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building. Two of the top add-ons create
smaller warehouse type buildings at ground
level. One of the office buildings was painted
a dark blue and three gigantic ladybugs were
attached to the side of it. This is in reference
to “The Ladybug Club” in downtown Mil-
waukee. In 1999 three 10” metal ladybugs
were added to the side of the building as pub-
lic art to beautify the area.
In the midst of downtown is a brass deli
from Micro Structures. This was fun to paint
as the awning is striped in blue and white,
making it that special hidden gem in the mid-
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dle of the bustling downtown. The vents at
the top of the downtown buildings are cast
beer stand and a gas station, both resin kits by metal from London Bridge and all of the oth-
Randy Brown (AMS). On the side of the gas er miscellaneous rooftop accessories are by
station there is a small brass phone booth. Randy Brown (AMS). Just outside the down-
(Where else is Superman going to change?) town area is a small older urban neighbor-
As we head into the downtown, there are hood with townhouses, a corner hardware
tall office buildings on both sides, all of them store, a hotel and a bank. All of these brass
mat board kits by GC Laser. These kits are building kits are by Micro Structures. The
very diverse in that you can choose how tall to two story bank was a couple of one story kits
configure your building. There is one fully that were retrofitted since the two story bank
built with two smaller additions on the top, kit is no longer available. There is an ar-
one office across the street without the top ad- mored car and two guards on a side street
ditions and a heavily modified corner office headed into the bank.
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