{"id":549,"date":"2014-12-26T06:34:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T12:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davesdecals.com\/?p=549"},"modified":"2015-03-21T22:47:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T03:47:07","slug":"smallville-usa-rix-products-tina-tart-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesdecals.com\/?p=549","title":{"rendered":"(SOLD) SMALLVILLE USA (RIX PRODUCTS) TINA TART SHOP"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t plan on writing a review of this kits so I didn’t not wake content and progress photos.<\/p>\n

Anyway, this is the first Smallville USA Kit from Rix Product<\/a> 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\u00a0mullion 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<\/a>\u00a0windows. \u00a0The 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.<\/p>\n

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