What??? No cat in the box??? How did she ever get out???

No, seriously ... in fact I had a hard time keeping her out of the box when I packed it!

Gary, glad you like the structures and I’d feel honored if you’d put my humble attempts at scratch building on your layout. Like Stein said, it is so much better to see them used on a great layout like yours than to have them stored away ... and two of the structures still need to be painted – glad that I don’t have to do that .

biL, with your background, sure you’d recognize that name. Isn’t it a shame that a chain of home improvement stores like Loewe’s or Home Depot borrowed this famous name?

AH! Yes!

The Bauhaus is where Industrial Design was born! Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, Wassily Kandinsky ... all the great designers of what is considered today to be "Classic Contemporary Design" taught at The Bauhaus! It's where the phrases "Less is More" and "Form follows Function" were born.

I, too, will be looking forward to seeing Kurt's buildings "planted" and rising from the ground on Gary's layout! And I'm sticking to the notion that it was the orangie brick building with the covered stoop on the end (V&C Ornamental Supply) that had a cat sitting just outside the door!

This exchange is the quintessential example of the unselfishness of the great membership at Big Blue at The-Gauge! No where else would you find this type of shipping of completed structures from one member to another, not to mention from one country to another!

P5se Camelback Wrote:And I'm sticking to the notion that it was the orangie brick building with the covered stoop on the end (V&C Ornamental Supply) that had a cat sitting just outside the door!

You are right, that cat got smuggled in. I suppose it is still sitting on the doorstep! Well, I was thinking of our much bigger and much more lively version that tried to get into the package when I packed it .

Gary, in case you want to add some shades or hang some curtains in that small house, you can not only remove the roof, you can pull out the floor as well.

Although I knew the tiny kitty was sitting on the doorstep of the ornamental iron shop, it completely went over my head when DocWayne mentioned the cat.... so, the real answer is, "Yes, Kurt did ship one of his cats to me in the box!" Geez, I completely missed the fun in that one. :oops:

Found that the roof was removable, but did not realize that the floor was removable too. That'll be handy. Alsom the way you did the interiors is very cool. And when I get to the point of wroking on structures, I have to find the thick cardstock you use, because the buildings are so very solid. I love the heft and feel of the buildings. On that note, what kind of glue do you use on the cardstock?

On the unpainted buildings, I know that at least one of them was built from the prototype and I will be using your photos as a guide.

And Kurt, rest assured that the buildings will have a place of honor on my layout! And you say "humble attempts" at scratchbuilding? These things are awesome!

Gary---you're a lucky man ---now you know how I feel when I get an opportunity to purchase Doctor Wayne's treasures---Kurt's buildings are going to look fantastic on your beautiful layout

Isn't this the most AWESOME hobby ever? A while ago when I was planning my current layout I decoded that due to the locatio I was modeling I needed to have a cement plant. I had no luck in finding the Walthers one available ANYWHERE. However an extremely generous fellow modeler offered me his already built one. There's no doubt it will occupy a place of honor - the entirepenninsula on the right side of my layout is ALL cement plant, plus I have aquired a bachmann 44-tonner to use as a plant switcher - it's currently lettered for PRR but I plan to paint that out, letter it for Lehigh Portland Cement, and give it a name, not just a number, as a way of tribute for this incredibly generous person who shipped me an entire cement plant.
I'm sure there are a few bad apples out there, as in any 'group'. But the vast majority of model railroaders, including everyone I have ever met, are all good people. I am proud to call myself a model railroader.

--Randy

What a great package to receive! I like how even the cat is excited!

Gary, both of the unpainted buildings were built from a prototype. Here are pics of both structures from Google Street View:

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Kurt, I just came back in from the train room to find and copy the photos from your thread. Thanks for giving me these. I'll save them for when I get around to doing the paint. Now, the pressure is on because I have to make the paint meet the standards that you have shown us!