Well, I finally have the very last MPC Western Town building for my collection - at least that I'm aware of. It's the early style cabin walls/roof with the log cabin façade. I ended up getting a few surprises with this batch of toys. First, the front pieces only fit on the wall structures that you see in the photos. For example I tried to place the Fire House front on the black walls ultimately used for the Texas Rangers building and it just wouldn't fit. While all of these are a bear to assemble, the Fire House front only fit on the yellow walls/red roof combo. Another surprise: the Fire House and Texas Rangers are made of a different type of plastic than the Log Cabin! The first two are a rubber-like vinyl similar to that used by Auburn. The Log Cabin utilizes the same plastic as most of MPC's other plastic toys. The Log Cabin must be a 'later' early style building and has no tabs on the front walls to help hold the façade in place - nor are there any holes in the façade which would accept tabs. My next challenge will be to build some kind of dioramas highlighting all these buildings. But don't hold your breath - I'm a s-l-o-w worker! Enjoy! Opa Fritz
