Re: Model Buildings

I find that plastic (or other models with moulded 3-d elements) stand out when placed next to paper card buildings, the usual advice is dont mix them but I rather liked the effect when all the railway buildings were plastic but the set-dressing buildings (rows of housebacks along the rear of the layout) were the card type - One big plus of card is cost but with a bit of pratting about you can add a degree of relief detail, even a little goes a long way (recess doors and windows and add external window sills, doorsteps, drain and rain water pipes etc)

Mike

My advice is to try and keep a similar style of building whether they be card or plastic if you are modelling a village or small cluster of buildings. In towns you do see a wide variety of building styles, but go to a village or hamlet and the variety of styles is not so great.

I'm planning a layout now and buildings will feature quite a lot, but I want them to fit in with the imaginary history of the place being modelled, so I have to look at buildings constructed between 1930 and 1960. Anything earlier and it will have to be carefully placed and definitely outside the main area.