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Postby healey36 » Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:34 pm

Another cut-out from an early-1950s issue of Toy Trains, I scanned, printed, than ran "Jack Kett's Clothing Store" through the guillotine cutter:

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This one has a few twists. Window treatments could be a challenge, and it has a bit of a false-front which will require some work.
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Postby gregj410 » Sat Dec 12, 2020 8:58 pm

Jack Ketts? Really? How about Jack Healey’s :lol: anything but Jack Ketts !
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Postby healey36 » Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:20 pm

Hal Carsten trying to be Frank Ellison :lol:
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Postby rogruth » Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:22 pm

Remember that was an era of cute names on model railroads.
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Dec 13, 2020 9:32 am

healey36 wrote:Another cut-out from an early-1950s issue of Toy Trains, I scanned, printed, than ran "Jack Kett's Clothing Store" through the guillotine cutter:


I like it. Can you post a photo of the individual walls and all spread out a bit? Might take a shot at scratching together something similar if I can locate enough parts in the shop.
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Postby healey36 » Sun Dec 13, 2020 1:12 pm

I have a couple of scans...I'll PM them to you.
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Dec 13, 2020 1:20 pm

healey36 wrote:I have a couple of scans...I'll PM them to you.


Thanks! I just got a shipment of Midwest clapboard yesterday, :wink: :wink:
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Postby healey36 » Sun Dec 13, 2020 1:39 pm

Should be in your box.
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun Dec 13, 2020 1:59 pm

healey36 wrote:Should be in your box.


Got it and back to you!

Have to see what I have in the parts bin for a store front bit - think I have at least 1 set from Grandt Line stashed away.
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:39 am

Little basic line side shed........
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Postby healey36 » Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:51 am

Nice, especially that roof. Hand cut shingling or something commercially available? I've seen something similar used as siding (1:1 scale).
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:54 am

healey36 wrote:Nice, especially that roof. Hand cut shingling or something commercially available? I've seen something similar used as siding.


Thanks! Basic shed on a platform - scratchbuilt.

Commercial sawtooth shingles - Rail Scale Models, maybe, I think, :? :?

Yup, grandfather and I salvaged a bunch 40 years ago and we used them on the tractor shed. They were an interesting red color, :wink: :wink: Replaced them maybe 5-8 years ago with regular 3-tab.
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Postby gregj410 » Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:12 pm

That yellow is great! I used a yellow Hunter line stain on my Cannery, that was more translucent. Yours looks more opaque. What color is that specifically, if you care to divulge? :wink:
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:23 pm

It's actually PRR Depot Buff (Polly Scale).
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Postby healey36 » Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:51 pm

Eerily similar to the color of zinc chromate, a primer used on airframes.
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