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Here is an interesting site with all kinds of building plans, although it does lean towards rural/agricultural. There is a wide variety of stuff under "Misc.", including plans form the 1920s to 1980s+. http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/abeng/plans/ Detail is sufficient for scratch building. If you have ever built a "craftsman" kit, you have pretty much scratch built stuff. Only two additional steps are needed - assemble the materials yourself, and come up with some sort of plan or instructions. If you are going to do an interior, you need to be a little more prototypical. If not, interior bracing etc doesn't really matter. This is a neat site with a tutorial on building with foam core and brick or scribed siding sheets: www.horailroad.com You can use styrene as Rick suggested above, cardboard (especially useful for mock-ups), or wood. Good luck. The hardest part is getting started! Andrew
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