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Just put up City Ice & Beverage on Page 25.  We know very little about this building and what we do know is very sketchy.  We worked from just the single photo that you will see on the kit page.  We have tried the usual research methods to no avail.  Found a modern day City Ice & Beverage, but it is not the same.  If you know this building, please use the CONTACT page to let us know.  I would love to enhance and make this model more accurate.

Comments

[JT]

I like the City Ice & Beverage Co. model a lot. I will say though, that to my eye, a lot of the character of the building is tied up in:
1) the lower level of the loading dock, with the doors opening onto it. Appears to be about 18" above ground.
2) the specific door of the prototype, with what appears to be a single large pane of glass with a sign painted on it is.
3) the additional cold storage door on the lower level of the loading dock.

Just a thought: supply the kit with the loading dock wall "blank" (just siding) so that those of us so inclined could more easily modify it.

[Dave]

Well JT, we design kits the way we design kits. We almost never copy the source exactly. Your 3 points are well taken and there is nothing stopping you from implementing them. Regarding the loading dock, if we did everything for you, what fun would that be? There is enough material in both the east & west walls to use as a patch after removing the loading dock.