Merchant's Row IV - Kit - 10-5/8 x 5 x 4''
Walthers Merchant's Row IV - Kit - 10-5/8 x 5 x 4''
$39.29
One of the best Walthers kits

This is, as the title suggests, one of the best Walthers kits I have assembled. The moldings were all clean, some sanding required but almost no flash. It is very simple. The windows and doors are molded into the walls. This does make painting more of a challenge, however. It's basically just 4 walls, a roof and a base. There's a stairway for the rear but I didn't use it. The window glass comes pre-cut, which is nice. It also comes with a selection of signs, printed images for each storefront AND printed images of blinds and shades for all the windows. So it has a lot of nice extras that you can use, or not. Painting a building like this is always a challenge, though. The secret to painting brick is to use a sponge and craft paint. I masked off each storefront and painted each a slightly different shade. Make sure you do the front and rear pieces at the same time to match to color! Also don't forget to do the inside of the tops of each wall. Once the brick is painted, clear coat it with a matte coat. Then flow on white or grey OIL paint, using lots of thinner, to do the mortar lines. Then carefully paint the doors and windows, etc. Weather with chalk et viola! Merchant's row 4!