These printable miniature buildings can be used by railroaders, dolls house builders, or anyone who wants small buildings for a children's toy town, a Christmas scene or for decorations. Railroad N scale and dolls house scale meet at a point between 1:144 and 1:160 scale. These buildings are sized to fit in that range, the more realistic ones are set at 1:144 scale.
1. Three Miniature Village Shops
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These three Victorian shops are a great introduction to making village buildings from paper. They can also be printed out and glued to wood for a more long lived building. Each of the shops has a printed interior and can function as a 1:12 scale dolls house.
2. Store Street Emporium and Castle Hill House
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A larger shop and a Bed and Breakfast for the Victorian village.
3. Village Bank
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Complete with a decorated interior ready for micro scale (n scale) railroad figures.
4. 1780's Alms House
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It is possible to decorate in this scale. This house can easily be used as a dolls house for the children in a 1:12 scale scene.
5. N Scale Village Church
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This is the only building in the realistic series which does not have an open back and a finished interior.
6. Fantasy or Putz Christmas Village Houses
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These little house are a smaller scale version of the vintage cardboard collectibles for Christmas villages and trains. The parts are interchangeable and these houses have no interiors.
7. Forts and Castles in Fantasy Style
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These sections of crenellated buildings can be combined for castles, schools, town halls and other buildings and can also be used as square additions for the other fantasy or putz house styles.
8. Bungalows and a Village Church
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The church is an example of how simple parts can be combined to make a much more impressive whole. The other small buildings in this set can be used on their own or as additions for the other buildings in the set. Samples of how the various parts can be combined can be seen in an online museum of the original dimestore houses, also known as glitter houses, coconut houses or putz houses, online at Papa Ted's Place.
9. Wreaths, Garlands and Trees for Micro and N Scale Buildings
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