MPC's Take On Western Towns - Pt 9 Cabin v.2 Jail Brown SP With Peg Construction

You never know what you're gonna get when you buy job lots. So not too long ago I bought a job lot of MPC Western figures and buildings and stuff. The lot had two separate Jails in it but when going through the parts it was clear there were two variations of the same building. The first variation utilized the same tab-&-slot construction that I'm accustomed to with all the other buildings MPC made using these reed-thin walls and roof pieces. The second version I came across utilized a series of tabs. It's easier to look at the photos to see what I mean than it is to explain. With that in mind - Enjoy! Opa Fritz

The two facades are the same save for a slight difference in the shade of brown used

Notice the piece on the left has all those pegs sticking out. The piece on the right also has pegs but it too has the slots meant to accommodate tabbed walls.

Here's how the pegs are used when assembling the building. On my sample the pegs were so smooshed it was tricky getting everything to assemble correctly.

Notice the 'feet' at the bottom of the wall. When assembled, this looks better than the tab-&-slot version.

Dimestore Dreams - Pt 18 No. 20310 Motorcycle Sidecar and Rider

This is the second of three motorcycles produced by Dimestore Dreams and features a beautifully done sidecar. I absolutely love the color this came in! The driver pictured on the box art is dressed in white but the one included in my set was all red. I'd have to do a little research but I'm not sure if Auburn produced a motorcycle with sidecar. That's okay, because Dimestore Dreams did!! Enjoy! Opa Fritz

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MPC's Take On Western Towns - Pt 8 Cabin v.2 Jail Brown SP With Tab-&-Slot Construction

I've been working on the train layout the past few days and trying desperately to build a couple of K-Line building kits for it without totally screwing them up! LOL  After I post this MPC building, I'll be back to work on the layout again.

Sooo, I've been calling all the MPC buildings in this Western series 'cabins' and have classified them as either v.1 (early style) or v.2 (late style). They all have a cabin superstructure: side walls and roof are all cabin-ish, while the false fronts turn them into a bank, a jail, or a cabin! Today's 'cabin' version has a Jail façade and, being the later style, all the pieces are wafer thin. I mean, MPC got real cheap with this style of building. I have already covered all these types of buildings MPC produced for their various space playsets and to the best of my knowledge I have all but one building MPC made (I'm missing the 'Construction' office). This particular building utilizes the tab-&-slot construction method shown Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Cabin v.2 utilizing tab-&-slot construction

The later style buildings never came with back walls and were left open so the kiddies could place their little soldiers inside.

Cabin v.2 with 'Jail' front