discussion 1/48 scale buildings or dioramas

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Im looking for diorama kits or builds like the MiniArt ones,spent the last few hours looking on the net but nothing so far. Is there a business/company that produces 1/48 buildings.

Cheers Tony..

 

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There is not much about, I really need some and as yet come up with just the odd bits in resin but nothing of note. Make sure you get as many accessories as you can, they will always come in, jerry cans (great Tamiya set in the shop at the mo) spare baggage from kits, road signs (again Tamiya do a good one) and any spares from figure sets. Hang on to them for dear life. I feel a bit of scratch building will be needed for buildings though.

 

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Looks like there is no buildings to be found. Scratch building them may have to do. Wanted them for the KV-2s.

Tony..

 

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Model railroad stores and supplies use O Scale (1:48), maybe worth investigating.

 

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Checked them out mostly British buildings for sale. I looking for European buildings and ruins like the MiniArt ones.

Tony..

 

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May get a MiniArt product and scale it down to 1:48 scale.

Tony..

 

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Oooo, I didn't know that '0' gauge was 1:48!!! I know what you are saying re the British buildings Tony but has to be easier to convert than build from scratch, should be plenty of accessories as well.

Cheers for that Ray

 

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Nice to help, Graham, I agree its easier to convert than to scratch it.

 

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Cheers Ray and Graham for the advice,now will have to find a suitable building to convert.

Tony..

 

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Hello Tony,

I Googled 1:48 scale houses looking for accessories to my models and your question popped up in search!

As Sprayman mentioned O Guage is 1:48 (also known as quarterscale and quarter inch in the US) but I find 1:43 scale figures and vehicles work very well with 1:48, just don't make the obvious mistake of having a 1:43 scale person stood in a 1:48 doorway!

The main reason I have answered you is to offer the shameful exploit of my 'services'! I make 1:48 scale buildings, doll houses and furniture..... I love this scale..... and when time allows would like to venture into the worlds of military modelling, war gaming and model railways. I prefer scenes, dioramas and building interiors over static buildings any day so if you would like to know more please get in touch.

Best wishes,

Shane.....

 

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1:48 scale buildings

Tony,

Check out these links. There are also some good tutirials fior scratch building online.

Hudson & Allen Studio, Inc.

1:48 scale-Buildings and Diorama accessories plastic scale model kits manufactured in 1:48 scale//Scale-Model-Kits.com

Miniature Building Authority

Steel Models S.R.L. model kits and accessories for diorama

Terrain and Toy Soldiers: Model making walk throughs

Tabletop World

28mm Buildings/Terrain - BattleMart.com 28mm WWII Miniatures - (Powered by CubeCart)

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There is not much about, I really need some and as yet come up with just the odd bits in resin but nothing of note. Make sure you get as many accessories as you can, they will always come in, jerry cans (great Tamiya set in the shop at the mo) spare baggage from kits, road signs (again Tamiya do a good one) and any spares from figure sets. Hang on to them for dear life. I feel a bit of scratch building will be needed for buildings though.

 

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Im looking for diorama kits or builds like the MiniArt ones,spent the last few hours looking on the net but nothing so far. Is there a business/company that produces 1/48 buildings.Cheers Tony..

What you need mate is to check out spanner 570 (Ron) builds on here he builds everything from the polystyrene packing from pizza boxes, trust me he brought these to the exhibit we did last weekend and they are amazing.

scott