"I saw a squirrel" - Old West building tally

[FifteensAway]

Sooo - I was supposed to be working on my AWI figures today but when I went to put away some containers in the shed and I saw this box that had some Old West buildings in it, Alkali Wells buildings, I pulled it out and one thing lead to another and I did a quasi-inventory of my Old West structures.   Found out I have 135 buildings not southwest and another 34 southwest buildings for a grand total of 169.  And you'd think that would be enough but I expect to order at least another 15 (though one will be two false fronts as one model so really 16) all 3D printed, only one for southwest, a church.  Still want another school and a larger Spanish/Mexican church.  That will get me to 187 buildings - excluding outhouses of which I have enough to easily push over 200.

44 of the varied structures are even painted!  Whoopee!     41 of them, at least, are false front buildings (not painted yet though), six of them being tent backed buildings; mostly one story affairs but a few grander two story edifices.

And on the subject of outhouses and two story establishments, I plan to build a fancy multi-hole two story affair that I am going to name Mighty Squishy's Pee House (being an American, I take the fifth amendment regarding any inspiration from any particular LAF member's handle - somewhat abused.  And, so far as I know, the chap is a fine and talented fellow and certainly no insult intended.  Why, heck, from all the oohs and ahh such an 'establishment' is going to elicit from the local folk, perhaps his chest should swell in pride!   )   Of course, Mighty Squishy is the nickname of the head barkeep of the fanciest saloon in town, Anachronism, the county seat.  In the little medal - and resin - world, the whole fancy double decker sh*thouse idea is fully ascribed to him.  He is a might nervous since some of the cowpokes have threatened dire consequences if it doesn't 'work as advertised' - if you get the drift, sort of literally on that 'drift'.

Note: Alkali Wells is not a manufacturer but the name of one of my Old West southwest towns - the other being Mescalarilla.

I will try and take photos of the buildings in situ in their storage containers and get them posted up even though it won't be a spectacular display; but evidence of the reality.

I ended the day with all of the buildings - or as many as can fit, a few need taller containers - in a nice, neat set of containers with notes about what is in each one - except for a few I'll have to transfer tomorrow if time permits.

Next quandary is what to do with all those unfinished scratch built structures I've been - glacially slowly - working on, being so few Old West buildings in 15 mm when I got started on this massive project.

Finally, those asking why would I need so many buildings, you just don't understand my benign megalomania when it comes to collecting figures, especially a favored one like the lovely Old West - combined with my Pony Wars. 

[Legionnaire]

I very much look forward to any further inventory, cataloging, painting and picturing regaling of your impressively sized collection  sir!

[FifteensAway]

The promised photos - in storage containers for now.

The first four images are of the Mexican/Spanish type structures:



All Peter Pig buildings from their Mexican Revolution range.



Top left is a Peter Pig church and top right their bakery, same range.  The other buildings are from QRF/Freikorp - not sure they are available anymore.



Top left and right are more QRF/Freikorps.  Then an HO scale windmill.  The other four are from CP models now meant for a Conan style world but will work fine as adobes.



No idea the source of the black buildings, I got them at a swap meet.  The other four were given to me by a friend already painted many years ago.

Now comes the other Old West structures - much of which can be used for ACW and beyond.





First image shows with roofs off and then with them on; two churches and a large building I shall use primarily as a boarding house - the more reputable sort of lodging.



Above are various sheds and barns and a couple of outhouses; most of the painted items are from Miniature Building Authority before they gave up on 15 mm (though they seem to have some new stuff 3D printed no their site now).  Top two painted items other sources.



More barns.



That biggest roof building is from MBA again and will likely be the main town livery stable.  Then more barns and cabins.



Most of the two story houses.



Mostly one story houses.



Except for a couple of lean to sheds meant to add to other buildings, these are all two story false fronts from Stone Mountain.



Mostly one story false fronts, a few 3D printed buildings, and upper right is - I think - a Peter Pig two story affair.  And two of four water tanks, the under parts are metal and will need a stand pipe added to be sensible as far as source for filling the tanks.  Three are Peter Pig and one is Blue Moon.



More one story false fronts, Peter Pig on the left with a bunch of lean-tos and in the plastic bags are chimney pipes and board walks and roofs.  The right are Stone Mountain tents with false fronts.  The other buildings mostly found at swap meets.



This box has a couple of small one rooms school houses, a larger 'seminary' type educational edifice, and three train stations - the big one from QRF/Freikorps.



Not included in the above counts are these dollar store finds - plus top right a metal HO structure from a swap meet.



Some other items not in the count - though some are.  The colorful gate is for the southwest towns.  The wooden items are scratch built or swap meet finds.



In the center is one of my in process scratch builds, a 'blank' for a building on the left, and the two on the right were swap meet finds from a long while back - not sure they will survive to the table.

There is one set of buildings I don't think I will be able to use and those are the Blue Moon Old West ones.  They are really nice buildings but they just don't match with the other ranges.  The photos below show why.



Above is the great saloon - but that figure is a kneeling Dixon Old West figure.  Very clearly these building would be better with 20 mm figures than with 15 mm, even 18 mm.  I think they could even be used with 25 mm and maybe even 28 mm though that is probably pushing it. 



The yellow resin is a Stone Mountain false front and it almost works with the Blue Moon to either side.



And then a Peter Pig building in the center.  Quite a bit smaller.

I'd love for someone to convince me these Blue Moon buildings are still useful. Perhaps I can use them as a town on its own but only use the largest figures when putting them on the table.

A bit surprised how many buildings all told here, they had been kept in a variety of different spaces around the homestead.  But now they are all on one shelf in the shed but for one box:



Once everything gets painted it will take a bit more room because some of the buildings will be too tall for those containers.  But one giant step forward getting these all in one place.  Now to get at least some more painted to have a game before the year ends.

[snitcythedog]

Hello, my name is Chris and I am a terrain-a-holic.  It has been one hour and seven minutes since my last terrain purchase.   

Very nice collection.  With what you have in those bins, you could probably map out the whole of the old city plan for Tombstone.  You would just need to build a couple of the unique structures like the Bird Cage.   

[Tom Dulski]

 that's quite a collection

[Khusru2]

I bought the Sarissa Precision 15mm set and would love the South if the Border one also. Plus, of course, additional structures. I over do it usually.