GildasFacit  | 01 Aug 2011 1:12 p.m. PST |
Just a mention that Tiny Tin Troops have just added a new building set to its range of 1/300th scale card models. The set has 9 buildings, including church & manor house. There are also full colour printed bases for all models and a set of 'enclosures' so that buildings can be removed and replaced with troops 'occupying' them.
For more details … link Tony
Tiny Tin Troops |
| Justin Penwith | 01 Aug 2011 1:50 p.m. PST |
These look promising. I wait with great anticipation for the expansion of this range. |
| GildasFacit | 01 Aug 2011 2:26 p.m. PST |
Are there any particular buildings that you'd like to see Justin ? This set has been on the drawing board quite a while but I'm at last getting to some of the part-finished projects that have been put on hold by a very busy painting service taking up most of my available time. |
| Justin Penwith | 01 Aug 2011 4:41 p.m. PST |
I am looking for more 6mm buildings that would work well with 18th an early 19th century Western and Eastern Europe, not just village buildings, but also buildings that would represent the outskirts of a town or city. My idea is to "edge" a square or rectangular base with 6mm buildings, leaving room in the center of the base for troop stands. While some of these pictured here would work, I think, they look a tad too "English" for Poland or Austria. :) I do hope they do well for your business. |
| Toshach | 01 Aug 2011 8:46 p.m. PST |
Hey! That's really nice stuff. |
| Neroon | 01 Aug 2011 10:16 p.m. PST |
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| GildasFacit | 02 Aug 2011 3:24 a.m. PST |
Justin You are right – E European timber framing is different in many ways to that used in Britain and France and houses in towns tended to be tall and narrow. If you have any good period references for such buildings they would help. I plan to do some town houses soon, probably built around an Inn rather than a manor/church. On another note – I have done these two sets with more exposed timbers than would probably have been the case in late medieval/renaissance times. I did this because (a) that's what people expect and (b) so they can double as later buildings – when timbers were more likely to be exposed.
Tony of TTT
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| Mapleleaf | 02 Aug 2011 9:00 a.m. PST |
I would love to see North American type buildings suitable for the ACW |
| Timbo W | 02 Aug 2011 11:01 a.m. PST |
6mm ACW seconded! Also are you planning to release the ECW buildings in different scales eg 15mm? |
| GildasFacit | 02 Aug 2011 11:53 a.m. PST |
I'd like to have a go at ACW but I'm a bit short of reference materials – any suggestions of sources for buildings of the period ? No plans for other scales at present, I'm having enough trouble finishing the 1/300th ones. To be honest the 15mm size is too big for producing on A4 sheets with simple assembly so I doubt I'll ever be doing those. |
 Dye4minis  | 04 Jan 2016 11:00 a.m. PST |
With so many folks planning to do Team Yankee in 1/285 to 1/300th scale, why not do some of the thousands of multi family apartment buildings here in Germany? Basic rectangle shapes with sloped roofs, dormers, but if you added options for shranks (slatted window blinds), basement windows and varying styles of balconies, you'd have a winner! The german company Aughram does them in plastic for N, TT and HO scales, but notthing for Z or micro scales. v/r
Tom |
ponders nirvana.