very nice work Alex.

Peter, I love your slow and steady work ethic on these buildings.

Jim, your house is a scratch built masterpiece.

Norm,

Your modeling  ability has gone to a new level with your 3d printed items.

It's great to see all the craftsmanship here, and also appreciate Norm's attention to building interiors. I like to give an impression of interiors as well, though mine are rudimentary using O-scale items that I have laying around. Towards that, I wanted one of my industrial buildings to show activity through the first and second floor windows, and snapped a few photos...have to get a better camera one of these days.

I was just messing around with a wooded scene. Happy New Year’s

That's NOT "just messing around".  Those redwoods are fantastic.

And don't forget that Isaly's Chipped Ham had to be on Braun's Town Talk Bread according to Bill Burns on his noon show.  I was the general manager of that bakery in the late 1970's when Pittsburgh claimed to be the "City of Champions".

Art

Art I love ham but can’t enjoy any longer and I certainly enjoyed watching the champs…

JDTrains the trees are fabulous….

Paul K the interior work looks great, have fun!

Jim Teeple thanks for sharing the fabulous chipped ham experience 😊 and the scratch built house looks great

Norm you continue to WOW me with your talents

and Peter I wish I could get my docks to look so real

Alex the building front is really appealing and it’s a GO! Those Cornerstone  kits are wonderful choices and can easily be color engineered an decorated to fit into any town for the future layout

thank you Alan again for ending such a positive year with such great send offs…

for some reason I always enjoyed working with even years when working with figures at the bank…

@coach joe posted:

That's NOT "just messing around".  Those redwoods are fantastic.

Thank you Coach Joe

Looking at the inside of the Mercer Cafe with the booths and other details, I was so excited as this is what I want to accomplish some day when my layout is further along. I didn't really pay attention to the poster at first and then when I went back, I saw that it was Norm Charbonneau and said "of course!" His Northbrook is my motivation!

Mikki

@Jim Teeple posted:

Scratch Built using  coffee stirsticks ,

Is this what they refer to as balloon framing?