Here are some unique new O-Scale building kits from River Leaf Models. My very good friend, Andre Garcia, has started this new venture providing high quality laser cut building kits for your layouts.
The first two kits - the Peerless Rooming House and the Norfolk & Western Freight Depot are nearly exact representations of actual historic railroad structures. The original Peerless Rooming house is located in Ashland, Oregon and served as a boarding house for Southern Pacific Railroad workers. The building has since been converted to the Peerless Hotel and operates today.
If anyone here is from Ohio (cough, cough) you may be familiar with the Norfolk & Western Freight Depot located in Norwood, Ohio.
Andre researched both buildings, gathering photos and constructing a laser cutting guide to duplicate these as exactly as possible based on the source material. On his website at www.riverleafmodels.us he shows photos of the original buildings and a Google map which may be used to navigate to street views of the Peerless Hotel.
The original Peerless Rooming House is shown below:
Andre’s representation:
The kit includes everything you need to build the structure as shown. The figures, lampost and vehicle are not included, although Andre makes amazing light posts from brass.
The walls are laser cut from 1/4" MDF with laser etched brick pattern which will easily accept mortar lines and weathering. The 1/4" MDF is super sturdy and Andre selected this material for durability and ability to be set up perfectly square using readily available materials - yellow carpenters glue, white glue or liquid nails.
The detail parts - windows and doors are plastic and basswood.
This would make an excellent downtown building and
