to add to the storage problem!!

I feel quite positive about my terrain building for my modern city as I think I can see the end of the road as far as a building list goes.  I am going to try to make at least one of every building I have purchased, and more than one of some of them, and in addition to this I am going to complete my list of additional street furniture.  After this I have other terrain projects, and many more painting projects, to work on.
This week I have been working on the Auto park set.  It looks a bit rough in the photos and, while it is by no means perfect, it is a bit better than the photos suggest!!! (honest!)
I have had this set for quite a while and have put off making it for some reason.  I am not sure why this is so as it is a straight forward set and a different type of building to others I have already constructed.
There are three buildings in the set - a garage, a car sales room and a carwash, which I assume can be used together or individually as takes your fancy when building your board.  All will be useful as they are individually quite small buildings and so can be easily fill the edge zones of the table.

 The carwash has print outs for the brushes, but for the life of me I couldn't understand how they went together!!  In the end I just left them off - it will probably make the inside more usable anyway.

 The next is a car showroom.  I need to add a bigger sign to this as it isn't as obvious as it should be.  There are plenty of signs in the pack and so it is just a case of printing another out and mounting it on some card - will take a few minutes at worst.

 The last of the three is the garage/workshop.  A nice building that could equally be part of a town centre or a back street/ suburban board.

The file also comes with lots(!) of vehicle kits, and I mean lots.  However, they look a little too fiddly for me and I am working on building up my metal car collection which means I probably won't build any.
Anyway, these are now balanced precariously on my already too full shelves.  I am planning on making a building a week until my internal builingometer registers 'full',  but that shouldn't be for a few weeks yet!
Thanks for reading, Have a good week everyone!

a bonus to being back to school....

Or Shed loads o' sheds!!!
In a previous post I spoke about the fact that I had built some garages but had not printed off enough roofs to finish them off.  Well, one of the good things about starting back to school is that I again have access to good quality printers and so have now finished this little job.

 I feel that 3 double garages should be enough for most games I intend to play....

 ......especially as I took the opportunity to print and build seven single garages!

 Again, all have removable roofs so that they can be searched for supplies.

 Below is a picture of all of the sheds and garages together.  Surely this should be enough for most games I will play...
If not, I will have to build some more!

On another subject, my 5 yr old daughter has watched me paint and make things for all of her life and for the past year (at least!) she has asked to join in and has glues and painted to her hearts content as I sit at my painting table.  However, she has taken up more and more of the space.  In the shot below I am cramped into the left hand half (Ha!) of the table.

My wife then says "seeing as you both seem intent of painting and making things, do youi want a bigger desk?"

After looking for the trap I tentatively said yes..

 And there was no trap!!!  I now have a nice new painting/modelling station :)
My half is to the right of the central leg and my daughter's to the left.  I no longer have to put figures away to make a model - I have room to have both on the go at once.  I have to point out that the table is no longer as empty as this.  When it is fully organised I will post an update :)

My daughter also loves her new space and has promised not to go onto my side....

Anyway, back to make another building :)

Have a good week!!