3.20 Haber Hardware
I struggled to find a kit to serve as an appropriate starting point for the hardware store, then realized I was going at it from the wrong end: I needed to start with a reference. Once I found Robie's Country Store, I started with the side walls from a NorthEastern Scale Models #STS30035 One Story Section House and the front porch from American Model Builders #645 Nine Mile House, with columns swiped from a Miller Engineering #G-100 Gazebo.
In one afternoon I'd scratchbuilt the front and back of the building, and assembled them with the side walls and extension onto a foundation. The wires in the image below are for porch lights.
It's on its third move, and now it will have fluorescent "shop" lights as well as a pair of window fans.
Reference Image
Robie's Country Store in Hooksett (on the National Register of Historic Places) is a bit unusual as far as New Hampshire structures go, but it got me thinking—and look what's right beside it!
Named For...
Bobby Haber is a very close friend—indeed, he's the son I never had.
