Scratch Build ANYTHING!

DJ of DJsTrains Oct 26, 2021

  1. DJ of DJsTrains

    DJ of DJsTrains TrainBoard Member

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  2. ggburke

    ggburke New Member

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    I have question about scratch build n scale buildings. Where can I get wood for siding, decking etc. I gather that 1/8 material would be scale 4/4 and 1/8 by 1/16th would be 2/4 material. What is the scale dimensions for decking and siding. I watched a video where the guy built a model building like you frame a house. He built his model in O scale. Is it crazy to try to do this in N scale?

    Also, is there a big difference between wood and styrene?
     
  3. DJ of DJsTrains

    DJ of DJsTrains TrainBoard Member

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    I use evergreen and plastruct styrene for everything in scale. For wood, go with northeastern scale lumber.
     
  4. ggburke

    ggburke New Member

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    You build cardstock buildings? What printer do you user, CAD program
     
  5. CNE1899

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    ggburke,

    For some of the sites like Clever Models, you just download the file, scale if necessary, and print on a regular copier (straight feed if printing on card stock).

    Scott
     

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