The Roger Malinowski Tribute Part 2 - The Boot Shop

This is another building from Crossroads Collection, Roger Malinowski's effort to have a line of basic kits that he would always have in stock as part of the Stoney Creek lineup. Like the Gun shop this one features a couple of different types of construction and weathering techniques. 

Like the Gun Shop my intention is to have interior details and lighting to be added later, but that means that there are changes the need to made to the building itself to accomodate those things. The major change on my part will be the roof which needs to be removable.

The most unusual feature of this kit is the use of thin walnut for the side and rear walls. These walls are built up board by board on an inner carcass of 1/16" plywood. This includes adding on battens to cover the gap between the boards. Tedious but worth the effort in the end. The issue I had was with the "painting". In this case with oil pastels. It looks good but the difference between the walnut wall and the basswood batten is pretty dramatic, mostly because instead of going with the as built white I went with red.

Progress has been steady, so here are a few photos of the progress:

The side and rear walls, battens applied on two of them and the third I'm getting ready to start.