N scale Engine Company 65 firehouse, laser cut kit

[John]

You could also just sell the front facade ... so people can fit it into a metro scene like the proto

[rail and tie]

Very nicely done!!  Fantastic detail packed into this kit.

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[American Archetype]

Thanks guys. We may look at selling just facades with future kits, but I think one will most likely remain a full structure. We have multiple designs in development, so we'll keep it in mind as we do additional ones.

[peteski]

Thanks guys. We may look at selling just facades with future kits, but I think one will most likely remain a full structure. We have multiple designs in development, so we'll keep it in mind as we do additional ones.

I know that you are using thin plywood (not those fragile basswood sheets used by some other laser kit manufacturers), but is there a possibility that you could make those parts from either laser board or even some kind of plastic like acrylic or styrene?  Those are more stable and easier to work with than wood.

[American Archetype]

It is laserboard. The original post was incorrect. So the "core" (which is completed covered) is wood. The rest of the structure "layers" are laserboard.

[American Archetype]

The Engine Company 65 kit from American Archetype is now in stock and shipping. http://www.americanarchetypemodels.com/product/n-scale-firehouse-engine-company-65/

[OldEastRR]

Now we could brownstones, and corner stores ....

[American Archetype]

We're working on a few things that are a little more multi-purpose than the firehouse. No brownstones at the moment but we do have a corner building and a cast iron facade structure in the works. Corner one is based on a building in Philadelphia and the cast iron from Tribeca.