Needed a pub and some shops, and discovered Scalescenes card kits. from here . Buy online and download as PDF files and print the kit out on your printer. Although they are UK based, I thought I'd try and aussiefy it a little and see what happens. Mainly corrugated iron roof and own signage.
I used two of their kits. Corner Shops and Terrace Houses.
They are very time consuming to build, however come up with a very sturdy and heavy model.
They are OO scale, however it is suggested you reduce the print size to 87% (if your printer supports it) to get HO scale.
The print out is glued to 1mm & 2mm card, then cut out and put together. You can put interiors in the upstairs rooms if you wish. The "shop" interiors come with the kit itself. I didn't bother with the furniture (separate kit) for upstairs.
The kits are relatively cheap. The cost is in the ink for your printer and 20 - 30 pages of matte photo paper..
.... and the finished product.
All it needs now is a spot on the layout next to a laneway, a barbed wire fence and paddock, a couple of gum trees and a holden ute. And I might get away with it. :) Voila! A country Victorian corner pub.
I sat the half built pub section on Garahbara and I might just get away with it. :)
These buildings are totally convincing,well thought out and the time spent has been well worth it.Peter
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments Peter. Much appreciated. I reckon there was at least 100+ hours in that. That includes admiring and pondering time as well, as one does. :) I've also done Scalescenes' Engine Shed, and Garage as well. Will put some pics of them up next time. :)
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I too take great delight in kitbashing British structures into reasonable Aussie items, the addition of local signage, corrigated iron roofs and verandahs/awnings really can set things off, exterior illuminated signs on my pub are just scanned photos, printed and assembled around a LED.
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regards Glenn
What more can I say, Glenn. I'm impressed. :) Know the area so well too.
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