Back in October I posted an entry on a card kit I'd made for a French corner-style cafe, entitled La Passerelle:

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/257/entry-16720-la-passerelle-a-french-card-structure-in-ho/

I've since added another pair of buildings to the block, using another Regions et Compagnies kit, this time for a pair of linked buildings:

I've also added lights into some of the rooms, shown separately here as I need to add some more wiring connections behind the scenes
before they can all be on at the same time:

After I built the original La Passerelle, I got hold of some textured card roofing sheets and set about improving the roof surfaces on
the first two buildings. Hopefully you can see the difference between the first and second photos. I've still to do the third, but it'll get the
same treatment.

There's another building to go in the middle of this block, and then I'll set about integrating them into some sort of street scene/diorama
which can then be installed on a layout module at a later stage.

One thing which not be readily apparent from the pictures is that these are BIG kits, and would look imposing even on a 4mm layout. My guess
is that a lot of what we have been conditioned to expect from HO buildings is due to selective compression, with typical plastic buildings being
made a smaller scale than strict 1/87. I keep having to do a double-take and check the package that these aren't S scale or something! They
will certainly have a lot of presence in an urban street scene.