{"id":72,"date":"2010-09-05T11:53:57","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T11:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=72"},"modified":"2010-09-17T15:58:42","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T15:58:42","slug":"lithko-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=72","title":{"rendered":"Litko Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been adding to my collection of buildings for Pulp games. \u00a0In a very general, abstract, nostalgic way, I&#8217;m working on constructing the town of Granville, IL, which is a small town near where I spent my Summers as a kid. \u00a0I&#8217;m not being overly &#8220;realistic,&#8221; but looking for the right feel of a 1200-person town with a single main street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/100_9470.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69 \" title=\"100_9470\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/100_9470-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Finished Litko pizzeria\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/100_9470-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/100_9470-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finished Litko pizzeria. Each of the floors comes apart. The company also sells windows to go in the holes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ve become a big fan of the Litko building kits. \u00a0They are laser-cut, hard wood kits that have brick and other detail scribed into them. \u00a0They assemble and paint quickly. \u00a0For Christmas, my parents got me another of the 2-story buildings, the pizzeria, and the small garage. \u00a0The garage is on the project table, but I finished the pizzeria. \u00a0My daughter did the dry brushing of the bricks, and I painted in the detail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_70\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/100_9472.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-70\" title=\"100_9472\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/100_9472-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of front door\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/100_9472-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/100_9472-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up of the front door. I didn&#39;t use the sign that came with the kit, but instead decided to make my grandmother the proprietor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ll post a picture of the garage when I finish it. \u00a0I&#8217;m hoping to run a large pulp game in the Fall some time at a HAWKs night.<\/p>\n<div class='shareinpost'><ul class=\"socialwrap row\"><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a  rel='nofollow'  target='_blank'  title='Share this post : Litko Building on Linkedin'  href='http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbucksurdu.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D72&amp;title=Litko+Building&amp;summary=I%27ve+been+adding+to+my+collection+of+buildings+for+Pulp+games.+%C2%A0In+a+very+general%2C+abstract%2C+nostalgic+way%2C+I%27m+working+on+constructing+the+town+of+Granville%2C+IL%2C+which+is+a+small+town+near+where+I+spent+my+Summers+as+a+kid.+%C2%A0I%27m+not+being+overly+%22realistic%2C%22+but+looking+for+the+right+feel+of+a+1200-person+town+with+'  ><img  src='http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/images\/blank.gif'  height='32' width='32'  class='image-32' alt='linkedin'  style='background: transparent url(http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/default\/32\/sprite-feb-32.png) no-repeat;padding:0;margin:0;height:32px;width:32px;background-position:-1122px 0px'   \/> <span class=\"head\">Share on Linkedin<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a rel=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=72&feed=rss2\" title=\"Follow this post : Litko Building comments\"><img src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/images\/blank.gif\" height=\"32\"  width=\"32\" style=\"background: transparent url(http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/default\/32\/sprite-feb-32.png) no-repeat;padding:0;margin:0;height:32px;width:32px;background-position:-1782px 0px\" class=\"image-32\"  alt=\"rss\" \/> <span class=\"head\">Subscribe to the comments on this post<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a  rel='nofollow'  target='_self'  title='Print this post : Litko Building for reading later'  href='javascript:window.print();'  ><img  src='http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/images\/blank.gif'  height='32' width='32'  class='image-32' alt='print'  style='background: transparent url(http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/default\/32\/sprite-feb-32.png) no-repeat;padding:0;margin:0;height:32px;width:32px;background-position:-1716px 0px'   \/> <span class=\"head\">Print for later<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a  rel='nofollow'  target='_self'  title='Bookmark this post : Litko Building'  href='javascript:window.bookMark(\"http%3A%2F%2Fbucksurdu.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D72\", \"Litko+Building\", BrowserDetect.browser);'  ><img  src='http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/images\/blank.gif'  height='32' width='32'  class='image-32' alt='bookmark'  style='background: transparent url(http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/default\/32\/sprite-feb-32.png) no-repeat;padding:0;margin:0;height:32px;width:32px;background-position:-132px 0px'   \/> <span class=\"head\">Bookmark in Browser<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a rel=\"_self\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Buck&#039;s%20Blog%20:%20Litko%20Building&amp;body=This%20is%20the%20coolest%20blob%20every.%20%20Buck%20Surdu%20is%20extra%20spiffy%20swell.%20%20http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=72\" title=\"Tell a friend about this post : Litko Building \"><img src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/images\/blank.gif\" height=\"32\"  width=\"32\" style=\"background: transparent url(http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/default\/32\/sprite-feb-32.png) no-repeat;padding:0;margin:0;height:32px;width:32px;background-position:-363px 0px\" class=\"image-32\"  alt=\"email\" \/> <span class=\"head\">Tell a friend<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"clean\"><\/div> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been adding to my collection of buildings for Pulp games. \u00a0In a very general, abstract, nostalgic way, I&#8217;m working on constructing the town of Granville, IL, which is a small town near where I spent my Summers as a kid. \u00a0I&#8217;m not being overly &#8220;realistic,&#8221; 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