Best Of Your favorite, less common, city buildings.

[Bob Bufkin]

That building look a little like The Hard Hat.

[basementcalling]

Well, so much for these buildings staying less obvious. Good thread.

Chicken, love it, but those edges bug me about DPM. The wall edges lose the brick detail. Nothing I can think of to do about it though.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Well, so much for these buildings staying less obvious. Good thread.

Chicken, love it, but those edges bug me about DPM. The wall edges lose the brick detail. Nothing I can think of to do about it though.

Thanks, and yeah, I agree. It's one of the other reasons I don't like them, along with the fact that they need a LOT of work to square up, paint, etc...

[chicken45]

So I put together a Vollmer Kit... Vampire Villa, and whoa, I was stunned at how well it all went together. Even the locations of pieces on the spurs made sense so you could airbrush all of one spur the same color.

[Mark5]

Well, so much for these buildings staying less obvious. Good thread.

Chicken, love it, but those edges bug me about DPM. The wall edges lose the brick detail. Nothing I can think of to do about it though.

One solution (assuming your buildings are not DPM centric) is to sandwich them inside of other buildings.

[basementcalling]

One solution (assuming your buildings are not DPM centric) is to sandwich them inside of other buildings.

I tried ordering a DPM at Firehouse Subs. They didn't have one. 

I'm picking nits on the angle and brick detail, as those are most noticeable in photos only. My eyes don't quite focus to that level from 2-3 feet anymore, even with glasses. 

Mark, I also agree the DPM buildings are best used in a city block row. Don't usually see their style of "stores" as a stand alone.

I wonder if the lazer wielders could create a self adhesive taskboard strip to continue the brick detail onto the edges that need squaring. DPM's draft angle is the most severe of any kits out there.

[Dave V]

So I put together a Vollmer Kit...

 

[chicken45]

No wonder there were so many holes to tap. It all makes sense now.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

DPM's draft angle is the most severe of any kits out there.

Seriously. I've thought about getting a belt sander just to deal with them.

[peteski]

So I put together a Vollmer Kit... Vampire Villa, and whoa, I was stunned at how well it all went together. Even the locations of pieces on the spurs made sense so you could airbrush all of one spur the same color.

LOL!  You funny!

That is because European-made structure kits are designed to be assembled without painting!  So the plastic trees are arranged by colors.    Its been like that since even before I build my first European building kit in the '70s.  Some even had pre-painted walls (stucco texture).  Many also include little bags of grass or/and flowers (sawdust and ground foam).

BTW, it is sprue not spur.   

[chicken45]

LOL!  You funny!

That is because European-made structure kits are designed to be assembled without painting!  So the plastic trees are arranged by colors.    Its been like that since even before I build my first European building kit in the '70s.  Some even had pre-painted walls (stucco texture).  Many also include little bags of grass or/and flowers (sawdust and ground foam).

BTW, it is sprue not spur.   

Yeah! It came with a flashing light (to supplement the horror theme) and bits of grass and some sort of "wash" paint.

[towl1996]

Yeah! It came with a flashing light (to supplement the horror theme) and bits of grass and some sort of "wash" paint.

Pics?

[chicken45]

Pics?

Eh someday.l had pics somewhere but they are gone.

[OldEastRR]

Well, so much for these buildings staying less obvious. Good thread.

Chicken, love it, but those edges bug me about DPM. The wall edges lose the brick detail. Nothing I can think of to do about it though.

Not quite following here ... don't DPM buildings have brickwork detail on the end of the walls that go against the abutting wall?

[jimmo]

Not quite following here ... don't DPM buildings have brickwork detail on the end of the walls that go against the abutting wall?

Yes they do but they are on a slight draft angle and the brick pattern is not rendered very well. When you but them up to the side wall it doesn't visually match.