ICG/SOU
HO & O (3-rail) trainman
So I redesigned part of my layout to accommodate more of a downtown, and recently picked up the DPM kit "The Other Corner Cafe". I took it out of the package last night so I could get it ready for painting (painting the interior black) and was disappointed.
I knew from here that the DPM kits need some fitting, but this one needs a lot of it. The edges of the walls are square or mitered or anything. So to get stuff to fit square, I'll have to remove and reshape the edges. The corner door doesn't fit dimensionally either in height (too long) or in shape to the walls. Besides not having notches, guide pieces, etc. my greatest shock was NO ROOF.
I just put the Pikestuff Atkinson Engine Facility together, so I know that many kits don't have foundations or floors, or window glazing, but NO ROOF?
Are the GOLD Series kits any better? I'm looking at the Entertainment District one, but if it is missing the roof or some other essential piece of construction, then I'll keep shopping.
I knew from here that the DPM kits need some fitting, but this one needs a lot of it. The edges of the walls are square or mitered or anything. So to get stuff to fit square, I'll have to remove and reshape the edges. The corner door doesn't fit dimensionally either in height (too long) or in shape to the walls. Besides not having notches, guide pieces, etc. my greatest shock was NO ROOF.
I just put the Pikestuff Atkinson Engine Facility together, so I know that many kits don't have foundations or floors, or window glazing, but NO ROOF?
Are the GOLD Series kits any better? I'm looking at the Entertainment District one, but if it is missing the roof or some other essential piece of construction, then I'll keep shopping.