"East Prussian railway signal box in 1/72" Topic

The fourth scenario in the Westwind Konigsberg campaign for Chain of Command features a railway line and a signal box. Not easy to find a suitable building in 20mm believe it or not, but I think I stumbled on something that will do the job nicely. I've put together a bit of a step-by-step on how I put this together on my blog Railway Signal Box for Westwind but here is a before and after shot. Hopefully it will be making an appearance in a few weeks time once we reach scenario four of the campaign.

id recommend painting the roof a different color to make it less monotone

I like it. The link did not work but this does.
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id recommend painting the roof a different color to make it less monotone

Is that for aesthetic reasons or accuracy reasons? Looking at traditional building materials in East Prussia, it looks like brick and terracotta tiles would be normal (if boringly monochrome).

Tiles shaped in the model closely resemble this style of traditional Prussian roof:

And this building in Konigsberg seems to convey the idea that monochrome was a traditional style.

In this town roof tiles come in any colour you'd like, as long as it's, well, terracotta it would seem….

A great find. I am a big fan of railways in WW2 games (if nothing else, they stop my table looking like my Napoleonic games). But they do suffer from the curse of 1950s British railways. Trying to find German/Russian railway themed buildings is difficult. As are carriages etc. Nothing worse than the old blood and custard on the table

Terrific job and appreciate the step by step walk through. I do think the icing on the cake was the use of the signs, terrific idea.

<<<<<<Trying to find German/Russian railway themed buildings is difficult. As are carriages etc.>>>>>>

You're kidding, right? There's tonnes of models for German railways. You just need to go to the source – buildings for model railways.

For a start there's

Noch noch.com
Faller link
Vollmer/Kibri viessmann-modell.com/en

Continental railway models are grouped by 'epoch'. Epoch II covers 1925-1945

In the UK, Gaugemaster is one of the best sources. gaugemaster.com/index.html

Some Epoch II railway buildings

Art Deco style 1930s signal box

Water tower

Blumenfeld station

Looks very nice.

Perhaps add a bit more weathering to look a bit less polished?

You're kidding, right? There's tonnes of models for German railways. You just need to go to the source – buildings for model railways.

Thanks for posting all those links, that's extremely useful.

Except that they're all going to be tiny. Those are 1/87 scale. This is a little bigger than a figure which is truly 20mm tall, but no-one uses figures truly 20mm tall for 20mm. Therefore too small, unless of course your buildings are always smaller than your minis?

Except that they're all going to be tiny. Those are 1/87 scale.

You have a point. At least the MiniArt Signal Box is 1/72 scale, which is about right for 20mm, which is probably closer to 1/76 scale but the difference is marginal. The signal box works well with my AB Figures 20mm.

The main issue with model railway buildings is that they are not created with gaming in mind, unlike the MDF models that have detachable roofs and building levels. I guess it all depends what you are after.

Take a look at Paper Terrain:
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HO scale is 3.5 mm to the foot. A 6 foot tall man would scale to 21 mm.