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The only scratchbuilding I've done is with wood, but I've done a lot of kitbashing. Its very easy to make unique looking buildings by combining two or more comercial kits. My favorite fodder for kitbashing is Model Power kits(GE Co,Baldwin,loco shed,Holland Iron, and US Customs). The trick is to trim off one of the end brick columns when combining wall sections so they look uniform across the lenght of the wall. Use pieces of styrene on the backs of different wall sections as splice plates. DPM has made it even easier with their modular wall systems. The easiest thing to make your existing buildings look less "out of the box" would be to paint and weather them. You could also add detail parts from either Period Miniatures,Gold Medal, or Alloy Forms. You can find them in the Walthers book. <br /> Good luck.
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