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(SOLD) Downtown Deco’s Addams Ave Part III

This is my version of Downtown Deco’s Addams Ave Part III kit, it’s made from hydrocal (plaster) and comes with assorted signage and stuff that I opted not to use. Most of the detail parts I made and the decals are from my line. The fire escape is from Tichy, one of the ladders is from Central and the short roof pipe is from Walthers Roof Detail kit. Overall not a bad kit you just have to be careful since it’s plaster you could break it, best to glue it up with Epoxy and to prime it before painting. There is no building divider between the buildings, I used some foam board topped with masking tape. Hand painted in acrylics and sealed with flat clear sealer.

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(SOLD) SMALLVILLE USA (RIX PRODUCTS) TINA TART SHOP

I didn’t plan on writing a review of this kits so I didn’t not wake content and progress photos.

Anyway, this is the first Smallville USA Kit from Rix Product in Evansville, Indiana that I’ve built. This wasn’t a bad little kits but it did have it’s problems – overall it assembles like any DPM kit, 4 walls and a roof. Flashing was minimal and drift edge were to be as expected. The walls are a little thinner I like, so you don’t have as much contact area to support the walls and you make want to add some styrene rod in the corners for better results. It did come with a balcony which I thought was a little small and the balcony floor a little to thick … to meaty, the building itself seemed a little under-size for HO, but in scale modeling there are two sizes … “scale size” and “actual size” which generally means don’t be a rivet counter. The detail was OK, the brick could have had a little more definition and the window mullion were WAY to thick to the point that they looked more like prison bars. I may cut these out on future builds and use Ticky Train windows.  The kit comes with printed and laminated paper signage and window dressing which I opted not to use as it was a little to ‘toy-like/cheesy’ in appearance, so instead I used clear plastic and dressed it a little myself with the thickness of the windows mullions you can’t see the window ‘glass’ anyway. So I’m giving it a 6.5 out of 10. I’ve built far worse kits and I’ve built far better, but for it’s price point ($16.95) it is more than acceptable and yields good results.

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(SOLD) RIVOLI THEATER FINISHED

Here is a building that I’ve made full side decals for each one. I choose to leave the back as if they decided not to remodel it or they ran out of money … either tends to be the case in the real world. A few additive have been put on like the security lights, a/c unit, and extra roof vents. All the decals are custom made Deve’s Decals and are available for sale in my online store.

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(SOLD) MIDDLETON MILLS FROM RDA

First let me say this kit wasn’t to bad, RDA especially the older one are know for their problems … as for this kit the windows didn’t fit properly and every opening had to be trimmed to get them to fit. the draft edges from the molding were quite large and I used a belt sanding to take it down or I’d likely still be sanding them down today. Additionally there was some, but not a lot of flash that needed trimming.

The directions? What direction? None to speak of but it did come with 2 pages of info on Middleton Mills and a few tips and a link to a webpage that no longer exist, but no directions. Now granted this kit is not rocket science and you really don’t need them for the main structure, but it came with an extra sprue of add on and half of them made no sense at all .. I still have a few on there that I don’t know what they are for. (might try to get a pic up later.)

Anyway I’m giving it about 2.5 out of 5 stars – it could be better, it could be worse.

As far as this build goes I’m not sure if this one is finished yet … I think it still needs a little more done.

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(SOLD) TWO MORE COMPANY HOUSES COMMISSIONED

These Coal Mining Camp Company House from City Classics … I’ve made a few of these and I’d like to make more but the price of the kit keeps going up and up on them to the point that if you don’t have a customer in advance you’ve got a go investment collecting dust on a shelve.

HO Scale 1:87 Painted and weathered up with small details added for looks.

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