"Melody Ranch Studios References" Topic

For those who are looking for buildings based on Wild West or Old Mexican Villages, I found a webpage for the Melody Ranch Studio where several movies were filmed.

melodyranchstudio.com/index.html

According to the site

The Lone Ranger, Wyatt Earp, Gunsmoke, Hopalong Cassidy, Annie Oakley, Rin Tin Tin, The Cisco Kid, and most recently Django, Deadwood, Tall Tails, Last Man Standing, and Magnificent Seven

Here is the google earth location. Sadly you cant do a streetview, but it gives you a good idea of where the buildings were for the Western Village

link

Nice find. They have a panzer IV on their backlot.

I do enjoy backlots. I did Old Tucson before the fire.

You know, we really need some wargame terrain maker to give up on "historic" Old West buildings, and do a set based on movie backlots. They're what we're aiming at anyway.

Oddly what got me searching was a reality TV show I just watched called Ultimate Soldier Challenge. They had a race where teams of two had to go through this "Mexican village" and either kill tangos or find 2 computers.

And I think I have seen the same "Mexican village" in another reality TV show (might have been Top Shot) where they did something similar. Go through the village in a vehicle and try to hit the most targets without killing civilians.

So now I want to make a "Mexican Village" and my search found this studio which I was hoping was the right one, but its not. I saw the Old Tucson one as well and that is not it either.

Thank you. That's a keeper.