Minis On The Edge Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Here are the pictures of the 1/2" scale Victorian store by Mcgreedy Emporium. It has lots of windows for sure!! I may bash this and make it a house. This has a flat roof right now but I was thinking of adding a 3rd floor. <_< Does anyone have a picture of this house finished? I have not seen one yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovecats Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 OOOOOO I like that! Awesome kit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Ooo, Tracy! I LIKE this one, any chance you'll be selling the kit from your site, or is it still being made? It reminds me of some of the apartment houses we saw in downtown San Francisco (I shudder to think of what it would cost to replace those curvedtower windows in the real ones), you could add two more levels to the building & tower and leave the roof flat & put a landscaped garden up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 No I won't be selling this one I got it for like $10 last year after looking at it in a shop for about 3 years. The shop closed and she had it priced at about $35 and she gave it to me for either $10 or $15. I was so excited I can't remember the name of the company that took over Mcgreedy houses but the queen anne is one of them too. I think I am gonna paper clay it. It rememinds me of some of the older shop buildings in chicago. San Francisco style is very similar too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doogster Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 How is 1/2" to work with, there are a few I've seen that I like, actually I think you sell them Tracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 1/2" scale is harder to work with than the 1/4th scale to me. I don't know why but it it. 144th scale is imposible to me though. I like the 1/2" scale designs by woodcraft assembly but you really need to decorate as you build (Wallpaper, electrify etc). They go together in 3 hours though if you are not decorating it. You build by number and it's okay but sometime around 116 you get lost if you stop It's great for people who don't like to read instructions and for kids. My daughter Rachel can put the wood craft assembly kits together cause it is all by number. Some people don't like them while others do so I guess it will depend on wood & instruction preferance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 You build by number and it's okay but sometime around 116 you get lost if you stop Doesn't sound like much fun if you're into bashing... I was thinking I'd need to add some rooms when I build the Fantasy Villa. Guess I'll try the Fairfield first (when I get there). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 Another thing to add more rooms to this is to do it in a base like what I did to the haunted house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless1 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Oooooooh my goodness! Serious case of lust for that kit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 I bought it already assembled but I wish I had put it together. I am sure that the box had a picture of the store already dressed up and finished. Oh well, I never see them on ebay either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 I just remembered the name of the company that owns the rights to the Queen Anne and this victorian shoppe. There website is http://www.oakridgehobbies.com Now, the kits are still not in production any more but if they come back I think it will be under there new name now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Serious case of lust for that kit! Wende, I'll bet you know just which (stone exterior) apartment building it reminds me of, too! Thanks for the link, Tracy, do you think if enough of us begged, they'd think about reissuing the kits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 I know they do still have the schematics because I was missing a part and they volunteered to cut one out and send it to me. The store I bought it from found it so I did not need it. They are also the makers of the Queen Anne according to the lady I talked to that time. I say let's ask because it can't hurt, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Hi, Tracy! Your McGreedy Emporium Store looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPCullen Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Lovely! Where's mine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 I say let's ask because it can't hurt, right? I did. Their email addy wasn't clickable, I had to do a bit of right-clicking & copying before it'd let me paste, but my request for reissuing the 1:24 kits is in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted June 6, 2006 Author Share Posted June 6, 2006 I know a couple of years ago there was talk about the Queen Anne being re-released but it did not happen . I need to buy some house works windows doors and stairs for it. It does have a lot of potential Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doogster Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Well, this thread reminded me that Marg and I had been thinking of the 1/2" scale Castle and Fantasy Villa, checked Tracy's Ebay store, saw the special on both as a package with free shipping, and snared it on the spot. So now 2 1/2" scale kits will be heading to Utah. Both are great, and while the stairs in the Villa eat up a lot of room they are too cool to leave out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted June 6, 2006 Author Share Posted June 6, 2006 The stairs look a little bulky for 1/2" scale but all you need is a knief to cut them down to size (I know, more work which is why I omit them LOL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Aha! I foresee finally using those filigree plastic fan wedding favors I snagged for "future projects" when I finally tackle the Villa. I'm still stitching the Aubusson for the diningroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doogster Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 I love the stairs in the Villa. And have to say I will be stealing your treatment of the Villa for the walls of the Castle. It has to be stone, love the various shades. Think there has to be a dragon there too. Maybe a griffin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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