Blog- Barry Ten's GWR/WR Blog - French urban buildings in HO

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<p>Back in October I posted an entry on a card kit I'd made for a French corner-style cafe, entitled La Passerelle:</p><p> </p><p><a href='http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/257/entry-16720-la-passerelle-a-french-card-structure-in-ho/'class='bbc_url' title=''>http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/257/entry-16720-la-passerelle-a-french-card-structure-in-ho/</a></p><p> </p><p><span rel='lightbox'><img class='bbc_img' src='http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_10_2015/blogentry-6720-0-05555700-1443913711.jpg' alt='Posted Image' /></span></p><p> </p><p>I've since added another pair of buildings to the block, using another Regions et Compagnies kit, this time for a pair of linked buildings:</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>I've also added lights into some of the rooms, shown separately here as I need to add some more wiring connections behind the scenes<br />before they can all be on at the same time:</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>After I built the original La Passerelle, I got hold of some textured card roofing sheets and set about improving the roof surfaces on<br />the first two buildings. Hopefully you can see the difference between the first and second photos. I've still to do the third, but it'll get the<br />same treatment.</p><p> </p><p>There's another building to go in the middle of this block, and then I'll set about integrating them into some sort of street scene/diorama<br />which can then be installed on a layout module at a later stage.</p><p> </p><p>One thing which not be readily apparent from the pictures is that these are BIG kits, and would look imposing even on a 4mm layout. My guess<br />is that a lot of what we have been conditioned to expect from HO buildings is due to selective compression, with typical plastic buildings being<br />made a smaller scale than strict 1/87. I keep having to do a double-take and check the package that these aren't S scale or something! They<br />will certainly have a lot of presence in an urban street scene.</p><div id='attach_wrap' class='rounded clearfix'>

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