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City Classics Route 22 Diner
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Fri September 19, 2008
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7.0
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supersize
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Description:
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Serving fine food to truck drivers, travelers, and workers coming on and off shifts in industrial areas, diners like this one became common sites in the 1940s, and many are still going strong today. This easy-to-build plastic kit includes the "stainless steel" diner, a concrete block kitchen addition, a free-standing sign and easy to follow directions.
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Keywords:
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city classics diner
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jbaakko
Diesel Detail Freak
Registered: June 2005
Location: San Diego, CA / Hancock, MI
Posts: 7294
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Review Date: Mon January 7, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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Looks great, perfect sized
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Cons:
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poorly molded walls, un-square edges, very thick walls
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I like the way this kit looks now that its built. I would not call it a great kit though.
All the walls are VERY thick (we're talking about 1' in HO scale!), which is fine for a brick wall, but not the thin sheet metal of the main diner.
All of the walls had un-square edges, that require a large amount of filing, so that when assembled they butt against each other smoothly.
The interior is void of details, which is expected, however the floor is raised up a bit, they could have at least included a floor sheet. Any current era modelers will have to scratch build a handicapped ramp!
Signs are OK, I'll be using micro neon like signs, so I didn't install them.
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Josh
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DirtyD79
Travelling Sadist
Registered: April 2007
Location: Pittsburgh,PA
Posts: 69
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Review Date: Fri September 19, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Looks nice, easy construction
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Cons:
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very thick walls
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This is one of those structures that can fit in just about any layout from the 1940s to the present. It was a really simple build and didn't take too much time although I decided to paint the building with chrome spraypaint to help give it that prefab metal look.
Included in the kit are a whole page of signs with 4 different names for the business. I wish they would have included the venetian blinds as pictured though as the interior is completely empty and a raised floor makes scratchbuilding a base and interior a challenge.
I can easily picture this building along a desolate highway or as a surviving business in an older part of town.
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