Left corner of Woolworth store
From this view you can more clearly see my Woolworth sign in spite of the disappointingly poor contrast between red and gold. That color combo works but not with this particular decal set. In the future I will plant some large Ponderosa Pines on the left side of Woolworth to help hide the end of my planned background / scene divider. On my layout, you'll never see this scene from this angle because it is about two feet into the interior of my town.
This is a kit from Design Preservation Models that they call the "Roadkill Cafe" that I built in the 1990's but didn't detail until recently. Originally I intended for it to be a small town hardware store. After I added my scratchbuilt one story hardware store to the town of Cimarron, I decided to make this a 5 & 10 store of some kind. Well into the 1960's various small 5 & 10 stores such as FW Woolworth, SS Kresge, T G & Y, and Ben Franklin were common, especially in small towns, but bigger ones served the cities. I made mine a Woolworth because they seemed to be better known, and I did shop there during my grade school years.
Online research indicates that most Woolworth locations used a lot of red trim and usually had red signs with gold letters. Unfortunately, the gold Microscale decals don't show up very well, so I may have to replace this sign later on. After painting the window trim, I added glazing and crude "interiors" cut out from catalogs. I couldn't find any retail interiors the right size, so I opted for colored printing that looks like curtains or floral displays. The trees are made from Woodland Scenics kits. The building is mounted on a styrene base that also includes my Grand Hotel to the right and an alley that leads to a small rear parking lot.
The car is a 1950 De Soto sedan from Mini Metals. You'll see more of those on my streets in the future.
Left corner of Woolworth store
From this view you can more clearly see my Woolworth sign in spite of the disappointingly poor contrast between red and gold. That color combo works but not with this particular decal set. In the future I will plant some large Ponderosa Pines on the left side of Woolworth to help hide the end of my planned background / scene divider. On my layout, you'll never see this scene from this angle because it is about two feet into the interior of my town.
This is a kit from Design Preservation Models that they call the "Roadkill Cafe" that I built in the 1990's but didn't detail until recently. Originally I intended for it to be a small town hardware store. After I added my scratchbuilt one story hardware store to the town of Cimarron, I decided to make this a 5 & 10 store of some kind. Well into the 1960's various small 5 & 10 stores such as FW Woolworth, SS Kresge, T G & Y, and Ben Franklin were common, especially in small towns, but bigger ones served the cities. I made mine a Woolworth because they seemed to be better known, and I did shop there during my grade school years.
Online research indicates that most Woolworth locations used a lot of red trim and usually had red signs with gold letters. Unfortunately, the gold Microscale decals don't show up very well, so I may have to replace this sign later on. After painting the window trim, I added glazing and crude "interiors" cut out from catalogs. I couldn't find any retail interiors the right size, so I opted for colored printing that looks like curtains or floral displays. The trees are made from Woodland Scenics kits. The building is mounted on a styrene base that also includes my Grand Hotel to the right and an alley that leads to a small rear parking lot.
The car is a 1950 De Soto sedan from Mini Metals. You'll see more of those on my streets in the future.