Thinking about my next layout - English countryside with thatched roofed structures, manor houses, quaint villages, free-standing / drylaid stonewalls etc. Does anyone know a source for these type structures? I already searched the Forum’s community archive and didnt come up with anything.
Thanks!
Most of the stuff is in OO scale (1/76), which is about 10% larger than regular HO scale.
Check this link
and yes - I did see one thatch roof home at Walthers - but would need several different styles. I’m in HO scale.
also interesting in ideas for modeling free-standing dry-laid stone walls in my current layout (I know how to build them in real life as I have laid over 200 feet around my home).
Wayzata,
Probably Faller, Vollmer, or any of the European manufacturers would carry something like that. You might also want to just invest in a Walthers catalog. That way you can peruse A LOT of available items conveniently arranged in categories for you.
Tom
You’d probably find more info by checking out Prototype Modeller or a similar UK model railway magazine. Subscriptions can be costly in the US for British mags, but you can get them thru Zinio (online version only) usually at a reasonable price.
Shipping of stuff from Britain can be expensive but finding a UK dealer who will ship worldwide might be the only way to get what you want.
Are you going to model British prototype? If so, I’d start in two places. Get a subscription to Railway Modeler ( http://www.peco-uk.com/Publications/RailwayM_this.htm ). It won’t be cheap. Also, you might want to join the British Railway Modelers of North America: http://home.ca.inter.net/~brmna/
Overall, your best bet is to get in contact with British modelers as they would know where you can get kits and/or scratchbuilding supplies for making British countryside structures. Here’s a link to a Dapol kit of a thatched roof house. http://transportmodels.co.uk/thatchedcottageoogaugeplastickit-4665.php?products_id=4665
You can do a Google search for “British model railway layouts”. You’ll get a lot of garbage, but there’ll be some useful stuff as well. If you can find Brits whose layouts have buildings of the type you’re interested in, contact them.
Finally, here’s a link to a British model shop directory: http://www.ukmodelshops.co.uk/
Andre
I’d suggest joining a British-based modelling forum. ‘Your Model Railway’ forum is a good one…[:-^]
Metcalfe, Wills, Ratio and Superquick are four brands that spring to mind. Lots of houses etc. 00 scale though, not H0, so slightly larger as was mentioned earlier.
Hornby Skaledale do drystone walls.
Rear - left to right - Metcalfe low relief shops [card kits] , Dapol Garage [plastic kit], Superquick Swan Inn [card kit]
Front - left to right - old Triang Signal Box [plastic but re-worked], scratchbuilt station building [plastic], Ratio footbridge [plastic kit]
00 scale [4mm-foot] layout links and shares mainlines with my US H0 layout .
Mike
Sadly, British model companies don’t make as wide a range of models of native architecture as the German ones do. And many of the kits are card instead of plastic.
<>We’ve had very good service over the years ordering from Hattons, one of the largest stockists:
http://www.ehattons.com
<><>You didn’t mention scale. If you’re interested in N Gauge, we’ve also picked up some kits and lots of detail parts from the N Guage Society. You must join NGS to use the mail-order. And it is mail-order only, they’re not set up for online sales, though you can browse the inventory online:
http://ngaugesociety.com/benefits/shop.php3?start=1
<><>As mentioned before, Peco’s Railway Modeller is an invaluable source of adverts. You don’t have to spring for a full subscription, you can just order back issues. Because of the exorbitant cost, we only subscribed to Railway Modeller and Continental Modeller (which also covers US railroading!) for one year. Now we just keep an eye on their contents list online each month and order the backissues of any that we want as soon as the next month’s goes on sale:
http://www.peco-uk.com/Publications/RailwayM_this.htm