I finished today the Marshall's Huts I bought at Gaydon a fortnight ago. The laser-cutting technology increasingly used for wargaming buildings over recent years is now available for slot car buildings from MHS Model Products. This package contains two flat packed huts and a good variety of advertising stickers.
A knife is required to cut the last little bits that hold the pieces in the frame and a quick bit of sanding to smooth the edge where those cuts are made. The huts then very quickly press together with a little bit of PVA to hold it all firm.
At a push, the huts could be used like this, particularly as the stickers cover the brown edges in the staircase and where floor panel meets the walls, but they really needed a couple of coats of white primer to look their best. Some of the stickers in the pack were for lesser known (in the UK) American oil companies so I chose the Gulf colours for one, and Martini for the other - both big sponsors in racing around the world. The pack didn't include any large Martini stickers for the sides of the hut so I printed those out myself. The finished articles:
In place on the layout...
...squeezed into the very few places left around the track where they'd fit. Very little space left to fill now!
A knife is required to cut the last little bits that hold the pieces in the frame and a quick bit of sanding to smooth the edge where those cuts are made. The huts then very quickly press together with a little bit of PVA to hold it all firm.
At a push, the huts could be used like this, particularly as the stickers cover the brown edges in the staircase and where floor panel meets the walls, but they really needed a couple of coats of white primer to look their best. Some of the stickers in the pack were for lesser known (in the UK) American oil companies so I chose the Gulf colours for one, and Martini for the other - both big sponsors in racing around the world. The pack didn't include any large Martini stickers for the sides of the hut so I printed those out myself. The finished articles:
In place on the layout...
...squeezed into the very few places left around the track where they'd fit. Very little space left to fill now!
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