Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Ashmore Hotel Kit - 933-3764

Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Ashmore Hotel Kit - 933-3764 adds an impressive high-rise hotel to an HO scale downtown, commercial district, or big-city skyline. This 11-story Cornerstone structure features block construction, a granite facade, and ornate architectural trim, creating the substantial vertical presence needed for a convincing urban scene. Three interchangeable street-level facades allow the hotel to represent the early 1900s, the 1950s, or the modern era. The finished model as shown measures 8-5/8 x 4-7/16 x 13-7/8" (21.9 x 11.2 x 35.3cm). Browse the complete Walthers Cornerstone model railroad buildings and structures collection for additional HO scale structures.

The Ashmore Hotel is especially useful for layouts where a taller city building is needed without consuming an excessive amount of valuable layout space. Its narrow footprint and 11-story height make it a natural focal point along a busy downtown street, while the choice of street-level facades allows the same basic structure to fit several different modeling periods.

Build an HO Scale Downtown Hotel

The Walthers Cornerstone Ashmore Hotel combines classic high-rise architecture with several construction options for customizing an urban model railroad scene:

• 11-story high-rise hotel design
• Block-style construction
• Detailed granite facade
• Ornate architectural trim
• Three different street-level facades included
• Early 1900s street-level facade option
• 1950s street-level facade option
• Modern street-level facade option
• Suitable for steam- and diesel-era layouts
• Modular design allows multiple kits to be combined
• Additional kits can create a taller, wider, or longer structure
• Can also be constructed as a background building
• Easy-to-build plastic structure kit
• Parts molded in appropriate colors with clear plastic
• Finished size as shown: 8-5/8 x 4-7/16 x 13-7/8" (21.9 x 11.2 x 35.3cm)

The three street-level facade choices make the Ashmore Hotel particularly versatile for layouts covering different periods. Modelers can give the structure an early 20th-century appearance, update the street level for a 1950s city scene, or use the modern facade for a later-era downtown. This flexibility allows the hotel to remain visually appropriate as the surrounding railroad and city architecture change.

Expand Your Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Downtown

The Ashmore Hotel pairs naturally with Walthers Cornerstone commercial and city buildings when developing a dense downtown business district. Its 11-story profile can provide an important vertical anchor among stores, offices, restaurants, theaters, and other lower-rise model train buildings.

The modular design also provides useful options for layouts with limited depth. Build the Ashmore Hotel as a background structure against a backdrop, or combine multiple kits to create a larger high-rise building for a major city scene. Browse HO Scale Walthers Cornerstone buildings for additional structures, and explore Walthers Cornerstone accessories and details for additional components to develop the surrounding urban scene.

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