Making Cisco Mercantile, part 3

: looking from northeast

: looking from northwest

: the north elevation

I’m trying to duplicate the whole town of Cisco, Utah in N scale. Here, I represent the making of Cisco Mercantile.

Here are the results of my work. I finally added the canopy to prevent demolishing during the work. The prototype canopy must also be a later addition, as it covers the vintage ice cream advertisement on the brick wall. Faded red and blue paints on window panels, might be also a later addition, are of homemade decals.

There seemed the letters “GENERAL MERCHANDISING” on the large billboard above. But the letters were almost faded out in the 1978 photo and couldn’t find the fonts used. So, I left it blank.

: looking through the facade window

: cafe interior

Mr. Cowger and his customer in the cafe are the Woodland Scenic products. They were placed meeting their gazes to make a lively conversation. I added two coffee urns referring Edward Hopper’s painting “Nighthawks” to show this is a cafe.
Chair in front of the cafe is a Gold Medal Models product. Coors neon sign on the window is a homemade decal applied from the inside. Mosquito net on the door is made of clear decal sheet.


後から設けられたと思われる庇を最後に取り付け完成させた。腰壁の赤／青の塗り分けは自家製デカールによる。建物正面上部には「GENERAL MERCHANDISING」と書いてあったようだが、1978年撮影の写真ではほとんど消えてしまっていて、書体など不明なので空けておくことにした。

フィギュアはWoodland Scenic製品、店の前の椅子はGold Medal Modelsのキットを組んだものである。フィギュアの目線を合うように配置すると、ふたりの間で会話があるように見える。窓にあるCoorsのネオンサインは、自家製デカールを内側から貼り表現した。室内に突き出している真鍮線はLEDの接点である。