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timbo
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 Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:11 pm Post subject: Buildings from other sources |
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Has anyone found a good supply of 1:450/480/500 scale buildings? I was hoping to find a supplier of off-the-shelf standardised architectural models, but alas can't seem to find any. Even just basic plastic ones would do, suitable for customisation.
Any ideas?
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DanMacK
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Herpa's "Wings" series offers some options, although most are decidedly European in nature.
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David K Smith
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| DanMacK wrote: | | Herpa's "Wings" series offers some options, although most are decidedly European in nature. |
Agreed. Although the airport structures are generic and modular, allowing you to make a variety of different modern city structures.
I think their parking garage is pretty neat, although I've tried twice now to order a couple from vendors who claimed they were in stock, only to receive notice they really weren't.
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timbo
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for those. Hmmm, I'd seen those Herpa Wings products; but they're relatively restrictive. There must be some architectural modelling supply company out there that mass-produces blank building elements...
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trainspotter-usa
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Here's a crazy idea that just came to me.
I don't know if it will work as I've not seen the game for a while.
But is it possible that the houses and hotels in the game of monopoly might be able to serve some purpose?
Of course I'm going on memories from "when I were a lad"(35 years ago now), When they seemed to be a pretty reasonable sized structure. Things have probably changed since then. But they might work for Tim's idea of a model of a model railway...
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DanMacK
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Tim, possibly your best bet would be to take the George Sellios approach, a core of clear acrylic and styrene on the otuside. That's probably the easiest way, and the least expensive. one piece of clear acrylic shhould be enough for several buildings
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timbo
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That's a good idea. We actually already use that technique for some of our smaller model buildings in 1:12 scale that involve using a lot of glass, such as conservatories. It's no different to N-scale stock that's similarly made, but painted where windows don't occur, I guess.
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familykjp
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Location: Tokyo Japan
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:04 am Post subject: Plastic model for T Gauge |
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I use some Military series 1/700 Plastic Models such as Harbor ,Hanger .
They are so huge so fits to 1/450 world.
I found some traditional European and Japanese castle model 1/400 -1/500 too.
Transparent block such as eraser is also good.
Paper models.by my friend .
http://www.faltboat.net/pokara/paper_t/papert01.html |
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robotc
Joined: 28 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:50 am Post subject: T Gauge Buildings |
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Hi,
Have any of you tried Model Builder Software. It does 1/450 scale.
Great for all types of buildings, factories, houses multistory buildings , hundreds of building materials. The web site is www.modeltrainsoftware.com
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Robert Claydon
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DavidMcC
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I am thinking that paper models might be an idea. There are many kits out there, and they could be reduced or enlarged to scale on a good color copier.
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