Birthing the fishing village

I have just about finished work on the three buildings which will be part of the small fishing fishing operation on the outskirts of town on my train layout.

This makes the full row of buildings which will constitute the small fishing operation.

Situated to the left on the dock will be "Dockside Fish." This is a kitbashed version of the Bar Mills "Waterfront Willys" kit. The small building to the left rear is a FOS Scale models crossing shed kit, and serves as a small storage shed, and serves as a rear marker for the scene while adding some depth. The fish boxes in front of the shed were scratch built - five small pieces of basswood to build each.

MacFarland's Fish is a completely scratch built structure. Those of you who are familiar with the area may recognize this as a replica of one of the fish shacks at Fishtown in Michigan's Leelenaw Peninsula . The pair of net drying racks to the right were also scratch built and were featured in closeup in the prior post.

The "Fish Basket" snack bar was built from the FOS Scale "free Kit" offered to anyone who purchased more than $50 in the last month. The large sign on the roof was made from commercial sign letters of the type that push into plastic sheets with grooves. Before installing it on its place on the layout I will detail the interior of the large service window.

Next I will be working on a typical Great Lakes "fish tug" which will be tied up at the dock, and maybe a small nondescript fishing boat to fill out the dock.