| Robert Burke | 05 Jan 2014 7:43 p.m. PST |
Does anyone know of a source for 28mm Chinatown buildings? I'd like to find something that work for late 19th Century San Francisco. |
| War In 15MM | 05 Jan 2014 7:55 p.m. PST |
I would love it if someone gave you a positive answer to this question, but I rather doubt that will happen. I'll be watching because I'd love a good set of 28mm Chinatown buildings. Right now my plan is to build my own when the time comes and I'll probably use the ones from King and Country Toy Soldiers as my models. Good luck on this one… for both of us. Richard |
| Robert Burke | 05 Jan 2014 9:25 p.m. PST |
I should have added that I did find these two websites, which may give you some good ideas: link link |
| clifblkskull | 05 Jan 2014 9:26 p.m. PST |
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| Twoball Cane | 05 Jan 2014 9:28 p.m. PST |
Go to virtual armchair general…under mean streets section….they have an opium den and block section 17-20 Hope it helps |
Rdfraf  | 06 Jan 2014 7:38 a.m. PST |
Definitely the ones from Virtual Armchair General! |
 The Virtual Armchair General  | 06 Jan 2014 11:43 a.m. PST |
Dear Bob, Yes, definitely take a look here: link Header You can cut off the back sides of each Chinese Block, ignoring the strictly Western businesses there, and cut your work load in half! I can do some prep work for you, if you end up purchasing any of these. TVAG |
| ELindberg | 06 Jan 2014 8:24 p.m. PST |
This all started with my innocently mentioning to Bob that I some day want to run a Western game using a setup representing several blocks of the Barbary Coast of late 19th c. San Francisco. He then found a gorgeous selection of Chinatown civilian miniatures. It looks like I may have committed myself to another hare-brained scheme. I really like the Mean Streets buildings, though most of the Chinatown selection looks decidedly post-1906. |
| Robert Burke | 06 Jan 2014 9:00 p.m. PST |
What can I say? I suffer from terminal curiousity! And the hive mind has been a great source of information in the past. |
| axabrax | 07 Jan 2014 9:19 a.m. PST |
This is the reason why I didn't go for the new Fist Full of Kung Fu game. There really is no good terrain available. I tried some the paper stuff before but it's a lot of work to build and doesn't hold up that well over time or through frequent transport. Basically it will require a lot of scratch building. You might take a look at some of the Sarissa urban buildings and think about adding street signs and awnings of your own. The urban line is actually very similar to older San Francisco buildings. |
| Nick Stern | 08 Jan 2014 2:03 p.m. PST |
According to these photos said to be some of the earliest photos of SF Chinatown, it looks like the buildings are in the ordinary Victorian style. I imagine only the Taoist temple would have Asian influence. Most photos you see of old Chinatown are post 1906 earthquake. I think you could use ordinary Victorian brick buildings and add Chinese signs. irwinator.com/124/6-9.htm |
| 11th ACR | 08 Jan 2014 5:33 p.m. PST |
Joss House, Weaverville CA. link
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China Town, Hanford Ca.
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