In need of help to make my VSF buildings look more inhabited.

[Rabbitz]

Are these any good?
https://www.langleymodels.co.uk/awd1/index.php?route=product/product&path=225_227_228&product_id=6406
They are 1/43 so may be a little too big, but they also do them in 1/72, which is about 20mm in figure scales.

Thanks for that, I will go and investigate. 

PS, from 1859 to 1875 the ones in your picture were actually green……..amazing what you can find on the net!

Yeah I noticed that and I kind of like the green look.  These are for VSF so I don’t really have an exact time frame in mind.   Somewhere between 1859 and 1899 I guess.   It is more a case of what feels right.   I just like the more ornate look of this style.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Bird droppings along the roof peaks always adds a lively touch.

Or lichen, can add some colour to grey roofs (I know lichen are one of the first victims of poor air quality but...).

[Ultravanillasmurf]

I was wondering if you could get a hearing aid battery in a 25mm blank not slotta base so you could get your street lights lit?

I know Peco do an O Gauge plastic kit of street lamps designed to be lit.

[Rabbitz]

I was wondering if you could get a hearing aid battery in a 25mm blank not slotta base so you could get your street lights lit?

I know Peco do an O Gauge plastic kit of street lamps designed to be lit.

I designed and printed the bases of my lamps to hold one of the small flat batteries found in those little tealight candles.   The weight of the lamp is enough to turn the lamps on when placed on the table and turn them off when lifted up. 

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Excellent.

[has.been]

I designed and printed the bases of my lamps to hold one of the small flat batteries found in those little tealight candles.   The weight of the lamp is enough to turn the lamps on when placed on the table and turn them off when lifted up.

Smart!

[2010sunburst]

Marketable!

[Freddy]

What a great idea!

[white knight]

They are 3D printed.  I have street lights, good idea on the post boxes though.   Now to find some in 28mm scale.

Where are the files from? They look nice enough to upscale to 60mm scale. 

[Rabbitz]

Where are the files from? They look nice enough to upscale to 60mm scale. 

They are from Dark Realms.   Sorry for the delayed reply.

[FifteensAway]

Very late to this thread but you've certainly added the step that makes buildings look most 'lived in': weathering for age.

Someone beat me to it but Langley might yield lots of pieces of use - I only know them for N scale and TT scale (for 15 mm gaming) so not sure how much they have for O scale but hopefully lots of Victorian era bits in that scale too.

Really nicely done modeling.