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How To Build Tall Scale Model Industrial Buildings To Add Detail, Character, and Realism To A Model Train Backdrop Scene. Watch How…

This demonstration shows the more complex method of construction this scale model, because uses a method of cutting out the doors and windows to provide a greater 3D effect. You can simply glue the plan to card or corflute (foam board) instead which will still provide a good 3D effect, but not to the same extent. Simply decide which method you prefer based on the 3D effects you want to achieve.

You can download the plans at https://www.modelbuildings.org/background-buildings

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Run-Down (Maybe Abandoned) Buildings To Make And Position Behind Your Railroad Tracks

One of these models has be ravaged by fire and the others have certainly seen better days. It is the kind of reason that is impossible to replicate in plastic. The background buildings in this series can be made to HO scale, OO, or N scale size and the plans are now available for download at https://www.modelbuildings.org/background-buildings

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