can you buy ready to place european buildings?   anything line bachmann scenecraft / hornby lyddle end but european?


tim

Hornby International do the Skale range in HO - may give you some ideas.

http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=Skale-Structures-French-Station

http://www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com/c/1435/Hornby-International

War gamers produce a number of buildings that might be suitable in 10mm and 1/144.

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=222982

http://www.timecastmodels.co.uk/range_4/range_4.html

Faller, Noch, and Kibri all make lots of European buildings in N scale although I suspect that most, if not all, are kits. Not keen on kits?

Webbo

I don't recall ever seeing any ready-built buildings from German manufacturers, though my knowledge may be imperfect.

Japanese manufacturers Kato and Tomix/Tomytec both do ranges of ready-build or easy-to-assemble kits (i.e. just a case of fitting the parts together, no glue or paint required), these are of course Japanese in nature, but some are certainly generic enough to be used in non-Japanese locations.

I think resin buildings look better to be honest, esp if like me you lack practical skills / patience.

I am building a faller kit at the minute and i just wondered if there were ready to place resin European buildings available.

I don't mind a bit of 'actual modelling' but I am more on the collector / playing trains side of the scale...


Tim

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For modern town centre buildings it is also worth looking at some of the Kato range.

A glass-and-concrete monstrosity is the same in any language.  They also have the advantage that you can unclip them at every second floor to shorten them to suit (and use the spare floors to make taller eyesores....)

Les

Quote from: Les1952 on December 23, 2015, 10:24:43 PM
For modern town centre buildings it is also worth looking at some of the Kato range.

A glass-and-concrete monstrosity is the same in any language.  They also have the advantage that you can unclip them at every second floor to shorten them to suit (and use the spare floors to make taller eyesores....)

I was going to say I saw a German-themed layout recently in the NGS journal which does exactly that, then I realized it's yours 

Quote from: railsquid on December 23, 2015, 11:39:13 PM

Quote from: Les1952 on December 23, 2015, 10:24:43 PM
For modern town centre buildings it is also worth looking at some of the Kato range.

A glass-and-concrete monstrosity is the same in any language.  They also have the advantage that you can unclip them at every second floor to shorten them to suit (and use the spare floors to make taller eyesores....)

I was going to say I saw a German-themed layout recently in the NGS journal which does exactly that, then I realized it's yours 

You can see it again in Continental Modeller in April......
(and for that matter Hawthorn Dene in BRM in spring also......)

Les

There are laser cut kits, and ready made/kit resin buildings for France.

http://www.architecture-passion.fr/index.php?item=&action=page&group_id=20000019&lang=FR

http://patrick-gazel.fr/index.php?page=catalogue&echelle=n