Mining Camp - project restarted as generic Frontier Town

[Bullshott]

I'm looking at putting together a large mining camp with ambitions of turning into a boom town. Can anyone help with suggestions for suitable buildings (both pictures and sources of where I can pick up parts/kits, as I have less time to build things nowadays).

So far my list comprises:

Tents (ACW timber-walled 'winter' tents with smokestacks)
Shacks and outside 'thunderbox' (various resin models I picked-up ages ago)
Hotel (I'll be using an old scratchbuild of mine, currently under under major refurbishment)

Other buildings that I am considering, but need help with finding inspiration and suitable models or 'donor parts':

Mining company office
Mining company store/trading post
Large stable/forge building (this will double as a steam engineer's workshop for Deadlands/Malifaux type games)
Bar/cantina (some sort of large temporary construction)

Anything else I should consider?

[Cory]

A few places to get you started.

Assay office   This can be a rather small building but will uses a small kiln and should feature a chimney or large stove pipe.
Dance Hall/theater
Fraternal Hall
Dry Goods store
Butcher     Starts with just a tent and wild meat hanging from poles.
Sluices and rockers   In the initial placer period of a town gold is found by dumping gravel in a long box and running water down it.
Stamp Mill   This is where ore is crushed prior to shipping to a smelter. Not necessary until you move beyond placer mining. (here's mine)

[Trooper]

Renendra have announced a sprue of various shaped tents, which would nice. They will be at Salute this year too.

[ancientsociety]

Here's a good resource for mining pics in AZ:

http://sharlot.org/img/browsing_htmls/m1.html

[Court Jester]

Renendra have announced a sprue of various shaped tents, which would nice. They will be at Salute this year too.

Some more details...

TMP Link

[Bullshott]

Must look out for the tent sprue - it will have lots of uses, not just for this project.

However, what I really need is advice on who makes (affordable) good parts/models for the small er buildings I will be populating the camp/town with. Does anyone sell just frontages?

[commissarmoody]

What scale are you going for?

[Bullshott]

What scale are you going for?

28mm

[Alfrik]

If you dont mind gluing coffe stir sticks together

http://armoredink.blogspot.com/2009/02/store-underconstruction.html

http://armoredink.blogspot.com/2009/02/next-western-building.html

Signs of "real" prosperity would be wooden sidewalks, skip brick buildings unless the town has been around for about a year or more. Lumber Mill is typically one of the first Non-Tent building built nearby or on the edge of a boom town, leading to more wooden buildings. Tents on top of wood walls are also typical of nearing true wood buildings.

Next or probably the first wooden building would be a 2 story Inn, stage stop along with the livery stable. My source of pictures and write up for what I have built is based on "Images of America"  "Mining Camps of Placer County"  by Carmel Barry-Schweyer and Alycia S.Alvarez
Topics covered in the book are:

Geting There
Mines
Hydraulic Mines
Mining Camps
Mining Towns
Settling Down
Entertainment
Faces
The Chinese
Cant say how much this book has fille me in on ideas, tons of pictures and commentary.

[Rob_bresnen]

Renendra have announced a sprue of various shaped tents, which would nice. They will be at Salute this year too.

what scale are these? Is there a web site?

[Court Jester]

what scale are these? Is there a web site?

They are 28mm.

http://renedra.co.uk/

This is their website but it looks like there is nowt on there at the  moment. The tents will be available at the end of April.

[Rob_bresnen]

thanks. I will have to look out for them at salute

[argsilverson]

Some good inspiration for the mines you can find in an earlier LAF thread:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=7443.0

For some paraphernalia you can check at Frontline Wargaming!
http://www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/

[richarDISNEY]

Here is some of the Frontline stuff...  Its under their 25mm range, you just have to scroll down...
www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/photos/25/25WF1.html
www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/photos/25/25WF20.html
www.frontlinewargaming.co.uk/photos/25/25WB7.html

I really like their items.

[Bungle]

Does anyone sell just frontages?

http://www.moondragons.com/html/old_wild_west.html

fronts from just £5 unpainted....

backs from £8