Showcase Miniatures - 114 - Commercial Structures - Phillip's Feed & Seed

Specific Item Information: This structure is designed to stand out as the focal point of your siding and can serve well in both the steam and the diesel eras. (Early 1900s to current). This model requires about 7 inches by 2 3/4 inches (footprint) on your layout. As you can see in the photo, this structure is loaded with architectural style and detail parallel to none. Skill Level 3 - previous kit building experience recommended High definition laser engraved siding, brick, and planking Precision laser cut doors and windows High definition graphics Peel and stick trim and roofing Slot and tab connecting corners for easy assembly

Model Information: Precision laser cut parts including peel-and-stick backed windows for easy assembly. Pewter metal casting details.

Road Name History: Commercial structures are any buildings or other man-made structures whose principal purpose is trade. These can be high-rise officer towers, gas stations or fruit stands. Any structure where end-user customers come to buy things from sellers of that product or service are consider commercial structures.

This group will therefore include quite large as well as quite small buildings. Models of these buildings might be kits or pre-assembled. They might be painted or undecorated. They might come with a host of accessories and figures or they might be fairly Spartan.

Brand/Importer Information: Founded by Joe Warren, in Cherry Valley, California, in 1995, Showcase Miniatures manufactures high quality cast pewter metal, etched brass, and/or laser cut wood model railroad structures, vehicles, and accessories in HO, N, and Z Scale. Moved to Tuskegee, Alabama in 2012, Walter Vail is Showcase Miniatures current owner and product designer. In developing new products, Walter employs different methods such as hand sculpting and the use of 3D computer software. Crafted by a master modeler, who has had his scratch-built science fiction models featured in Kalmbach Publishing's FineScale Modeler magazine, and previously designed products for businesses such as C-in-C Soft Metal Castings, FASA, GHQ, and Ral-Partha Enterprises, the high quality detail exhibited in every Showcase Miniatures product is certainly not a coincidence.