Hi Dave; Windows and doors are available from a number of sources like Grandt Line, Banta, GC Lasercraft etc. Keep in mind that HO and O scale parts work as larger or smaller windows in S.
Siding is available from Evergreen or Plastruct (a number of people have noted that the Plastruct HO/ 1/100 brick sheet is really close to perfect S scale). Banta, BTS and others have parts like fire plugs, drain grates, etc. Many or the old SS Ltd line of detail parts are really large and/or bulky for HO so work well in S. These are now available from JAKS IIRC. Great Decals has printed adhesive man hole covers/grates in S. Clever Models has a lot of great printed textures as well as paper based structures. I have used the Walthers HO street lights successfully in S as well. >From the photos I remember of the Cincinatti layout, many buildings were >kitbashed HO, particularlly City Classics store fronts. Pieter E. Roos Railroad Home Page at www.geocities.com/pieter_roos/pieter_1.html --- On Mon, 1/12/09, ctxmf74 <[email protected]> wrote: From: ctxmf74 <[email protected]> Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} City scenes? To: [email protected] Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 2:37 PM --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <b...@...> wrote: > And as Pieter mentions, using thin plexiglass overlaid with the > brick/window arrangements would be ideal. The plex is very stable and > heavy enough where the building won't be tipped easily. Hi Bob, I can probably use backdrop photos for most of the large downtown type buildings with closer buildings formed as flats against the backdrops. My main concern was the availability of components such as siding materials, windows, doors, utility infrastructure, etc. Does any one know if architects build much in 3/16 scale? That large Cincinatti S scale layout had to get all those parts somewhere? Regards, Dave Branum ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
