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 Posted - December 27 2015 : 1:25:22 PM
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My BOTW for this week is an Atlas H0 scale station kit.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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 Posted - December 27 2015 : 8:33:01 PM
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Which is the same kit as this one! 
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Posted - December 27 2015 : 10:55:26 PM
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| Huh!
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Posted - December 28 2015 : 05:18:36 AM
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Certainly shares a good number of parts with it. The main building roof, the platform roof, the back wall, one side wall, the phone booth, most of the windows..
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Posted - December 28 2015 : 09:23:52 AM
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quote:Certainly shares a good number of parts with it. The main building roof, the platform roof, the back wall, one side wall, the phone booth, most of the windows..
Originally posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman - December 28 2015 : 05:18:36 AM
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yeah & I think it resembles the old Howard Johnson's Resturants
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Posted - December 29 2015 : 6:58:00 PM
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More HoJo mojo.
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Posted - December 29 2015 : 9:00:21 PM
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This classic Tyco freight depot looks right at home on the LC&P
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Posted - December 29 2015 : 9:41:34 PM
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Nice depot, Metalsmith! When is the Johnson going to
make her debut?
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Posted - December 29 2015 : 9:58:31 PM
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| I ran it for the first time today for evaluation. It has life left in her so it will get the once over this week followed by a cosmetic detailing....stay tuned
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Posted - December 30 2015 : 8:36:29 PM
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My building is a Suydam kit #572, Old Town Lodgings - Room House. I just
finished assembling it and it was a bugger.
There were a few parts that I had to make because the parts supplied didn't fit properly.
I used Gorilla Gel Super glue to hold it together because the instructions said NOT to
use a water based glue as it might warp the cardboard sides.
The porch supports are Grandt Line. The supplied ones were just pieces of stick and looked
like crap.
The scribed board was added to the back of the false front because the kit just left it as
a plain piece of cardboard.
All in all, it was somewhat of a challenge to get it put together, not a task for a beginner
modeller.
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Posted - December 30 2015 : 8:44:31 PM
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Wow, that came out nice. I'd love to see that
on a 19th century layout.
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Posted - December 30 2015 : 11:13:30 PM
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| Good posting George. I've wondered about those kits and as such it was interesting to hear your review. I like the changes you made with the porch post and detail behind the false front. Looks like the staircase came out nice and straight as well.
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Posted - December 31 2015 : 1:32:27 PM
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now you needs a outhouse for the rear of building
Also the Railroad Hotel that everyone made would go great with this building
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Posted - December 31 2015 : 2:52:29 PM
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Thanks guys. The stair case was a bugger to get together right. Had to modify the
landing because it was too large to fit as the instructions described it.
This will be put on an 19th century layout. I am in the process of building it now.
The first structure was the Livestock pen that I did a scratch build on from Suydam
instructions that I got. I have almost acquired the entire set of Suydam old town kits.
I am now looking for the Warehouse kit to complete it.
The outhouses will be the last items that I build. Have a few plans for those somewhere.
Since I have a number of these kits, I will try to post the progress on each one as I build
them. I have already noticed some things about them that will need some variance from
the instructions.
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