New toy buildings

Plasticville is still being made by Bachmann. Check out this dealer: https://www.hobbylinc.com/bach...l_railroad_buildings

Yeah, I'm picking up a lot of the new stuff from Bachmann and some older items from people like Tandem Associate, but there isn't a full array of PVille from Bachmann and nothing else new at all... from anyone that I can find.

Wouldn't it be great to have some shiny tinplate or tinplate-looking buildings available with good quality lithography or similar type 2D "details".

There is a few K-Line here.

I still see a lot of Plasticville at shows, and if they are missing the box or are glued together they can be quite cheap.

i get a lot of PW Plasticville at shows, and I use it on the layout, so I don't worry about whether there's a box or how pristeen the building is. The cost is anywhere from 3 to 20 dollars, depending upon all the normal factors. Collectors would be much pickier than I am .

The new stuff from Bachmann is only new in the sense that it is now being made in China. For the most part, it's the same stuff they made in the 50s.

Ditto on shows....aside from the guy halfway between the York "Billy Budd" and "Sheraton" open shows, in the motel parking lot,  I see them in every local show and TCA meet, and in general antique shows and malls.  And what about the infamous

internet auction....I got in a bunch of PV stations off that that I kitbashed and promised to put the photos on here...no sooner than I can find them.

I have made replicas of Plasticville and Marx structures for some of my customers based on pictures they supplied me. If you know what you want and can send me some pictures, I will provide pricing.

Alan Graziano

Ertl makes (made?) some farm buildings that fit quite well with Plasticville and K-Line buildings. I have two barns of theirs, one traditional and one modern. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to call the modern barn a warehouse or small factory.

On my Marx layout, I have a few tin buildings by Marx, Hafner and American Flyer, but most of them are just cookie tins I have purchased at Goodwill or other thrift stores for a buck or two each.

J White

Looks like I'll have to start haunting some shows.

I have a lot of new PVille buildings but there are a lot I'd like that aren't being reproduced.  

I can use some of the K-Line.  Thanks, Bill.

"I also have some tin cookie boxes", but not many, and a couple of Lemax, too.

Thanks to everyone for the help.

Tom 

I really like the lemax buildings for the toy train nostalgia look..

So do I, but they're really too detailed for the look I'm after. 

I've decided to make cardstock "tinplate inspired" buildings for my post-war trains. I draw them on the computer (MS Paint of all things) and apply the cardstock to foamcore for durability.

Here's my gas station inspired by an old Marx tin service station

Go here...

http://www.bigindoortrains.com.../lackie/tinplate.htm

Howard...

Looks PERFECT to me!!!! Maybe some clear gloss spray will really make it look like tin......and protect it too!

We do this a couple of times a year with the youth group that the club sponsors. One of our members does the artwork, they are shown how to cut & assemble them during the meeting but the bulk of the work is done by the kids with parental assistance at home.

"Looks PERFECT to me!!!! Maybe some clear gloss spray will really make it look like tin......and protect it too!"  How about just printing them on good quality glossy photo paper, might give you the tinplate look.  Russ

That's what I'm talking about, Andy!

I may have to pick your brain for info on this.

Thanks.

One of my favorite sites.  Thanks.