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JUST RELEASED! Police Station, Ambulance Station, Fire Station, and Burnt Out House. Download, Print, and Fun to Build
New to the range of over 200 scale HO/OO and N scale model plans available from https://www.modelbuildings.org
JUST RELEASED! Download, print, and build 3 retro 1950’s-1960’s model buildings
New to the range of 200+ scale model plans available from https://www.modelbuildings.org
Wiring Street Lights on a Model Railroad Layout
Daniel sent in this question:
“ I am installing numerous street lights on my O scale layout. How can I connect them to power/neutral wiring without soldering all of those connections. Can I use termination blocks? Or are the numerous connections unavoidable? Thanks”
Send in your question using one of the many the ASK A QUESTION links.
Bridge Piers Might Not Line Up
Tim W seeks advice:
“I need bridge piers nearly 4 inches high but whatever I buy I might need to adjust to make them align right. Before I buy any piers is there a right or wrong way to go about adjusting them?”
Constructing Super-Realistic Industrial Silos
Buying ready-made plastic scale model industrial silo kitsets can be very expensive before you even consider the cost and work involved in painting and weathering the kits with an airbrush to achieve a realistic representation of the real thing. The easier, and cheaper way is to download plans to make your own silos without having to do the painting or airbrushing. Plastic models when done well can look very impressive, as can models made from downloaded plans. It just comes down to which type you prefer, how skilled you are at weathering and airbrushing, and the extent of your budget. This video shows some silos you could make using downloaded plans.
What Is The Correct Height For A Station Platform?
Max seeks help:
“I am modelling German N gauge and wonder what height platforms should be as in Germany there seem to be varying heights?”
Make 13 High-Quality, Super-Realistic Old West Town Structures That You Can Be Proud Of Displaying (Even If You Have Never Downloaded, Printed, And Constructed Your Own Model Buildings Before)
The old wild west US frontier conjures up all kinds of fantasies and wonderful memories of viewing cowboy movies starring the likes of Clint Eastwood and John Wayne, or watching memorable TV series including: Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Virginian, The High Chaparral, Rawhide, Laramie, Little House on the Prairie, Walker Texas Ranger, The Big Valley, How the West Was Won, Maverick, Daniel Boone, The Lone Ranger, Alias Smith and Jones, F Troop, Hopalong Cassidy, The Roy Rogers Show, and even The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin to mention some of the many popular old western series on television viewed worldwide. Phew! That’s a long list and goes a long way to explaining why tales of gunslingers striding down the middle of a muddy or dusty street, dispatching rival outlaws with a bullet from their holstered side arm, encompasses the old wild western legend most of us “oldies” have come to remember. It is understandably a reason why choosing to model old wild western town structures on a scale model railroad has capivating appeal for baby-boomer model railroading enthusiasts.
Now, thanks to https://www.modelbuildings.org there is a expanding library of downloadable model plans displaying old wild western buildings such as a sheriffs office, saloons, Bank, telegraph office, blacksmiths, church, dry goods store, hotel, general store, gun smith, barbers shop, stage depot, and school house. The old wild west town models in this series nicely complement the interesting range of mining town structures also available as downloadable models.
TUTORIAL – Making Scale Model Shipping Containers For A Model Railroad
Making scale model shipping containers that actually look like mini versions of real-world giant 10ft, 20ft, and 40ft sea containers has never been easier. These 40 designs are exceptionally realistic (complete with rust from sea spray) and some even have refrigeration motors depicted on the ends. The best thing is; they don’t look like graphic color drawings. The photographic style imaging means these models actually look like real sea containers. These scale model shipping containers are perfect for positioning on flat cars, trucks, near industries, ports, and rail yards on OO gauge, N scale, and HO scale model railroads.
NEW DESIGNS! How To Make Realistic Model Houses
New house designs add to the already wide range of downloadable plans.
Make Semi-Detached Model House For Your HO, OO, or N Scale Railroad or Diorama Display
There are several new house designs recently added to the range including plans for making semi-detached houses.
Plans For Finely Detailed House Designs
Downloadable plans for these photo-realistic house plans. Make them to OO gauge, N scale or HO scale. https://www.modelbuildings.org/residential/
Making Tunnel Portals The Easy way
A tunnel is a superb scenic feature for making the eye believe the miniature world is much bigger than it actually is. A tunnel can hide the train for a brief period of time, enabling the eye to imagine that the train has left the vicinity for a destination further away. The point where the train reappears from the other end of the tunnel, it is possible to imagine that the training exiting the tunnel is a completely different train arriving from another location. Let your imagination run wild!
Downloadable plans for tunnel portal. Make them to OO gauge, N scale or HO scale. https://www.modelbuildings.org/walls-tunnels-bridges/
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