"Back Road Buildin's" Warehouse #2 Kit
"Brand
New in HO
Scale!"
Need
more warehouse space? Now available is the "Warehouse #2" kit for a little
larger complex. (See "Warehouse #1 kit information below) which is similar in
design to "Warehouse #1" modeled after the prototype in Micanopy, Florida. This
easy to build cast Labstone structure has a shingle roof and sits on eight brick
piers. The tractor, automobile, tree, scenery, and
Warehouse #1 are NOT included.
Like
the "Warehouse #1" kit, the detailed plans and instructions guide the modeler
through the assembly and include complete Doctor Ben's painting and weathering
techniques and information. This kit includes Grandt Line plastic details,
Kappler scale wood, Doctor Ben's Precision Shingles, and Scale Model
Masterpieces/California Freight details. Foot
Print: 1-1/2" x 3".
We also offer this
Back Road Buildin's" Warehouse #2 Kit
as a Club Practice Weathering & Building Hands-on-Clinic kit. Ask us
how!
About
Thrasher Bros Warehouse #1 (NOT yet
available in HO Scale)
The "Thrasher Bros Warehouse #1 is typical of many frame warehouses around the
country. The prototype for this kit is structure is still standing today (built
pre-1911) and may be visited in Micanopy, Florida just east of Gainesville,
Florida and Interstate 75. (See history below)
The original Thomas Yorke patterns
feature more than 750 individual shingles on the front wall and thousands of
"nail heads" impressed around the pre-distressed siding. The building rests on
masonry piers, but the huge "Coca-Cola" decal billboard sign is what brings this
gem to life.
The detailed plans and instructions
guide the modeler through the assembly and include complete Doctor Ben's
painting and weathering techniques and information. This kit includes Grandt
Line plastic details, Kappler scale wood, Doctor Ben's Corrugated roofing, and
Scale Model Masterpieces/California Freight details. Foot
Print: 8-1/2" x 11".
Thrasher Bros Warehouse History
The Thrasher Bros
Warehouse, located on Cholokka Boulevard at Early Street, was constructed circa
1890. It was served by a branch of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad until the 1950s. It has two wide service doors
with loading platforms.
This
plain warehouse has Gothic Revival influence with the original wooden shingles
covered by a tin roof. There are hand-scrolled wooden purlins under the eaves
on both sides with the original red paint still apparent. The warehouse is a
wood frame building with horizontal siding and a patterned shingle design in the
west gable. The warehouse retains the original cashier's cage, sealed room for
seed storage, and even a little of the original pipe which carried carbide gas
to the hanging brass light fixtures.
The
warehouse was used by J.E. Thrasher, Sr. as a part of the general merchandise
business that he opened in 1896. The warehouse itself was used primarily for
housing all types of farm equipment, hardware, lumber and supplies, and was part
of a three-building quadrangle. Adjacent were lots for livestock and a livery
stable.
When his
store building "uptown" burned in 1911, J.E. Thrasher, Sr. moved his groceries,
furniture, and dry goods into the warehouse and operated his business there
until he completed the two-story brick building in the next block.
Today
the property is owned by the town of Micanopy and is the home of the Micanopy
Historical Society Museum. The warehouse was placed on the National Register of
Historic Places in 1983. {Micanopy Historical Society}
Typical of all Scale Model Masterpieces /
Thomas A Yorke Ent. Structure kits, the main walls, brick pillar supports, &
miscellaneous detail parts are all cast high-quality LabStone.
Would you like this
Kit built in another color or configuration to fit your layout?
We can do that for you. Please contact
us directly for details!
