A Little Plastic Ville

[Frank53]

I put this together over the weekend. Not bad for $14.95, less than $20.00 with paint and light bulbs.

[Jumijo]

Nice job, Frank. I painted mine a very dark gray, and weathered the roof and legs to look rusty. A lot of people write off Plasticville structures, but with a little paint and a few added details, they look great.

Jim

[Frank53]

For some reason, the photos are small on this board, so you really don't see teh detail. I painted the structural steel grey, and then misted it with tuscan red. I then remisted it with grimy black and it gave a real nice corrosive look to the steel work. I did the same on the ladders and platforms.

I used olive drab on the building itself and then weathered it with black eye shadow applying tit with a small eye shadow sponge applicator. The eye shadow compound has a real powdery consistency, which is great for a coaling tower. I painted the roof bright silver and applied streaks of black eye shadow and then misted it liberally with grimy black.

I also hung two bare bulbs down from the fllor in the hopper areajust to illuminate that area.

You are right about plasticville - it's cheap and doesn't have a zillion parts, but some paint and detail makes it as good as anything.

[Frank53]

This is a $12.95 ameritowne kit:

[Jumijo]

I've been wanting some Ameritowne structures, including the one you have pictured above. But I've heard they can be a bit of a pain to put together.

Jim

[spankybird]

QUOTE: For some reason, the photos are small on this board, so you really don't see teh detail.

Frank53, if you click on the pic, they will enlarge.

BTW - very nice work [:D][;)]

[Frank53]

This Ameri-towne structure in the post above was a toughie. The walls dovetail into each other at the corners, and the parts are quite thick. It took a lot of filing and trimming to get them to fit into each other.

The more standard Ameritowne buildings are simple to assemble and give a lot of opportunity for detailing. The fronts of the buildings are also available so you can string together a street scene with very little depth. Both the buildings and fronts are worthwhile if you have a spot for them and aren't tough to build at all.

Here's one I finished up recently, which is double depth:

[ChiefEagles]

Great job, Frank. But what do you expect from a guy named Frank? [;)] Frank [:D]

[Frank53]

Frank:

I appreciate your Frankness on this topic.

Frank

[dougdagrump]

Frankly speaking, we've got the Franks now all we need is the beans.
No joking, you have done some great structures 53. [tup]

[jonadel]

Frankly Frank53 I really like your use of wiring extra lights into your structures, they definietly go to the next level when you do that. Great job and thanks for posting pics.

Jon[:)]