Building Tucker & Cook by South River Modelworks Pt.4

About few weeks ago I started thinking of what vehicles to use on my Tucker & Cook diorama. I came to conclusion that the best fit would be 1920s era Jordans. I got to Walthers web site to check if there was any sale going on and noticed that quite a number of them weren't in stock with unknown delivery date. I am not sure what does it mean. Does it mean that Jordan vehicles are out of production forever or if they are being produced in runs? It was hard to get most of Preiser unpainted figure sets for about two years until they made another production run. I hope it is the case. Meanwhile I scooped up some of the last available at reasonable price from a online retailer. Don't look for them there because they are gone.
I am still waiting for the evening when I don't feel like building anything to move buildings around and come up with idea for diorama. I've been in go, go, go mode for the past few months and I have at least two good reasons for that. As for now take a look at individual buildings.

Where do the structures I build go Pt.4

FOS L. Baker's Produce kit sold for $290 on Ebay last night. That is absolutely crazy. Someone could have bought 4 kits from Doug directly and could have had $10 left in the pocket. Unless this is some kind money laundering scheme...
I hope to post few updates after this weekend. For now I have few progress pictures of the layout I have been posting about. I am kind of tired to refer to it as that layout though. I need ask for the name.

Building The Magic Shop by FOS Scale Models Pt. N + 1

I have a little collection of pictures of George Sellios' Franklin and South Manchester model railroad. Once in awhile I go over them to look for details I have missed, or figure out the location of particular building, or find out if I have photos of all four sides of particular building. Every time the building across the street from Stuffy's Brewery catches my eye, but all pictures I have show mostly the back side and very little of the front. All I can see that it has some kind of porch. Then couple of days ago someone one the forums mentioned Brambell kit. George incorporates most his pilot models into his layout so I thought why I didn't see Brambell there. It has such character that I would have never missed it. Here is the thing. It is not all there or at least not in one place. The building I was wanting to see the front off is main Brambell kit structure. One puzzle solved and many more lay ahead. One of them is how does the far side Franklin station look like.
As far as my projects go I have finished every bit of Tucker and Cook kit except for a fence. I don't want to make it since I don't know how my diorama will look like. This is the reason I have it on back burner for now. I don't want to make it just like pilot diorama or like what Jaime is doing. I want to do something at least a little different. So I have switched to the Magic Shop. I know what I want to do with it except for few detail pieces. I'll figure them as I go. What is new is that for the base I am using gatorfoam this time. This is where I am at at the moment.

Building The Waterfront by Bulders in Scale Pt.5

I am convinced the cannery should have been the dessert of this build. Clearly it is most interesting structure of all three. It turns out I ate my dessert before the main course. I still need to finish few little things to complete the kit but I can smell the end already. If everything turns out as planned then I will start preparing for shipping this weekend. The warehouse is still work in progress but here are the pictures of the first two finished buildings.