So, what's this about then? With the prices of plastic kits, significant amounts of money can be saved by making e g house models by yourself. But the main reason to build your own houses etc, is of course the fun and satisfaction of doing it all by yourself...  

This article series is contributed by Oded Kain, who will take us through some do-it-yourself scratchbuilding sessions, suitable for us who are beginners doing this...   Questions and suggestions about this article series can be sent to Oded or to the webmaster

 

 The projects:

Loco shed A loco shed, built from a Märklin catalog picture as the only reference... 
Signal bridge A more advanced building project, built from a Faller model picture "prototype"...
Freight station A freight station, also shows a technique to make bricks on modeling cardboard...

 

 

 

 

 

 


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