This is my version of Downtown Deco’s Addams Ave Part III kit, it’s made from hydrocal (plaster) and comes with assorted signage and stuff that I opted not to use. Most of the detail parts I made and the decals are from my line. The fire escape is from Tichy, one of the ladders is from Central and the short roof pipe is from Walthers Roof Detail kit. Overall not a bad kit you just have to be careful since it’s plaster you could break it, best to glue it up with Epoxy and to prime it before painting. There is no building divider between the buildings, I used some foam board topped with masking tape. Hand painted in acrylics and sealed with flat clear sealer.
I didn’t plan on writing a review of this kits so I didn’t not wake content and progress photos.
Anyway, this is the first Smallville USA Kit from Rix Product in Evansville, Indiana that I’ve built. This wasn’t a bad little kits but it did have it’s problems – overall it assembles like any DPM kit, 4 walls and a roof. Flashing was minimal and drift edge were to be as expected. The walls are a little thinner I like, so you don’t have as much contact area to support the walls and you make want to add some styrene rod in the corners for better results. It did come with a balcony which I thought was a little small and the balcony floor a little to thick … to meaty, the building itself seemed a little under-size for HO, but in scale modeling there are two sizes … “scale size” and “actual size” which generally means don’t be a rivet counter. The detail was OK, the brick could have had a little more definition and the window mullion were WAY to thick to the point that they looked more like prison bars. I may cut these out on future builds and use Ticky Train windows. The kit comes with printed and laminated paper signage and window dressing which I opted not to use as it was a little to ‘toy-like/cheesy’ in appearance, so instead I used clear plastic and dressed it a little myself with the thickness of the windows mullions you can’t see the window ‘glass’ anyway. So I’m giving it a 6.5 out of 10. I’ve built far worse kits and I’ve built far better, but for it’s price point ($16.95) it is more than acceptable and yields good results.
This is a DPM Kelly’s Saloon on the left and Rix’s Tina’s Tart Shop on the right. Kelly’s Saloon is one of DPM’s smallest kits.
This is DPM’s B. Moore Company Kit weathered out and details with a number of small add-ons to get it a little more life. All of the decals sets are mine.
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All of these sets are printed on white waterslide paper and are 4X5″ with a 1/4″ boarder. So the printed area is 3.5″ X 4.5″ – naturally the watermark doe not appear on the finished product.
Here is a building that I’ve made full side decals for each one. I choose to leave the back as if they decided not to remodel it or they ran out of money … either tends to be the case in the real world. A few additive have been put on like the security lights, a/c unit, and extra roof vents. All the decals are custom made Deve’s Decals and are available for sale in my online store.
