Hi Bob; Pine Canyon provides very nice brick structures, as did DSL Shops (still in business, as a few S buildings but mostly O scale) and Trainstuff (their buildings had some issues, and they are now long gone). Twin Whistle has a few brick and other town structures as well. Large brick factories are still limited, and very few other sturctures more than two stories tall in S (even many smaller cities have lots of three and four story store fronts and buidlings). None of these were really "modular" in the sense of the DPM system, where you coould buy packs of wall sections with different door and window arraingments and build them up and out any way you wanted.
Pieter E. Roos --- On Thu, 8/16/12, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: I had thought that most of the modular brick situation had been addressed by both the Pine Canyon and the NASG modular building kits, not to mention another prior series--I've forgotten the name but they had a hobby shop, drug store, bank building, Woolworths etc. I mixed those buildings in with some Banta false fronts that he sold as 'the block' to make a whole small city downtown. Earlier I had built several of the DPM Ho buildings, and indeed spent much time in handpainting all the little details. I was also happy to replace them when the similar Pine Canyon buildings came on the scene. The big give-away is the size of the people doors! I don't know what eventually happened to the molds for the NASG project and I know the project had many twists and turns, but the original idea of a modular system was a really great idea. I passed on it because on how limited it's usage had become. Bob Werre --- In [email protected], Ed Kozlowsky <soldado7264@...> wrote: > > DPM modulars sections can also be useful if you're into brick structures. > By the way, there are plenty of standard gauge locations that major in wood > structures, which in most cases are just as easy to kitbash as styrene. Instead of looking for HO buildings to modify I'd look for components to build S scale buildings. Many hobby shops stock plastic windows that can be made to work with most S building plans, doors are easy to build from cardboard or plastic, roofs from paper shingles or paper roll roofing, etc. Find some simulated brick or metal wall material or scribe or plank up wooden walls and you are good to go. Building from you own plans gets you a building exactly suited to your layout's needs instead of a compromise plus it is probably as fast as trying to modify something designed for another scale or purpose....DaveBranum
