buildings

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Does anyone know some easy buildings that you can scratch build from things around the house?? I’m on a tight budget
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DPM makes a stencil kit that you can copy onto paper and cut out individual wall sections. Then you paste them onto cardboard and build a mock-up of a building. It’s not as good as the real thing but it is economical.

Good Luck - Ed

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Go to your local hardware store or Wal-mart and pick up a couple For Sale or Garage Sale signs. For about $2 per sign there is a lot of plastic to scatch build with. Wet sand the printed side to remove the printing if it bothers you or is nessesary…Jamie

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Don’t know if these signs are the same as Jamie is talking about but I got some from a Big Lots/Odd Lots store for $.59. They are aprx. 10"x12" and .020 thick. They should do, but you will surely have to paint when your construction is complete.:wink: Good Luck, John

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Thanks a lot every1. heres a tip for anyone that wants it. Use cans and stuff to make awesome siloes factories etc. Use piping, and aluminum foil to make a great looking faactory

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if you can track down Model Railroaders and Railroad Model Craftsman issues from the 1960s and 1970s – look for articles by E.L. Moore. That guy built really beautiful buildings mostly from balsa wood, card, paper, etc – he also used brick paper (does anyone still make that stuff?) and also used a burning tool on balsa to make roofs, stone, etc. Most of his buildings cost about $2 and looked great
Dave Nelson

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In many Model Railroader magazines there are plans for buildings drawn to scale.
making a fair use copy blown up to your scale (or reduced) at Kinko’s or any quick print place on card stock can be colored with colored pencils or colored markers and actually look quite good when finished using household Scotch Tape ™ they look really good and cost about 30 cents each at worst.
Doug
In Utah
Hope this helps

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I saw this once in an old MR… Oil storage tanks made out of aerosol can lids. Painted, weathered and scribed with a hobby knife. As I recall they looked excellent in photos.

Matt-Hershey, Pa.

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I can suggest the following materials:
cardboard
popsicle sticks
sandpaper (roofing material)
paper
boxes
and…toothpicks