Cacique Caribe | 02 Nov 2011 9:52 p.m. PST |
You know I mean HO scale, right? Anyway, Grey Aliens are planning to pay some farmers a "quickie" visit . . . TMP link A) First of all, does anyone recognize who manufactures this little HO house by the tracks?
linkThis other one looked nice, but had no porch to lounge about: link B) OR . . . do you have a recommendation of your own, for a plastic kit for a small farm house suitable for 15mm residents? Thanks, Dan TMP link TMP link |
ScoutII | 02 Nov 2011 10:53 p.m. PST |
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Cacique Caribe | 02 Nov 2011 10:57 p.m. PST |
Wow. That one almost looks like the one in "Signs". Very cool!!!
link Dan |
Early morning writer | 02 Nov 2011 11:05 p.m. PST |
Dan, HO is going to be a bit big for 15 mm (even 18 mm). There are some very nice resin models in 15 mm – check out Stone Mountain Miniatures, Musket Miniatures, and Hovels for starters. Go to their ACW ranges. And give the new Blue Moon horror buildings a look over. Have you seen their Victorian – spectacular. And how's the arm healing, by the way? |
Psyckosama | 03 Nov 2011 1:50 a.m. PST |
HO is just fine for 15mm, esp when the figures are based. |
20thmaine  | 03 Nov 2011 3:29 a.m. PST |
Agreed – the airfix mile fort (for example) is fine for 15mm Romans (on bases). |
ordinarybass | 03 Nov 2011 6:16 a.m. PST |
One other suggestion, the really cheap and small kits by companies like Bachman are often a bit undersized in that the overall footprint is smaller than you might expect. They are kind of beginner type kits, but they will look even better alongside 15mm than some of the more true-scale HO stuff with a larger footprint. Here's one that I had as a kid.
And only 14 bucks! link In general, I tend to agree with Psyckosama in as much as scale can be extremeley relative depending on how big the entrances are, and how your figures are based. Here's an HO building that I use for 28mm! link
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elsyrsyn | 03 Nov 2011 6:43 a.m. PST |
The Walther's catalog is your friend. walthers.com Best part is the ability to search not only by scale or category, but also by what's currently in stock and on sale. Doug |
Quadratus | 03 Nov 2011 7:51 a.m. PST |
Man, That title cracked me up. I love me a good chuckle with dorky gaming references :) Thanks Caribe!
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miniMo  | 03 Nov 2011 8:01 a.m. PST |
Walthers is the biggest industry-wide catalog. But they do charge premium prices. On the other hand, if you have a local model railroad shop, you can order through them and not pay shipping. Online shopping for American kits is generally better through places like: link And never order European kits through Walthers! Go to Reynaulds or EuroRail for much better prices. |
Thornhammer | 03 Nov 2011 8:08 a.m. PST |
CC, I'd say that is a Life-Like General Store with a few minor modifications. Look here for a pic: link Also, if you search for "HO General Store" on eBay, one of the auctions towards the top has a pretty good picture of the thing out of the box and assembled. Looks like the one in your picture leaves off the upper portion of the roof with the additional windows, but other than that it is ia dead ringer. |
Cacique Caribe | 03 Nov 2011 10:44 a.m. PST |
Thornhammer, That general store looks sweet!!! I think I can make the minor modifications. Thanks so much. I like this picture here, as it shows 15mm figures inside a plastic HO structure:
Source: link TMP link It's exactly what I would love to be able to do with my 15mm figures. That's also part of why I would really like to find a one story or 1 1/2 story farm house and not something big. PS. Quadratus, you da man!!! I'm glad someone finally mentioned the title, particularly since it took me quite a while to come up with it. :) |
Cacique Caribe | 07 Nov 2011 8:06 p.m. PST |
Tim, That's quite a rural mansion! Wow. Dan |
Cacique Caribe | 21 Nov 2011 12:15 a.m. PST |
I've bid on several models on ebay these last couple of weeks, but haven't been lucky at all. Well, if I can't get my hands on a small farm house (plastic, HO), I guess I could always dig up a little diner kit I have and try to make something like this instead:
Then, instead of a farm and fields out in the country, I could game a scenario where Greys or other aliens escape Area 51 and show up at a desert establishment, or something like that. Dan |
Ghostrunner | 21 Nov 2011 8:16 a.m. PST |
No ideas how to answer your question, but I have to say the thread title cracked me up. Now I can't get Dom DeLuise singing out of my head
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Cacique Caribe | 29 Feb 2012 6:22 p.m. PST |
For something like this . . .
The suggestions on these other threads might be useful: TMP link TMP link Either way, I might use a design like this one to work out the terrain:
Dan |
deviantsaint | 01 Mar 2012 8:03 a.m. PST |
You might wanna head over to a HO railroad site and poke around. Lots of plans laying around to scratchbuild your own. Here's one site. link |
Cacique Caribe | 01 Mar 2012 10:59 a.m. PST |
Wow. Those look nice! Thanks, Dan |
Cacique Caribe | 01 Mar 2012 5:22 p.m. PST |
Coming soon to a farm not-so-near you . . .
link link Dan |
Cacique Caribe | 08 Apr 2012 4:59 p.m. PST |
Update: I keep looking for deals for a one-story little farm house, like the one in the first pic, but keep coming empty. I tried a few ebay auctions but the bidding went through the roof. Now I can't believe I'm contemplating building my own, out of styrene sheets, but using these free paper HO models as templates only: link buildyourownmainstreet.org Even though it's supposed to be a small store, I think it can work quite well as a small farm house. What do you guys think? Is this the road to madness? Dan PS. By the way, is Illinois the only US state that has a historical society with free HO templates, like the above, of their historic buildings? |
Cacique Caribe | 02 Feb 2014 2:42 p.m. PST |
Guys, Is this one cute or what? Do you think it's simple enough for a first-timer like me?
link Dan |
Cacique Caribe | 14 May 2018 8:41 p.m. PST |
By the way, Illinois has moved their cabins here: link Dan |
zrunelord | 16 May 2018 10:58 a.m. PST |
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Cacique Caribe | 16 Jun 2018 1:41 a.m. PST |
A couple of these pre-painted MDF ones might work too: link TMP link Dan |