Author Topic: Ready-made city buildings? (Read 8445 times)

Argonor · « **on:** November 13, 2006, 02:30:22 PM »

Hi.

Does anyone know any good manufacturer(s) of ready-made buildings suitable for an american city in the pulp era?

Operator5 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 13, 2006, 02:33:29 PM »

Depends on what you mean by "ready-made". If you mean already assembled and just needing paint, not sure, if you don't mind putting some walls together before painting, then:

-O scale railroad buildings will work
-Litko makes some building blanks
-Pardulon in Germany makes some good wall pieces.

Argonor · « **Reply #2 on:** November 13, 2006, 02:50:14 PM »

Now, why didn't I think of railroad buildings..?

Will O scale trains also be usable, or are they a bit too small (i think, I read somewhere, that S scale is 1/64th scale?)

PeteMurray · « **Reply #3 on:** November 13, 2006, 02:57:00 PM »

O scale trains will technically be too big, but they'll be great because 28mm gaming needs room to move around. Just don't put too many of them on the table and you'll be fine.

Operator5 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 13, 2006, 03:31:28 PM »

O Scale are slightly oversized, but they work great. I use them for my citiies because of price and availability.

Not sure about S scale (the whole train scale thing messes me up.)

PeteMurray · « **Reply #5 on:** November 13, 2006, 03:38:36 PM »

S scale is perfect but very expensive. O has the advantage of being common and therefore cheap. Cheap trumps scale-perfect, in my book.

Derek Beaufort · « **Reply #6 on:** November 13, 2006, 05:01:24 PM »

Does anyone have some links to 0 Scale buildings ? Googling for them seems exceptionally hard.

Thanks.

Operator5 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 13, 2006, 05:18:23 PM »

I have one I use here in the US.

https://valleymodeltrains.com/

Grimm · « **Reply #8 on:** November 13, 2006, 05:46:07 PM »

.Hey Derek ( Ursus Dan ) :mrgreen:

Look at plastikvill on ebay
here are a few links for the size
http://www.combatzonechronicles.net/table.htm

and my Hangar
http://www.displacedminiatures.com/grimm/images.html?galleryId=1798&from=Plastikville

Argonor · « **Reply #9 on:** November 13, 2006, 07:10:30 PM »

Jeez.. it seems (almost) everytime I start a thread people are trampling each other down to get posted :mrgreen:

Never been on such an active forum before.

Never the less: Thanks everybody - I'll definitely start looking for O scale!!!

I actually fell in love with that Plasticville hangar on an airfield in Burma. MUST have... :love:

Lowtardog · « **Reply #10 on:** November 13, 2006, 08:11:54 PM »

Steve Barber used to produce Prohibition buildings, but I dint think they were cheap

Argonor · « **Reply #11 on:** November 13, 2006, 09:01:26 PM »

Aah, yes - think they have a few, still...

Malamute · « **Reply #12 on:** November 15, 2006, 05:53:36 PM »

The Steve Barber buildings are very nice, but are on the small side. His Gangster figures are pretty much true 25mm figures and the buildings are designed as such. So if you are using Copplestone then they look very tall alongside the buildings.

PeteMurray · « **Reply #13 on:** November 15, 2006, 06:33:26 PM »

You guys might want to try Design Preservation Models. They sell modular building kits. If you go to the O Scale Modular page, you can download a free planning guide.

Each little piece of building isn't too expensive, particularly for the level of detail. I've built a few of their kits and they're really great.

Grimm · « **Reply #14 on:** November 15, 2006, 06:50:26 PM »

Hello Pete will you do me a favour and can you post some pictures from the building kits with some figures on it.

thanks Grimm

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