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Thursday, March 19, 2026

The Roger Malinowski Tribute Part 4 - The Bakery, Calling it Done

I'm finally wrapping up this build. The weathering is pretty basic and there is no signage but since I don't have a layout ready for it I don't want to go any further with it. Since I don't know if this will be a foreground or a background building I have left myself an out by making the roof removable. If you look at the back you will see a spot on either side of the roof line where there is a gap in the trim. On top of that the smoke jack has been left removable. This way I can rotate the smoke jack out of the way and slide the roof out. Underneath the roof is the ceiling which slides straight out the back.

I managed to spill glue on the front windows and had gone ahead and installed them anyway. I then decided that I couldn't live with them like that and managed to pull them out. I cut four more and I was going to reinstall them when it struck me that it would be easier to put stuff in the front windows if I just left them off for now. So the four new panes of "glass" are currently residing in the "attic" and I'll install them when I'm ready to finish the building when its installed.

Here is what I ended up with.
My favorite 28mm Prospector (approx 1/56th scale) is a bit undersized; 5' tall in O Scale and a whopping 7' tall in S Scale.










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  1. CodstickerMarch 19, 2026 at 9:00 AM

    That turned out excellent.

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    1. HeislerMarch 24, 2026 at 7:29 AM

      Thanks! Still room for some improvement. Slowly moving forward to an actual layout for it.

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  2. LasgunpackerMarch 19, 2026 at 11:37 AM

    This looks really good, and as you say, is at a point that you could leave it pretty much as is in the background, or do some more work to make it a front ground hero.

    Also it is funny how 1/48, O, S, 1/56 and 28mm figures all sort of blur together... until you actually look at measurements and then yah, the guy is really short in O. Add a base on, and maybe he is too tall!

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    1. HeislerMarch 24, 2026 at 7:31 AM

      I have friends playing WWII games that feel 1/48th scale kits are perfect match for 28mm. Sorry, its not even close, the vehicles are much to big at that scale even with figures with bases!

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