Simple Structures for Model Railways Pt 1

MAKING SIMPLE CUT OUT BUILDINGS Page 1

TO SUPPORT THESE BUILDINGS

I use a simple box shape made of foam core (which I am graciously supplied for nothing as offcuts from my local picture framer) to a shape that will fit the inside of these buildings.

TO GET THESE BUILDINGS

Right Click on the Image of the building you want and click on "Copy Image". You should then be able to paste your picture straight onto your Word Processor, Publisher or Graphic program. Use the Scaling measure to size your building to your scale.

I suggest that you print them onto A4 sized single sticker paper which will cost you about $1 a sheet here in Australia but you can fit multiple buildings on a sheet in the smaller scales. If you really need to scrimp. you could make a number of signs to various sizes and fill in the gaps!

Once you have Printed your buildings...

1. Make your sides so they are exactly the size of the sides of these buildings. Foam core cuts best with a box cutter or exacto knife and scalpel blades but be aware that the blades will blunt very quickly (about 10 reasonable cuts) before they will start to tear the foam core. Seeing you will not see these surfaces anyway, you can extend the life of the blades.

2. Make your fronts and rears of block buildings the HEIGHT of the buildings but TWO thicknesses of the foam core less than the width.

TO USE THESE DIAGRAMS AS A PATTERN

1. Right Click on the image and Copy your image. You may wish to paste it into Paint or similar and fill it with colour to your hearts content first

2 Paste your image into Word, Open Office, Libre Office or Publisher Word Processor, Note the marker at the top of the drawing and ensure that the ruler is lined up to one of the marker edges of your drawing package or word processor or publisher so you can check the measurements.

3, Align the marker at the top of the drawing with the ruler. Hold your SHIFT key down scale the line so that it is 35mm between the vertical markers in HO , 20mm in N scale, 40mm in OO scale and 35mm in O scale. The diagram should retain its scale so you can directly print it. Enjoy!