HoNoToGroABeMo Day Thirty-One: It Is Done
6 years ago
10:26 AM
I want a town. I want one for my very own.
I've been trying to collect a "pulpish downtown" for adventure minis games for years. I've got a ton of ERTL's 1/64 Cow Town play sets, but the largest building in one of those looks like a clapboard townhouse. Not exactly the effect I'm going for-- I want cobblestone streets, street lights, tall buildings with many stories, a nice turn of the century look.
I think K-Line, the model railroad manufacturer, might have my solution in their O-Scale "MainLine" series. They are a tad large for 28mm but not so big as to be ridiculous. Definitely the smallest scaled O scale manufacturer.
I had bought stuff like The K-Lineville classics before, and have a set of three buildings with extensions. An example of this is the Pharmacy building (11-1-b, below).
They are a tad clunky and cookie-cutter looking but can easily accomodate interior floors and 28mm characters shooting out the window. I have a white, blue and red one.. I know one is a pharamacy but I've forgotten what the other two are. That can be changed with a paint job and signage, of course.
K-Line now has a line called Mainline (downtown). These are truly the ticket. Pre-painted, with lots of detailing (unlike the k-linevilles). I recently won the coffee shop (see below) on Ebay for fairly cheap.
Other items in the series are the fisherman's resturaunt which could make a great speakeasy. There is also a combination building
and what looks like a residential
and a really neat urban firehouse.
With judicious blending of some of my old model railroad stuff, the less obnovious ERTL buildings and the K-Lineville items, I might be able to build a very small downtown with a waterfront (natch).
What the scenario will be, who knows, but I've always wanted a little town to call my own...
I've been trying to collect a "pulpish downtown" for adventure minis games for years. I've got a ton of ERTL's 1/64 Cow Town play sets, but the largest building in one of those looks like a clapboard townhouse. Not exactly the effect I'm going for-- I want cobblestone streets, street lights, tall buildings with many stories, a nice turn of the century look.
I think K-Line, the model railroad manufacturer, might have my solution in their O-Scale "MainLine" series. They are a tad large for 28mm but not so big as to be ridiculous. Definitely the smallest scaled O scale manufacturer.
I had bought stuff like The K-Lineville classics before, and have a set of three buildings with extensions. An example of this is the Pharmacy building (11-1-b, below).
They are a tad clunky and cookie-cutter looking but can easily accomodate interior floors and 28mm characters shooting out the window. I have a white, blue and red one.. I know one is a pharamacy but I've forgotten what the other two are. That can be changed with a paint job and signage, of course.
K-Line now has a line called Mainline (downtown). These are truly the ticket. Pre-painted, with lots of detailing (unlike the k-linevilles). I recently won the coffee shop (see below) on Ebay for fairly cheap.
Other items in the series are the fisherman's resturaunt which could make a great speakeasy. There is also a combination building
and what looks like a residential
and a really neat urban firehouse.
With judicious blending of some of my old model railroad stuff, the less obnovious ERTL buildings and the K-Lineville items, I might be able to build a very small downtown with a waterfront (natch).
What the scenario will be, who knows, but I've always wanted a little town to call my own...
