Walthers CornerstoneSeries Kit HO Scale Merchant's Row I

I purchased this kit to provide the majority of shops on my HO train layout. The kit went together easily and the detailing is wonderful (so typical of Walthers Cornerstone kits). In my case, I cut the 'block' such that it was ~3" thick as it was to be used as a background scene. With the installation of window scenes (and figures)Merchant's Row is a great addition to any layout. As with any styrene kit, I recommend one paint the structure (allowing some variation between 'shops').

Looks great as a start of a main street on lay out

Arrived on time and packed very well with otheritems I'd ordeded. It was in great condition. All pieces were in tact and very realistic looking. I can't wait to put ithis together and add this and the other row 2 to my village collection.

It is a great kit; full of details and requiring a lot of assembly time, especially for painting. It is marked for 14 years and older and for good reason.

The kit goes together well and is easily to detail. The biggest problem is the sidewalk on set 1. It is sectional making it harder to attach. Later Merchant Row kit (II-V) have better thought out side walks but none match in color with each other.

I purchased the building set from Amazon.com because I am expanding my HO Train Platform & needed more business type buildings for my Business & Downtown District. This is a great addition & the detail & colors are fantastic. I am very pleased with the workmanship in this Walther Cornerstone Set. I would recommend this to anyone who is either just starting or expanding their HO Train Platform.

Very hard to put together

Perhaps I have been spoiled on Dragon Orange Boxed models, but this... It was pretty rough. Some crispness to details, but overall a ton of work to get it assembled (and we are talking very few pieces). At the inflated price, I was expecting much better quality of a kit. Perhaps the model railroad enthusiast do not expect the level of detail as an armor modeler does.