Looking for instructions on building western building.

[grubman]

This guy is brilliant when it comes to building stuff on the cheap...he's darn good looking too!  Exact measurements are overrated.
 http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=34974.0

[Heisler]

Also the Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette has a series on the buildings in Bodie CA. If you have access to those that's an option.

I agree, scale is not a huge issue. If it looks good, with the minis you are fine.

[Ramirez Noname]

Also the Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette has a series on the buildings in Bodie CA. If you have access to those that's an option.

Good call Heisler,

Irish, I have some of the older (NGSL) Gazettes. PM me and we can try and sort something out.

Agree about the scale thing too.


RMZ

[Cory]

A note on scales for the old west - a few days ago I did a preliminary remodeling survey on an 1878 hotel. The doors of the rooms varied from 26 1/2" to 29" wide and 74 to 81" high - no two were the same. The front windows all matched pretty closely because they had been brought overland from Salt Lake, but the side windows were all different as well, having been built on site. Most of the doors and windows weren't square either, one side a half inch to an inch longer wasn't unusual.

That means just have fun and don't sweat the details, your model can't be worse than the prototypes.

[psyberwyche]

I just stumbled across a brilliant building tutorial page: http://colonelotruth.blogspot.co.uk/p/western-building-tutorial.html

Quite old now I think, but still really good! And other inspirational pics on the blog too.