Who Makes a Good Barber Shop building kit?

Here's one...even animated!

http://www.lionel.com/Products/Finder/ProductDetail.cfm?ProductNumber=6-14168&expandBranch=0&Keywords=harry&CategoryID=0&RailLineID=&CatalogId=

However, you'll probably have to search the secondary market.  It was featured in the 2004 Vol 1 Lionel catalogue.

If you're into building your own, here's another option...

http://www.barmillsmodels.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=64&category_id=21&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=999123

Nice kit, too!

FWIW, always...

KD

Good luck finding a Lionel one.

Hi Matt,

I just sent you an email

Alex

There's a couple B-I-N's on the auction-that-can't-be-mentioned-around-here.  They're both at about the same price...reasonable for the demand/market, IMHO.

I have the Lionel Barber Shop on my layout and it blends in well with the area. I model 1957.

And then there is the Menards/Woodland Scenics Corner emporium with a BArer shop as one of the store fronts!

And, whatever you choose, don't forget Miller's Piece de Resistance...

http://www.microstru.com/Animated-signs.html

Item #8081/8082

The Lionel Barber Shop has a moving barber pole, as well as the barber's arms move as if they were cutting hair.

Now we need Sweeney Todd's barber shop on a second floor above Mrs. Lovett's Pie shop......

here,s a Down Town Deco kit I built.

Don't forget, Miller Engineering has a very nice animated barber pole.

I bought this kit in 1988.

Anyone remember who made these kits?

You could repurpose one of these...

http://ogaugerr.com/railroad/index.php?cPath=22_31_49

Matt, I won't tell you tell your wife's birthday. Don

I have the Lionel one. The lighted pole as well as the barbers are animated. It looks like your photo.

In my mind there's nothing that separates the exterior of a barber shop from the exterior of any other store/business on "Main Street" except for the sign and the pole.  So.... your options are endless.

I've got a building that I repurposed to a Barber Shop; however, the hard part is finding barber interiors.  I need barber chairs (even one would do) and figures that look like barbers.

Bill

Yes.  I'd like to know what's available for the interior as well.  There's several options on structures that could become a barber shop just by changing the signage.

I have been working on a Barber Shop idea using our #865 Ameri-Towne bldg, Linda's Boutique. You can't tell from the catalog photo, but the front is done in a  Art Deco Sunburst deco, that is perfect for a Barbershop.  That part of the kit comes in a single gray color like the #868 Police Station.

I teamed up the front of the #865 with an operating Barber Pole from Miller Engineering and the end result is great (in my opinion, at least). The Art Deco Sunburst should be done in in silver or aluminum, but I haven't got to that yet.

The smaller of the two barber poles offered by Miller Engineering works best. I put it on the the left side of the Barbershop front.

I will try to get Rich to put a picture of it in this thread.

Ed Boyle

MTH: 

I'm going to be building a layout that portrays circa 1887 Itasca, Il from a sketch of the town streets and buildings at that time.  One building is listed as a barber shop and calaboose.  After a trip to the dictionary I discovered that a calaboose is a one stall jail.  I am planning on building the Bar Mills Buster's barbershop and adding a one stall room with bars on the window and door for the calaboose.  

Here's the front of the building Ed was talking about.

Here ya go....maybe....

https://dealers.walthers.com/e...roductinfo/382-48254

There's no photo/artwork.  But, I happen to know from experience that if you contact Keil Line directly, John (I believe that's his name) will probably be gracious enough to send you a photo of one of his barber chairs.  Someone suggested this may be a chair modeled after those on premier passenger trains offering a barber service.  However, who's gonna argue/know??  Make do, make do, make do.

KD (a.k.a., Lucas Gudinov)

Was looking through the homies catalog and got reminded of this post. 

http://www.homies.tv/catalog/homiecatalog_07_01.htm

Check out the bottom of the page for a barbe3r shop figure.