Large Scale Central

Ritters True Value Hardware

Modeling
#1

I’s made with 1/2 Azec fascia board with a slight cedar frame as the material does bow a bit. The windows are acrylic and trim is PVC sheets. The sign board and freize(overhang) is trimplank. The roof is removeable so my kid can play with it and I can do interior if I want. I did change up the building design a bit but pleased with the results

#2

Almost makes me wanna go in a buy sumthin…:wink:

#3

Andy must have sent you the wrong meds what with all the new additions. Did SWMBO cede you a land grant. Really looks sharp. Your town is coming along.

Dave

#4

Very nice!

#5

Looks good.
I like how you’ve chosen to model buildings local to you.
I bet it’s a hit with the locals who see your RR.
Ralph

#6
David Russell said:
[i][/i]I did change up the building design a bit but pleased with the results
Yours looks better than the original :D

What’s that little shop on the right in the bottom picture ???

#7

I’m a bit confused by the original pic. Is that 2 or 3 pics you stitched together?
What’s going on the second floor on the right with the partial windows?
and what’s going on with the 3rd floor. Are those apartments for little people? :lol:

-Brian

#8

That looks nice, David. I like the design changes you made from the original.

#9

heyyyyyyyy Daviddddddddd… Nice building… I have to agree with Bruce, I like the changes to the original, too… But you did capture the essense and flavor of the original building… :slight_smile:

#10

It’s not a “Hardware Store” unless it:

  1. Smells like grass seed.
  2. Has narrow isles between shelves stacked floor to ceiling with all sorts of interesting things.
  3. Has a beat up old counter in the back.

So I can’t tell from the outside if it’s a real hardware store.

#11
Tom Ruby said:
It's not a "Hardware Store" unless it:
  1. Smells like grass seed.
  2. Has narrow isles between shelves stacked floor to ceiling with all sorts of interesting things.
  3. Has a beat up old counter in the back.

So I can’t tell from the outside if it’s a real hardware store.


And ya can’t find what you’re looking for and ask the owner and he takes you downstairs to a dirty dusty corner of the basement and asks “How many ya need?”…:wink:

#12
Ken Brunt said:
Tom Ruby said:
It's not a "Hardware Store" unless it:
  1. Smells like grass seed.
  2. Has narrow isles between shelves stacked floor to ceiling with all sorts of interesting things.
  3. Has a beat up old counter in the back.

So I can’t tell from the outside if it’s a real hardware store.


And ya can’t find what you’re looking for and ask the owner and he takes you downstairs to a dirty dusty corner of the basement and asks “How many ya need?”…:wink:

I miss our local true value hardware store down the road from me. It was one of those that had everything including dusty boxes from the 70’s. What a great place it was. If no one else had a product I was looking for I could always count on true value to have it. They even had a decent selection of trains from N scale to G scale. A few years ago the owner retired and tractor supply bought the building. Oh well those were the days.

#13

Jon, That building in the corner is yours! Brian, Yes the 3rd floor is rented out to circus midgets, actually there are several building in the town that have small doormer style windows and actually there is about 6’ of space floor to ceiling. No I didn’t mend any pics together …that is the real structure. Ralph, many of the locals don’t even know I built them yet! I’m sure the word will travel soon enough but I kinda enjoy keeping it quiet if ya’ know what I mean;) Tom, The hardware store is real…very real and quite a treasure in town. It has everything the big box stores don’t and then some. Plus I can walk to it! Now to replace those Aristo buildings with some more structures in town.

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#14

Susan’s 30-year-old blender broke, and she figured she’d have to toss it. There were two ‘real’ hardware stores in town, so I was sure I could find the part. At lunch, I walked into the Tru-Value and showed the lady the broken part. She looked at it, paused a minute, and said, “Try across the street.”

So I walked over to the Ace, showed her the broken part, and she said, “I have one of those.” $5 and Susan’s old blender was working fine.

#15
David Russell said:
Jon, That building in the corner is yours! [i][/i]
Cool :D I thought it was only going to be a front. I guess there's a road trip to Mechanicsburg in my future :D

I’ll probably be driving by in early October on the way to EBT for their Fall Spectacular, If I don’t get a chance sooner.

So what are you going to let me give you in Barter ?

#16

COOL!!! Just need the wheelbarrows and mowers out front!!

#17

Jon Radder said:

David Russell said:
Jon, That building in the corner is yours! [i]

Cool :smiley: I thought it was only going to be a front. I guess there’s a road trip to Mechanicsburg in my future :smiley: I’ll probably be driving by in early October on the way to EBT for their Fall Spectacular, If I don’t get a chance sooner. So what are you going to let me give you in Barter ?

BEER… I’m still waiting for the newness to wear off on the younger train enthusiast.(which will be soon as now he has a hardware store to play with.

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#18

That’s too cool :smiley: :smiley: I think it fits just fine in your town. No hurry to take away enjoyment from your enthusiast :slight_smile:

Jeeze, I wish I could fit in-between buildings like that :o

#19

That looks terrific and it’s really shaping up the town. We have a local hardware store that’s been there since the 30s. When we first bought our house I went in there looking for a plumbing part, wasn’t sure what size. The owner asked me where I lived, and when I told him he pointed to the part and said “oh, this is the size you need.” He was absolutely right. The guy started working there before our house was built–in 1949!