01-03-2004, 05:03 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Didier
Hi there
Ever since I was a child I always wanted tu build a fantasy town like we used to see in Minitowns or train sets.
However to buy kits of houses and buildings are very expensive.
Does anyone know where I can find manuals and charts to build these from scratch at the scale of HO for example
Didier. Getting HO plans for buildings can be quite a pain, nigh on an impossibility. HO scale is 1/87. If you want to build actual buildings, like historical ones, then see if you can locate the measurements and simply divide by 87. To build something like an ordinary house like this is a piece of cake. Just get sheet styrene and cut it to these new measurements. Ideally 2mm thick styrene works well for this. Like everything else, though, there is a lot of trial and error. Have a look on the net for HO scale sites, they usually have a lot of good ideas.