What's your go-to kit for buildings on your model railway layouts? I've used cardboard and plastic in the past - but for the Brief Encounter monochrome model railway I had to do something different and use laser cut 3mm plywood - the first time I've ever worked with it.
I definitely found lots of pros - and just a few minor cons - with laser cut. Here's a review.
https://youtu.be/bTKR4-5JzDA?si=YcBfMExkXZcU5_9A
Laser cut buildings - pros and cons
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Re: Laser cut buildings - pros and cons
There are no coincidences.
I've bought their HL001 Small School. It should be with me tomorrow.
You skimmed over the paint pens you use in the video. They sound interesting for doing thin lines. Can you elaborate on what they are please?
Thanks
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I've bought their HL001 Small School. It should be with me tomorrow.
You skimmed over the paint pens you use in the video. They sound interesting for doing thin lines. Can you elaborate on what they are please?
Thanks
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Re: Laser cut buildings - pros and cons
There is a very limited selection of laser cut items, compared to plastic kits, but the vast range of good plastic kits are HO!
Laser cut can be extremely good, L-Cut being one of them. A great supplier is Petite Properties, but they tend to be plain faced, so need further work to make brick or stone, by adding plasti-card or printed paper sheets, so are in essence a skeleton base. One advantage, is large buildings like old ware houses and modern portal factories, can be big! I personally don't like the 'Fingers' that are used on the corners and have had bad experience with the tiny fingers on brickwork, not fitting each other.
Laser cut can be extremely good, L-Cut being one of them. A great supplier is Petite Properties, but they tend to be plain faced, so need further work to make brick or stone, by adding plasti-card or printed paper sheets, so are in essence a skeleton base. One advantage, is large buildings like old ware houses and modern portal factories, can be big! I personally don't like the 'Fingers' that are used on the corners and have had bad experience with the tiny fingers on brickwork, not fitting each other.
