This suburban project is going to go on for quite some time. This installment: a Laser Art Structures kit, #617 Oxford House. As far as I can tell, they don't make these anymore, so you have to hunt around a little. They're laser-cut wood kits. As you can see, the final product is very nice. The pieces fit together with tabs, (very precisely - I hope you're paying attention, Walthers) and all you need is some Elmer's white glue to put it together. Some of the trim parts, as well as the windows, have a sticky backing. You do have to paint the pieces but I was able to just use spray paint (water based paints may warp the wood). This was a really nice kit to put together, until you got to some of the smaller details. That front awning was scary - you have to bend it, but if you bend too far and break it, there's no going back. The roofs are paper shingles that you cut and glue strip by strip, which is tedious but comes out nice. The windows have several layers to them, one on top of the next. All in all, it's probably not a kit for a beginner (though the walls fit together so nicely that it sometimes feels like it).
One little issue at the end - I trust the people at Laser Art Structures, and I trust the people at Walthers and Atlas. But when I put this house next to the previous two I've built so far, it looks off. Like this one is too small, or the other two are too big. Someone's off with their scaling. What I may have to do in the end is place the smaller ones in back, to give a sense of distance and perspective.
I have a couple more houses coming in from ebay, which should be enough. I have a couple other ideas past that to complete the scene, plus it's going to take a LOT of details - trees, lawns, sidewalks, driveways, fences, streetlights, fire hydrants, etc - to complete this. As I said in the beginning, it's going to go on for a long time.
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