I decided since I couldn't get it weathertight enough to survive outside anyway, that I wanted to salvage most of the windows from the garden center greenhouse for another project.
Which left me with just the ends and the floor in my junkbox.
While re-arranging the village this spring I found myself with a small (6" x 8") corner lot that just begged for a tiny building. due to the size the choice was pretty much newsstand or produce. I chose the latter. I don't have a whole lot of left over plexi sheet, but I did have a largish assortment of boxcar doors (Delton, Kalamazoo, New bright), soooooooo.......
In real life, a building is usually constructed to fit the space. Model Railroaders, OTOH, usually modify the space to fit the building. This building was planned to fit the space, and does so almost perfectly.
So, who is Martha? She is a really sweet woman that I had the worst crush on back in high school... and who now happens to be good friends with Kim... (a bit awkward that, once in a while, but mostly it's really nice... I sometimes get to have lunch with TWO adorable women, and don't get slapped!) Our friend Martha has this huge heart housed in a tiny body. At a guess, she's about 4'6" in her stockings. Unfortunately, I just don't have, nor could I find, a figure that would do her justice. For now, the Lemax teen salvaged from the greenhouse repainted as a brunette, will have to be "good enough"... even though it doesn't have her curly hair, or her room brightening smile.
Which left me with just the ends and the floor in my junkbox.
While re-arranging the village this spring I found myself with a small (6" x 8") corner lot that just begged for a tiny building. due to the size the choice was pretty much newsstand or produce. I chose the latter. I don't have a whole lot of left over plexi sheet, but I did have a largish assortment of boxcar doors (Delton, Kalamazoo, New bright), soooooooo.......
In real life, a building is usually constructed to fit the space. Model Railroaders, OTOH, usually modify the space to fit the building. This building was planned to fit the space, and does so almost perfectly.
So, who is Martha? She is a really sweet woman that I had the worst crush on back in high school... and who now happens to be good friends with Kim... (a bit awkward that, once in a while, but mostly it's really nice... I sometimes get to have lunch with TWO adorable women, and don't get slapped!) Our friend Martha has this huge heart housed in a tiny body. At a guess, she's about 4'6" in her stockings. Unfortunately, I just don't have, nor could I find, a figure that would do her justice. For now, the Lemax teen salvaged from the greenhouse repainted as a brunette, will have to be "good enough"... even though it doesn't have her curly hair, or her room brightening smile.
