Thanks Mark!
Hobby shop run today to get Evergreen strip stock to produce the front store windows. I did get about an hour in the shop and multi-tasked. I printed out the scale images of Early Sunday Morning (ESM) and mocked up the building on some cardboard to test the fit on the layout. It actually has a footprint smaller than the Idaho Hotel that previously held that spot (and is now on Mark Boyce's layout I might add). If I didn't have to find a spot for the appliance store since its spot is going to the hardware store, I wouldn't have to sell any buildings… yet.
Here's several views of ESM. The only negative is the back of the store facing the layout's front. You can see an oblique frontal view from the inside opening on the layout.
This shot is from that opening.
And here's what's seen from the aisle.
And here's looking across the fire house, and a little elevated.
And two views down mainstreet.
Verdict… It clearly fits and actually makes a nice kit-sized structure. It will look nice with the 3D relief of store windows, set back doors and cornice/corbel details.
I also printed out a scaled pattern to serve as a guide for assembling the Hardware Store front windows. I tested the fit here and it was the correct width.
Last thing I did was complete the mods to the 3D printed store-front sills. I added the Tamiya filler and will let it fully cure overnight. After finishing, the adding styrene pieces will not be seen. I will be attaching the window assemblies to these parts. I probably will epoxy the sills onto the building wall first so I can get accurate height measures for the window framing.
I also had to stop at the body shop during my trip today. When bringing my car into the carriage the last time, I just bumped my mirror on the garage door frame and made a mental note that I was very close on the right side and to pay attention on the way out. I didn't! On the way my mirror was hyper-extended with a loud "Crunch". This was the seond time I did this with this particular mirror. The first time it cracked the plastic housing and I was able to sort of snap it back together so it was functional… not perfect… just functional. This time I did the whole job. Mirror was shattered and hanging on my the two wires for the defroster heating. The mirror is sort of old school without the blind spot passing senors and that kept the price to just annoying, not horrific. Total job will be $313. Parts were $193.
What's amazing is you can get a new right-side mirror for an Acura TL Type-S in the correct Carbon Bronze color. My wife asked me if we could find a used one. I think the odds are slim, but it could be possible. I'd still need them to install it since I have no idea about how to manipulate door panels on modern cars.
