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Ed Fulasz Hydrocal Drug Store kit #15 - Ensign - 03-11-2026
Hi everyone, this hydrocal drug store kit from Ed Fulasz #15 is a kit that I bought years ago.
Ed no longer sells his kit, but they are still available from "Railroad kits"
Here's what the kit looks like out of the box.
The base for the drug store has sidewalks around all 4 sides.
So not needing sidewalks on all 4 sides I carefully cut off 2 of them.
I then glued a piece of styrene to the bottom of this base for extra strength.
The kit's walls are beautifully detailed with all window and door openings closed.
The kit's instuctions suggest just painting these closed openings black, and then glue the window & door castings over top.
However I wanted to light & add an interior to my store, so I carefully cut out the front walls window & door openings.
I the used 5 minute epoxy to glue the walls together.
I did not glue the walls down to the base.
Hydrocal is very absorbent so I seal all of my castings with white spray paint first, to help take away most of that absorbency.
You do this by applying several light coats of spray paint, trying not to obscure any of the cast in detail of the bricks.
I then start to apply the paint used to colour the brick. The first colour I used is "Craft smart" Terra Cotta.
I then use "Americana" Burnt Sienna thinned out with water as a second wash over top of the Terra Cotta.
It is very important to allow each coat of paint to dry throughly.
I then painted the odd brick here & there with a slightly darker tone.
Then I painted all of the window & door openings & trim using 2 different colours of green.
I also glued into place all of the widows & door castings into their openings.
I then added the sign above the front door and to the sidewall.
I then tried using "Robert's Brick Mortar Formula" to the brickwalls.
I then went to work creating an interior and LED lighting to this store.
This is how it all came out looking in the end.
Thanks for having a look.
Greg
I then use a thinned out with water "Americana" Burnt Sienna over top of my Terra Cotta.
It is important to allow each coat of paint to dry completely.
I then painted up all of the other details of this drug store using 2 different shades of green.
Also installing all of the window & door castings into their openings.
RE: Ed Fulasz Hydrocal Drug Store kit #15 - hillyard999 - 03-11-2026
Greg,
that is a handsome structure and a great build!
I especially like the drapery being blown out the open windows. nice touch!
RE: Ed Fulasz Hydrocal Drug Store kit #15 - Ensign - 03-11-2026
Thanks vey much! Hillyard.
I'm glsd you like it!
Greg
RE: Ed Fulasz Hydrocal Drug Store kit #15 - zzrguy - 03-11-2026
Amazing work the interior and lights really make this building a standout.
RE: Ed Fulasz Hydrocal Drug Store kit #15 - TMo - 03-11-2026
Love the kit, and your work is (once again) a cut above! I'm going to try to find some of these - a hydrocal building kit is intriguing, but I'm a bit miffed on "Railroad Kits" - is that Railroadkits.com? Do a search on Ed Fulasz?
RE: Ed Fulasz Hydrocal Drug Store kit #15 - Ensign - 03-11-2026
(Yesterday, 05:17 PM)zzrguy Wrote: Amazing work the interior and lights really make this building a standout.
Thanks! zzrguy.
Greg
RE: Ed Fulasz Hydrocal Drug Store kit #15 - Ensign - 03-11-2026
(Yesterday, 05:28 PM)TMo Wrote: Love the kit, and your work is (once again) a cut above! I'm going to try to find some of these - a hydrocal building kit is intriguing, but I'm a bit miffed on "Railroad Kits" - is that Railroadkits.com? Do a search on Ed Fulasz?
Thanks! TMo.
I checked out railroadkits.com and they did not have any of Ed's old kits listed on their site anymore.
They did take over the line of Ed's kits, and even sold them in the past.
However perhaps they have stopped selling them now.
So it looks like you will have to try and find one on EBay now.
Another manufacturer of hydrocal kits is Downtown deco they have a bunch of kits for offer.
Greg
RE: Ed Fulasz Hydrocal Drug Store kit #15 - TMo - 03-11-2026
Thanks for the quick response, Greg!
RE: Ed Fulasz Hydrocal Drug Store kit #15 - bdw9535 - 03-11-2026
Greg,
Another fantastic model. I really enjoy watching the progression of your builds and as always your detailing is beyond words.
Bruce
RE: Ed Fulasz Hydrocal Drug Store kit #15 - Ensign - 03-12-2026
Bruce, as always thank you for your nice comments!
Greg