Help! Postwar house search

All I ever used as kid was Plasticville. So, there in lies my fondness.
Alan

Also...Google " Skyline". They made some really nice house models etc. during the postwar era as well.

John

Is it possible it was part of the "happy time" line?

I could be butchering the name a little bit, but I think I'm close

Thanks, and I’ve checked a few Skyline, but I don’t think they had plastic windows and doors.

@Artie-DL&W posted:

Thanks, and I’ve checked a few Skyline, but I don’t think they had plastic windows and doors.

The ones we had had like a cellophane sheet with the window frames printed on them. The Bungalow #689 and Farmhouse #604 had paper windows but the Interlocking Tower #638 and the #601 Residence had the cellophane ones. I don't remember what kind of windows the barn had . I've been on the hunt for them for many years now hoping to either score a good one or build new ones with Plastruct and GrandtLine castiings.

Jerry

In the 50's YANK sold O gauge kits similar to what you described.  None listed for sale on the  major auction site right now, but they do come up from time to time.  Just takes patience.  I have one unbuilt.  They made up into a very good looking postwar house.

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Rummaging through my unbuilt kits, I found two unbuilt YANK kits.  (Pictures below)  Wood sides, Fiberboard base and roof, plastic windows and doors.  I also found a couple of other vintage house kits, Megow's O gauge cottage, and Skyline's #689 cottage.  They're nice and appear complete, but I probably will not get to build them (at 89 time grows limited).

Logan, I think yours are close! They were probably Yank kits, as the construction is similar to what I remember.

Thank you, the search continues!

Artie

Thanks to all who responded. I’m now sure, after checking on Google, that they were most likely Yank Model Research kits, specifically two of the residences. The “Compton” residence, especially with the little porch is striking a chord. There are none on the auction site, but I’m going to search. I’d like to build one, as both a memory of my dad, and just to see if I can.

In looking at the other choices, we may have had the “ Danbury” as well.