Re: [SGII], [DSII] More Terrain

I've gone shopping at one of the local RR shops for "O" scale stuff for
this same reason - as far as railroad modeling scales go, HO is too
small
for 25mm, and O is the next one up.

"O" scale buildings are a bit oversize for 25mm, but a lot of the
accessories can be really useful.

I got some O scale hydro pylons, for example, that look great (actually,
you can dimly see a couple of them in the background of this picture:

http://www.stargrunt.ca/gallery_modeling/sg2_gal_gurkhas/sg2_gal_gurkhas
_7.htm

They fit the figure and terrain scale quite well.

Same with things like crates, oil drums, logs, etc.

I've seen a few O scale buildings that might suit (one was a
Roman-architecture style "Public Library" that with some mods would fit
just fine) but generally the types of buildings available ("small town
USA", railroad station, general store, house, etc) and the features of
the
buildings (doors, windows) are too identifyable to be generic, and a bit
too large to be satisfying for 25mm.

And too expensive...

>Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 22:03:15 -0500
>From: John Crimmins <johncrim@voicenet.com>
>Subject: [SGII], [DSII] More Terrain
>
>I was in the local model RR store today looking for some of that
Iceland
>Moss -- no luck, unfortunately.  I did, however, see some really nice
"O"
>scale buildings and scenic bits...all of them more expensive than I
>remember from when I used to sell these things.
>
>Having browsed the place throughly (and found some old Revell 1/72 and
1/48
>scale Robotech models, of all things!) I was forced to conclude that
the
>place was operating with something of a mark-up.  So...does anyone know
of
>a good on-line source of model railroad stuff?  Discounted  would be
nice,
>but not essential.  Reliable and well-stocked is what I *really* want.
>
>And has anyone worked with O scale model railroad buildings before? 
They
>look to be just about the perfect size for 25mm figures, but I didn't
have
>any with me for comparision purposes.
>
>John Crimmins
>johncrim@voicenet.com
>http://www.voicenet.com/~johncrim

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