One Horse Town

[Anonymous]

John,

Hit the library, find books with pictures of old western towns, especially ones that dried up. then using anything in them as a refeence (a personj, car, wagon, ect), make a royugh guess on size and then just make your own plans and build from that.

The Library may have books with plans already, so you might find some there too. but just to let you know, most of the structures you want are already made, you could just kitba***hem to fit your needs (probably a much simpler approach than scratch building). Talk to your LHS, i'm sure they can point you in the righ direction for what you need to kitba***o what you want.

Jay

[Anonymous]

John:

If you have access to a good LHS (Local Hobby Shop) likely they have a "dead pile" of back issue train magazines for sale. The going price is 25 or 50 cents per issue. The 1950s and 1960s issues of Model Railroader and Railroad Model Craftsman usually had scale drawings of smallish structures which would fit your needs. I can't be more specific not knowing your structural "taste". Don't shy away from combining or designing your own structures. Sounds like a fun undertaking.

Randy

[Anonymous]

Hi DScmitt
Do you have access to a scanner?
What I am looking for are all small structures a station with passanger and freight facileties
a house a false front store and saloon
tiny tending toward microscopic is a better description.
The idea is that for what ever reason town didn't come up to expectations.
Even the local one horse has had enough and is leaving with or without
his owner, I supose I had better add a church to the list so the residents of boot hill
had a propper burial
regards John

[DSchmitt]

I have a series of Plan Sets by Al Armitage, which were publshed by Kemtron Corporation many years ago. There is no date on them, and I'm sure they are long out of print. They are probably what you are looking for.

Plan book 1is Railroad Structures, 2 through 4 Old West Buildings, 5 JS Cain House, 6 Sacramenro Dwekings and 7 Brick Dwekings and 8 Churches.

Al wrote a lot of articles and drew a lot of plans on subjects ranging from buildings of all types, locomotives and cars, automobiles and trucks, etc. A search of his name in the Index of magazines resulted in a 12 page list from 1938 to 2003.

Al was a pioneer in and strong advocate of using styrene plastic in modeling.

[Anonymous]

Hi
thanks
What can you tell me about the modelpower 0-4-0 and the lifelike coffee pot
are they any good.
As town is so small I wanted to scratch build it if possable so some help
finding drawing of suitable structures would be handy.

[jrbarney]

You and others that are interested in Alpine may want to know that their URL is:
http://www.alpinemodels.com
It's an easier way to track any new developments than waiting for the next Walthers catalogue. IIRC, those kits were first produced by Ayres Scale Models, then E. Suydam & Company, before Alpine bought out Suydam.
Bob
NMRA Life 0543

[Anonymous]

Try Alpine Division Scale Models they have several old western type buildings that would fit your needs. They even have a couple of sets, one with a Blacksmith, Saloon, General Store in it, another with a Rooming House and Livery Stable with Corral, yet another with a Gazette Building, Barber Shop, Mortuary, and Doctors, and finally one with three different hosues in it.

See them here: http://www.walthers.com/exec/search?category=Structure&scale=H&manu=Alpine+Division+Scale+Models&item=&keywords=old&instock=Q&split=30&Submit=Search

Jay

[Fergmiester]

You may want to check out Roundhouse as they make "old time" engines and rolling stock.

Regards

[lupo]

hi John,
for most where to get : ????

you can try www.walthers.com :

http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/160-51124

or for a nice selection of fine quality scenery try
http://www.valleymodeltrains.com/index.html

[Anonymous]

Hi
I have finaly decided what the next indoor HO project will be a small
layout with a One horse town and even the horse is booked on the next train out.
To do this I need some plans for a tiny or microscopic full faciaties depot
a small miners type house for the station master a tiny false front store and ditto saloon as I intend to scratch build the whole town which is as listed
I also need to know where I can get an old time looking 0-4-0 or 0-6-0
steam locomotive in HO scale
any help apreciated
regards John