PCA 2024 Nominated The Wonderful World of OZ

[Wabigbear]

And here, as threatened promised are some night screens for this same section of Kansas...

Hat's Fantastic Millinery Shop...

Hailey's Haberdashery...

The Hungry Dragon Chinese Restaurant and Sushi Palace...

MGM Grand Theater...

One can almost hear the sticky floors...

Kansas Chocolate Shoppe and the Coffee Shop and Bakery (I'm kinda proud of how the chocolate and coffee shop signs turned out...)

Baum's Wonderful World of Books...

Fully detailed interior...

Ray's Barbershop...fully detailed billboard image.

and City Drug...

Now...don't wander too far off 'cause we still have a whole 'nother block of shops to look at! 

But we'll take a break so yer eyeballs can rest from all this awesomeness...

Edited April 11 by Wabigbear

[JB]

I like the Hungry Dragon. Just add a Chinese-style awning, decorative windows and doors, a few hanging lanterns, slap some red (lead) paint on the front, and what started out as a typical mid-west store front becomes a bit of the Orient... well, Americanized Orient.

On the Theater marquee, who is this Garland Bolger fellow you speak of? 

I love the curved bay window on Baum's...Books. It gives it a very bookstore-ish look.

Hmmm, the Barbershop always seems to be closed. Not sure what that means.

[Wabigbear]

They're all playing poker in the backroom...

[Wabigbear]

Sorry about the pause...  I came down with pneumonia and had a lovely two week vacation in the hospital.  But I'm back!

We'll continue our stroll down Main Street Kansas...

Just past Hamilton's Department Store we find the American Florist shop...

In the middle of the street is the memorial statue to L. Frank Baum...

Just around the corner is Bert's Cafe...

 

Thorpe's Hardware is next, where you can pick up your Wonderful World Of Oz-themed souvenir can of 10-40w oil or find the right tool to tighten your nuts...

The County Notary Office...

The town Mercantile for all your grocery needs...

A Dentist office and a small hotel for travelers to this fair city...

Watch Repair Shop is next door...

The Railway Express Office ends this block...

Almira Gulch's Mansion dominates the end of the block as she does life in the county.  Her infamous bike stands ready...

Miss Gulch doesn't welcome many visitors...

 

Edited May 2 by Wabigbear

[JB]

Pneumonia is nasty business; glad you kicked it... and not the bucket. Welcome back!

I like the lion logo homage above Bert's Cafe. I'd try one of Bert's burgers... but I'm such a coward.

"or find the right tool to tighten your nuts...". Umm, I think I'll just let that one be.

Almira needs to hire someone to paint her mansion and tidy up her yard. But I'm sure she would be aghast at the thought of spending even one penny on such foolishness.

[HethDesigns]

The level of detail in this park is incredible. I'm really really impressed!

[Wabigbear]

Thanks for the kind remarks gentlemen!

To finish up our look at Main Street Kansas, here's some night-time images...

Dogs are not allowed at any Gulch owned property or facility...

Gulch Savings & Loan...

If Gulch Bank won't give you a loan, there's always the handy Gulch Pawn Shop next door...

Justa Momento has a little more period-appropriate sign I made...

The Baum Museum...

Kansas Cases and Bags...

Hamilton's Department Store...

There's still a rack of Dorthy Gale dresses on sale...wonder if they have my size?

Candle-light dining at Bert's Cafe...

Anyone with a desire for late-night screwing or cleaning their pipes is in luck at Thorpes...

Grab a half a roast chicken and a gallon of milk after you're done next door at the Mercantile, or get your teeth straightened at the dentist...

Make sure you're always on time at our watch repair shop...

The Railway Express Office anchors the end of this block...

Almira Gulch is so cheap she eats her nightly meal of cold oatmeal and saltine crackers by lamplight in her room - the rest of the house remains unlit and unheated...

 

 

Edited Saturday at 10:17 PM by Wabigbear

[JB]

I like how the door to the Bank resembles a medieval castle portcullis to guard the money inside.

"There's still a rack of Dorthy Gale dresses on sale...wonder if they have my size?"  Oh, let's hope not.

"Anyone with a desire for late-night screwing or cleaning their pipes is in luck at Thorpes..."  Oh dear...

For a second, I thought the small sign next to the Mercantile sign said "Banned Goods". Now I'm wondering what sort of goods are banned, and who has the chutzpah to sell banned items that go against Almira Gulch's decrees.

The town has a completely different vibe at night. Nice update!

[wolfpaw]

Just when you think this project can't get any more gorgeous... the details on those street buildings and storefronts are insane. Hard to believe this is even Planet Coaster anymore!

[Wabigbear]

Thanks for the kind comments - much appreciated!

Citytrader and I trade off working on each bench.  On this one Citytrader had laid out most of Main Street and it's structures, then I pretty much created the entrance area, the parking lots and part of the the backstage area.  At one time the entrance had a very different look - I had the idea to have a sub-area devoted to MGM and Hollywood - guests would even enter a version of Grahman's Chinese Theater to access a studio tour showcasing the making of the Wizard of Oz (you can still see glimpses of this idea with the collection of soundstage buildings). 

Then we decided to scrap that idea and concentrate more on following the Goddard Group plans for the park.  Once I finished the front part of the park, Citytrader tweaked things there and finished off placement of the Main Street buildings and started building Gale Farms and Marvel's World areas along with Munchkinland.  Once he was done we traded off, I added a structure or two to his work, then added some details to his great base structures.  Yes, we do tweak each other's work, but our styles are pretty much in sync anyways so it's always an improvement to the others work.

Since we needed to break up the park into multiple benches (mostly due to those 'details' I sometimes get carried away adding...LOL! ), it's allowed each of us to work at our own pace on different areas.  For instance, the Haunted Forest area I've been working on, along with the Emerald City bench while Rich has been doing great things on the Yellow Brick Country bench. 

Works out great because it allows us to do things like create TMTK items for the park as we go (now at 535 pieces...yikes!)