Just about a year ago I began an urban renewal project on my German-themed layout that involved the swapping of numerous toy-like card models for some to-scale more run down / post WW II looking buildings as would be found in the industrial heartland of the Ruhr. As with most everything else being added to the layout these are all scratchbuilt from and included elements that were taken from background images, photos I had taken, or found elsewhere...
First placements with the still in progress structures.
Backsides with roofs on.
And so things languished for just about a year until this holiday break when I again put some time into the layout. Some detailing still remains to be done around the scenes. Next steps will be to work my way out towards the harbor area to tidy that up and make it safer by adding guardrails and the like.
A full report with more images can be found at http://papphausen.blogspot.com/search/label/New%20%28Re%29Construction.
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Agree 100%. That's some amazing modeling! Thanks for sharing.
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ukguy100% scratchbuilt board-by-board, 95% paper/card including the roofvents and wall-light and subwalls. It isn't what you use, its how you use it....... Karl.A
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Good Site--
To bad its for PC's only. :( Thats ok I still love my MAC.
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(only windows/doors/shopfront scratched from balsa sheet),
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Where do you get the software? Cuda Ken
Where do you get the software?
Cuda Ken
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I'm definitely going to have to try that, sounds like a very easy and inexpensive way to get my layout looking very nice.
Sawyer Berry
Clemson University c/o 2018
Building a protolanced industrial park layout
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19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
I too was glad to see cardmodeling in the pages of MR.
Building card models is great fun and you can get great results with it.These are scratchbuilt using the Scalescenes sheets and photographic images from among others the Busch background image CDs. There's also a modified Clever Models quonset hut in the first. The first is closer to Z than N, the next two are in N, the last is in H0. I have a tutorial and other links at http://www.philobiblon.com/eisenbahn/plattenbau.shtml.
I've used the Evandesigns program a few times to make some buildings and they turned out promising. A good variety of windows, brickwork, siding and roofing are included. One big problem I had was laying out a whole building wall on my computer screen and the lack of dimesion when a full wal was printed on one sheet. I think I'm gonna do it differently on the next structure by printing out one sheet of windows, one sheet of brick etc then cutting and gluing everything together on a cardstock base. Cut out a window opening the insert a window from behind and lay the window molding on top should add a bit of depth and I'll be able to see the entire wall at once.
Modeling the Cleveland and Pittsburgh during the PennCentral era starting on the Cleveland lakefront and ending in Mingo junction
That is amazing! I still have my small warehouse from scalescenes.com in my laptop briefcase. I have a color laser printer and a hi res plotter in my office so I told myself "what the heck!", but still carrying it arround for about a week now!
I really enjoyed the article in MR about the paper models, I had already built the Scalescenes free models but the article made me order the Warehouse as well. I must say that I think these kits are as good or better then most plastic kits, both in terms of looks and realism.
I am very pleased with the looks on mine, it is so big that it looks that it can load more then one car per month.
The brickwork looks realistic and the building is ready to place on the layout without painting.
It is also very easy to kitbash with these kits. If you need another wall? Print one out! That makes it very economical as well. I printed it on cheap matte photopaper and laminated it on 1mm card (cheap variety).
I can really recommend you to try one, They are fun!
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