Showing posts with label mini train buildings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mini train buildings. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

A Few More Buildings for the Train Layout

I made some more buildings for the train layout, this time a portion of a town backed up to what will be the side of a mountain.
Just ignore all the cardboard stuff, everything is still in the planning stage as far as topography.
The base is a piece of cardboard and I covered it with felt and used some craft paint to vary the color.
Here's another angle.  I used some old track that I cut apart and glued down for the wood sidewalks, and painted it gray for weathering.  The detail on these paper buildings is great.

I did do a little kit bashing to make it work for what I wanted and I add cereal box pasteboard to the insides for stability as these are printed on cardstock.

I will be adding some real rocks and weedy bushes at some point, it will make it look more real.  And we definitely need to start adding some model people.  For scale, the large buildings are 1.5" x 3.5".  The printed paper is much easier on my eyes that scratch built buildings.

And if anyone is looking for N scale or Z scale models, here is the link to the Etsy store: CustomZScales

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

A New Station Office for the Train Layout

I ordered some pre-printed buildings for the man's train layout.  I really like how they go together and the printing on the cardstock is excellent.
He opted to use this 1st one I built as a station office and put it next to the 2 story warehouse I built from scratch.
The warehouse looks huge next to the little office but the top of the train fits just under the roof when it goes by.
That's his new engine, still has some of the packing in place - the white stuff.
And the caboose!

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Miniatures for the Train Layout

I've made a couple of items for the man's N scale train layout.
This one is a warehouse for offloading items.  Made with cereal box cardboard and covered in cardstock that is colored with prismacolors, the photo is not great, it is drawn with a tiny brick grid.  The double doors show one partially opened on this side, the other side they are closed.  The roof is cereal box too but just painted with silver & brown acrylic craft paint.  The shape of the roof is like some buildings here in CO, made so the snow falls off easily.

This is an old time passenger car.  The basic shape the man cut out of styrofoam.  I refined it by sanding with a nail file and added the top window portion they used back then.  Painted with silver acrylic and detailed with black sharpie.  The sides are cardstock cut to fit and colored with prismacolors.  He added the wheels.  It sits next to a 3 story hotel that used to be in this town - the RR actually ran beside it in order to let passengers board and unboard.  As you can see he's trying out things for landscaping.

A Quilt Repair While I Was On Vacation

 I went to visit my parents for a month and while I was there I repaired a quilt. Sorry the image is not very good, it was taken with my pho...