American Theme Card Kits

[mango]

Has anyone got recommendations for North American themed card kits in either HO or N scale?!

 

Preferably ones I can print off similar to ScaleScenes.

 

Please drop some links in this thread, cheers in advance!

[rodshaw]

How about these for starters:

http://www.clevermodels.net/

https://www.modelbuildings.org/

 

[john new]

There are some good ones downloadable for free on the Illinois State website. For some reason that does not seem to load from the UK, you may need to try the Internet Wayback link.

 

http://web.archive.org/web/20191130231735/https://www2.illinois.gov/dnrhistoric/Preserve/Pages/construct_mainstreet.aspx

 

[MartinRS]

Here are a few links. Quality varies. Scale shown where known.

Greenfield old west style building links on this page
https://modellcom.blogspot.com/

From the Wayback Machine - an American Bank  (low relief but easy to convert) - it looks like N scale.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150921113943/http://miniatures.about.com/library/printibles/bank2.pdf

A Barn with political slogans. The barn is HO scale 1:87.
http://www.ss42.com/pt/obama-barn/Obama-Barn.html

From the Library of Congress. A model of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. - scale unknown - images in different sizes and file formats
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2006677655/

A church - no scale information
https://web.archive.org/web/20081007202544/http://miniatures.about.com/od/library/printibles/church.pdf

silver city tool shop - 1:87 I think
http://hon3annual.com/silver-city-tool-shop/

Farm silo - N scale I think
https://web.archive.org/web/20000608103146/http://euphoria.benjerry.com:80/fun/village/silo-color.gif

Auto-electrics shop 1:64 on an A4 sheet (I think), not A3 as page suggests
https://papermau.blogspot.com/2017/02/marino-auto-electrics-low-relief-paper.html

Chelsea Hotel Manhattan, New York as a zip file - Not sure about the scale.
https://www.deviantart.com/aeon2/art/Hotel-Chelsea-Papercraft-126017081

Ohio House Hotel, Chicago. Ho
https://web.archive.org/web/20031212144338/http://www.wurlington-bros.com/BuildYour/OhioHouse.pdf

Grain Elevator in HO scale
https://web.archive.org/web/*/billjones_9.tripod.com/*       -    sort by MINE and download pdf files (or use the filter). Do the same for jpeg files for images

Dale's house - Michigan, USA - Zip files (model and prototype photos) linked from page below.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180207120648/http://members.chello.nl/a.wijers/paperbuildings/download.htm
NOTE - Grain Elevator in HO scale links on this page don't work. See 'billjones_9' above to download that model

General Lee's HQ - 1:160 (not the best quality - looks like a poor resolution photo scan)
https://web.archive.org/web/20070222100549/http://home.stny.rr.com:80/djackso1/papermodels.html
General Meade's HQ link can be found on the same page

Large american Gothic style house. You might want to edit out the logo from this download.
http://www.haunteddimensions.raykeim.com/index380.html

American Gothic style building
http://ravensblight.com/StarcManor.html

'The Olive', a simple US style house - not very detailed
https://web.archive.org/web/20030609235311/http://paperville.com/

Santa Fe lineside huts
https://web.archive.org/web/20031206014600/http://atsfrr.com:80/resources/MillerJay/index.htm

Small library, San Angelo, Texas
//web.archive.org/web/20030407031431/http://www.llrichardsonandfriends.net:80/library/smalllibrary2.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20021223125529/http://www.llrichardsonandfriends.net:80/library/smalllibrarytips.PDF

Minnesota Museum of the Mississippi
https://web.archive.org/web/20031214223227/http://www.wurlington-bros.com/BuildYour/build.pdf

A simple rural gas station.
https://papermau.blogspot.com/2014/08/speed-queen-gas-station-paper-model-by.html

Violet Ray Gasoline Station, 799 Alma Street, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA   1:87
http://gtp.de/kartonmodellbau/violet-ray-gasoline-station-usa.htm

Horace Allen Gasoline Station and Garage, San Jose, California, USA
http://www.gtp.de/kartonmodellbau/horace-allen-usa.htm

Whitewash city Imperial Saloon 1:60
https://web.archive.org/web/20060615061603/http://erichotz.com/wwc_free1.html

Byrd School, Oregon, USA - 1:160
http://web.archive.org/web/20030526103253fw_/http://www.peterjvisser.demon.nl:80/models/byrd.pdf

Chamberlain Meat Market & Ray`s Eletronics Building 1:64
https://papermau.blogspot.com/2018/01/chamberlain-meat-market-rays-eletronics_2.html

Stein Building, Illinois
https://krafttrains.com/Paper_Struchers_for_Trains/HO/Coffee_Shops_&_Restaurants-(HO-Buildings)/Building-3-(Cafe-Shop)-(HO)/Coffee_Shop-(HO_Scale.htm
Also see https://www2.illinois.gov/dnrhistoric/Preserve/Pages/construct_mainstreet.aspx

General Store 00 Scale
https://web.archive.org/web/20190715193336/http://www.modelbuildings.org/free.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20200402171127/https://s3.amazonaws.com/ModelBuildings/FREE+BUILDING/Free_Model_Railroad_Building_Sample.zip

Built-Rite Downtown Grocery Building
http://toyconnect.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/bj-george-built-rite-downtown-grocery.html

Kellogg's Fire House - N Scale
http://toyconnect.blogspot.com/2015/11/kelloggs-engine-house-to-fire-house.html

Joe`s Cafe   -   1:64
http://dioramau.blogspot.com/2013/10/cafe-diorama-papercraft.html

Western Railway Station (scale 1:120)  -   rar file
https://web.archive.org/web/20181005072251/http://mikromodele.cba.pl/architektura.htm

The https://papermau.blogspot.com/ is worth looking at, in particular https://papermau.blogspot.com/search/label/architecture

 

[rodshaw]

Also https://www.3dk.ca/