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Hi Everyone

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Yesterday I completed a kit from Micro Structures and wanted to share my results. ?It’s a fun kit to build and I was able to assemble and paint it in just one day. ?I imagine it would have come out better if more time was granted, but I was watching Eastwood’s The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and I was on a roll.

This is a brass etched kit in Z scale of the Mid State Bank.? It represents a bank on a street corner. ?Now the villains on my layout have something new to rob. ?The kit comes with one page of written instructions, and one page of isometric drawings. ?I mostly just followed the drawings for reference. ?The etched brass pieces are very clean and come off their spurs easily with small rail nippers. ?I used a small file to cleanly remove any excess material.

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Per the instructions, I used a small pair of long needle nose pliers (smooth jaws) to make the brass bends. ?All painting was done with a small flat brush using acrylic paints. ?The instructions recommend air brushing, but I was too lazy to do that. ?I enjoy hand painting.

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Painted the windows titanium white, the mortar with burnt umbra, the roof bone black, and the rest of the building in titan buff. ?The mortar was painted roughly and excess removed with a paper towel. ?The stone brick were lightly covered with a flat brush. ?It all came out to my liking.

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The instructions suggests using crazy glue for assembly, but I had run out and was having too much fun watching Eastwood blowing up a bridge with Duco. ?Hence, I used 5 minute epoxy. ? Worked great.

Here’s a photo of the completed kit taken yesterday. ?Initially, I had reservations with building a brass kit, but once into it, it was a lot of fun to build. ?I think that airbrushing might have yielded better results, but for a hand painting, I thought it came out pretty well.? Also, if I had air brushed it, would it not have covered the brick mortar lines?? Thoughts?

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I recommend this kit and give it two thumbs up.

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Cheers!

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Jim Schulz

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PS… it doesn’t actually take a whole day to complete this kit.? It took one movie of “The Good, the Bad, and the ugly” (it’s a long movie), and one movie of “The Goonies”, to complete this kit.? Ya gotta love the classics!

Looks great!
Tom K.


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Tom K.

Thank you, Jim, for the photos and review of both the bank and bulldozer.? They both look amazing!? I also love to watch movies while I work on projects.? Goonies was a great choice!? If you happen to be into sci-fi, next time try the show "Eureka".? :-)

Being new to z-scale myself, I feel that is a great price for a bulldozer of that great quality.? I'll definitely have to look into that brand when I get back to trying to build my suitcase layout.


Sandra Bejster
Dearborn, MI

If you happen to be into sci-fi, next time try the show "Eureka".? :-)

Thanks Sandra! ?I too enjoy the show “Eureka”. ?Fun and fascinating show. ?And you can string them together for those long model building sessions. ?:-)

Looks great!
Tom K.

Thanks Tom!


Jim Schulz