N scale builds from the "Steel Industrial Buildings" disk

Cory took the HO models and reduced them to N scale with a promise of more to come.  I can’t wait to see what else he comes up with.  These are beautiful work.

November free model

The free crossing tower (actuallt two towers) is now available in the freebies section. these are realy nice kits. we are going to keep it available for the entire month. As always the kits are free. We do ask that if you wish to support our efforts to continue to post free kits, that you make the $1 dollar donation if you can.

Thank you for your support and enjoy the build (send pix)

Thom & Dave

Another urban building

Ok, I’m kinda doing this urban thing because of Hoosier Mama. This is impossibly thin, yet based on a real prototype. Yes there are buildings just like this.

One of the nice things about commercial buildings are the interiors.  The Rudy Co. is a ficticious print shop. Our family name being a mouth full, our parents would use the name “Rudy” when ordering take out. I have no idea where that came from but no one asks us to repeat it 5 times.

Thom

Hoosier Mama Pies

We had a call a couple of weeks ago. Seems a local businessman, who routenly searches his companies name (a good practice, I do it myself) was directed to our site. We used the name Hoosier Mama for an optional sign on a kit. It’s never been released so I have no idea how it got on the web. Anyway he contacted us and wanted to see the model. He was wondering if he could have one in lieu of using the name. A fine idea from my view. I made an appointment to meet one of the owners, Craig to see how he would like the model built. The intended kit looks nothing like the very urban location of this bakery/ pie shop, but what a building. I decided right then that I would reproduce the real building facade. Since the building is locked between two other buildings, I had to use my imagination for the side walls. Craig gave me some history and let me take lots of pix inside and out. I just finished it and am starting the test build, which will be on display in the pie shop. It’s a beautiful 3 story brick, urban store front and will be on Vol. II of our”Brick and Mortar” collection. I’ll post pix as soon as I finish the test build. It was a win win day for me. I got a great new design and an awsome piece of peach pie.

Thank you Hoosier Mama

Thom