The saloon is as important to most westerns as is a six gun. Every town should have at least one, if not more. The first saloon I made was based on the one in Crystal River in Maverick. This one is similar but completely off the top of my head. It has to have enough space inside for a good brawl. I also wanted it to make up a a corner of two main streets so it needed a large boardwalk. This model also is the first of my western buildings to be lit.
The owner of the Jewel is Al Tourette (a nod to my favourite western TV show) Here he is stood outside the main door talking to the local sheriff. You can clearly see the gas lamps that are on the boardwalk and inside there is lighting too. Gas lamps from Lemax.
The second floor has a number of bedrooms which are available to hire by the day, week or hour. Al's room is the large one over the front door. The walkway outside the bedrooms needs its bannisters adding. I have left it possible to add another floor by adding more stairs to the wall in the bottom left of the picture. However if I do that I will need to get a bigger storage crate for it.
Both walls on the boardwalk have advertising posters for forthcoming attractions.
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