"Free HO Scale PDF Plans For Cardstock Buildings" Topic

In case you guys need them for your . . .

- Alien invasion games
- Pulp gangsters
- "Weird" WWII (on the homefront)
- Or any other possible "modern" setting you can think of

Here's the link:

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Hope you find them useful.

Hmm . . . I wonder if, aside from Illinois, some of the other states have similar sites for their historic buildings.

Dan
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way cool!
Thanks, Dan

Outstanding!
Officer thinking Dan!

fantastic, thank you.
Invasion USA, here we come.

Thanks Cacique Caribe, a treasure trove.

And if anyone wants to make their own travel trailers . . . here are some free plans (I think they're free):

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Dan
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15mm trailer park! Cool!

Agent Brown, I know these other examples are trailer parks for 28mm, but they are inspiring nonetheless:

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And, I know it's hard to believe (I can't even believe it yet) but, for the first time in my life I'm considering making some of the following out of printed cardstock:

1 general store – will need to make it from scratch. Maybe cardstock(?);

1 house (Nancy and Mindy) – will need to make it from scratch. Maybe cardstock(?);

3 small travel trailers (Nestor, Val, Earl) – not sure how I'll get them done. Maybe cardstock(?);

2 larger trailers (Melvin with parents and one for Walter Chang?) – not sure how I'll get them done. Maybe cardstock(?);

1 rusty Quonset (full of junk?) – bought recently, Rix brand;

1 dilapidated house – bought recently as house under construction;

1 play shack – bought recently, it was actually a treehouse;

1 water tower – bought recently, unknown brand but excellent match;

1 junkyard with various rusty machines scattered about, and with a corrugated fence perimeter – have corrugated fence but will need more junk; and

1 Catepillar tractor, in the trash field, close to an open trailer without tires – bought matchbox tractors (one may be the right type). Still looking for the right trailer portion for it.

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I prefer plastic buildings (built or kits), but some of those aren't available or affordable right now. So printed cardstock may be my only solution for those.

Dan

Too cool for school. Thanks!

Do you guys know if, aside from Illinois, any of the other states have similar sites for their historic buildings?

Dan

Here's an interesting site:

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Dan

This is cute:

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My rednecks will definitely have one or two of these when they get invaded by the aliens.

Dan

BRILLIANT! Looks just right for a snobbish PanO city.

The buildings in the first link are nice pieces. A couple are a bit fiddily to put together with the flying buttresses and such but are pretty easy to figure ways around that. Some of the building are huge.
There are TONS of paper building out and about on the web. Check out the paper modeling section on TMP. I used to scoff at people that used paper since I was a "scratchbuilder" but then I needed a 3'X4' city board done in 6 weeks. Gave paper a shot and have never looked back. A little time in the detailing and you would never know they were paper.

And for those who might be looking for Quonset/Nissen huts, here are a couple of them in 1/144 (so double the size to get 1/72):

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Dan
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If anyone wants to make their own little HO scale Australian town . . .

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Dan

I think I still have that issue of NGDU around here somewhere.

The problem is that I am attempting to get rid of my free card scenics and only keep scratches and proprietary items as I live in a quad unit and have decided it is redundant, wasteful and pointless to keep lots of scenery at home when everywhere I go to play there is already some waiting.

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look through their catalogues and you will find small planbooks of old Western structures.

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Essential for cardstock scratching, and the source of many of the Canesig building textures.