Coldwater Seafood Co. Open for business

The roof is another piece of sheet plastic w/
painters tape.  I really like the crinkle texture
of the tape, especially after it's dry brushed w/
some white paint.  it really pops.

Here was the start of the addition.  The wood siding is a
plastic product and the door and eyebrow window is from
my scrap box.  I like to paint the parts, pre-construction
if I can.  It makes for cleaner lines in N-scale.

                      

I added some thin strips of plastic for the seams
of the ribbed metal roofing and it was all painted
silver aluminum.  It'll be followed with some orange,
burnt umber, and white for aging and rust.  

   

Walla!  A new deck with some crate's on it and a dumpster below
I also added some signs, although I'm not crazy about the big
one out front.  The smaller one on the wall blends in pretty nice.
If you zoom in on the photo you can see some pigeons sitting
on the roof and rails of the deck.  Their from American Archetype

This is a view from the east side of the building
where there's a loading dock and you can see the
awning out front.  I think the sign looks to new and clean.

Here's a better view of the west side and dock receiving area.
I added some post and beam construction to this area as well
as a timber hoist that I've been waiting to use.  It's from
Model Tech Studios I have quite a few of their detail parts.
They're easy to finish and add a lot to the scene.  You can see
some of the dry brushed aging and rust spots on the metal roof.

  

Here's another shot of the back / dock side of the building.
I think this is all done.  (At least for now)

Coldwater Seafood Company

Okay, I needed a bit of a break from the ore business and as I was looking at the surrounding neighborhood I saw an urban renewal project.  We all have those structures that we built a long time ago and as with any good wine our skills get better with time.  So, the Coldwater Seafood Company called out to me as a quick refresher project.  It's a plastic kit / kitbash that I must have done probably 10 years ago.  It was initially built into a hillside but now it's open in the back so that was closed up in another rehab probably 5 years ago when the layout went from a built in place one to a sectional, movable layout.
It needed a front entrance so I had a spare left from another DPM kit that I knibbled an opening for.  After some paint and some aging and a concrete lintel above it, walla, welcome fresh seafood customers.

New front door added and the old deck removed.

The original front.

The structure also used to have a railed in deck on the side with a bunch of metal drums on it.  I didn't want to scare off the customers with the mystery drums so that side will receive a new deck and some more appropriate looking crates placed upon it.  That should be a little more attractive to seafood customers.

Original side view. The 2 story brick house across the street
from the Coldwater building looked so nice in comparison to
it, even without the yard being done that it helped me to decide
that I needed to do a renovation on it.

The back of the building wasn't anything special
but it will have a wooden structure add-on to both
the dock-side on the back as well as to the side
that faces the elevated ore track.