Hey everyone.
I’m looking to get my feet wet in building some structures for my future yet to be planned n scale layout. Looking though the Walthers sales magazine that I get every month and they have the Woodland Scenics Town & Factory Building Set - Kit on sale. The set comes with 13 Design Preservation Models N Scale structure kits with signs, dry transfers and all that detail stuff. I’m thinking this will be an inexpensive way to get many buildings I should eventually be able to use. At least I’ll be able to track my skill level at putting together models as I move from one building to the next.
OK enough rambling and on to the question. Does anyone know the quality of these structures? I’d hate to waste my time if they look too plasticy (it’s a word!! [:p]) or they just don’t fit as well as they should regardless of how much sanding I do. If they are good enough basic structures then very cool I would love to start on learning some skills.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Rob
DPM is good stuff.
All structures need to be painted in my opinion, to look right. They need paint and weathering. This gets rid of the plastic look that you refered to.
What you really want to ask is, “How good is the molding quality?” In this case it’s very good. The moldings are crisp and well defined and will stand out under a coat or two of paint.
They fit together well, though some of their kits do require some extra work in the form of view blocks for the interiors and such, but nothing to difficult.
You’d be hard pressed to start with anything better for the price if you ask me.
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=67159
This should help with the “plastic” myth
Bob does GREAT work
Thank you both for the info. I’m going to go ahead with the purchase and start working.
Rob