I have built the first of three businesses that will be added to my street. This structure is a cigar store. It is fairly small and has the wooden cigar store Indian that was frequently displayed outside cigar stores. Both my wife and I recall seeing these in the past. The store owner is also standing on the store front platform holding a cigar in his hand.
The Indian was a cast metal figure that I modified and repainted.
The above view shows the side with several cigar signs. The other side is plain wood as it will attach to the next building.
And here is a view of the rear.
Smoking is a bad habit and extremely unhealthy but was prevalent in the 1930's. My father was a heavy smoker most of his life. In his later years he developed serious health problems related to his smoking.
At the same time I was building the cigar store I assembled a SS Ltd cast metal truck kit with modifications.
As I have previously stated, SS Ltd kits have great detail parts but lousy instructions. I have had this kit sitting on the shelf for many years. I modified the cab using some kit parts and some other materials including a front window. I added a simple wood rear platform and will probably add a load later.
No comments:
Post a Comment