Where can I find an O scale Outhouses

I just checked Ebay. There are lots of them.

Arttista Figures # 1300 outhouse

 

www.arttista.com

MTH has also done an outhouse - 30-90001.

 

Andy

So does plasticville!

Thanks to all for the leads.

Lionel a few years ago made an operating one.  The occupant moved his newspaper as the door opened.

I don't think I've ever been to a train show where there weren't some Plasticville outhouses on sale.  They look good and come in two varieties, red&white and brown.  I've had a couple of them on every layout I've ever had:

 

http://www.tandem-associates.c...icville/outhouse.htm

 

One sheet of Evergreen scribed siding plastic, and X-acto, some glue and a few minutes and you'd have a BUNCH of them......cost about $5........

IMHO they need to be built out of brick.  Quality is everything with an outhouse

 

I love the outhouses and there are lots of them.  My grandfather lived out in the country in a one room school house with no water and no electricity(early to mid 60s) and I would stay with him a few days each summer.  He of course used an outhouse and a not very nice one, just old weathered wood!  I thought I was a pioneer!  

 

I have the MTH one and weathered it.  Looks great.  Every layout needs an outhouse. 

Yes, seriously.  It wouldn't take much more time to make one than to order one: and you'd have one that looked exactly like you wanted.

I built one of those gable roofed two story Wild West outhouses, and then scratch

built a shed roof two story.  Really simple.  On to-do list is a four story down the

side of a Silverton area mining dormitory one.  May, for fun, make a three or four

story free standing one, which should get it up above those Rocky Mountain snow

drifts.

BTS has small laser cut kits.

Scan down the list of one night projects.  Click on the underlined phrase to link.

Center of picture.  These two outhouses were part of a larger BTS kit. Cabin Creek Coal Tipple.

A couple of them at English's in Montoursville, PA.

 

Pricey little things for what you get.

MegaSteam odor?

Kind of reminds me of my first job out of college.

Yes indeed...I cannot imagine buying such a completely simple scratch-build. For those who say they cannot scratch-build, this would be a good practice project.

 

Bob

Like many of you I have a semi-scale layout, so it is important that it not have structures too far out of scale. For instance the MTH outhouse is about 10 scale feet tall. I believe that the Plasticville and Arittista pieces would be a better fit. I usually scratch build everything but on my layout I have a woodworking factory that manufactures privies and want to show several in the storage facility. Figure that its easier just to buy several and place them.  

There is an interesting detail part, Action Animations Accessories, Harrison Twp. Michigan, that we used on the animation model, Fort Pitt Highrailers, complete with pranksters, who tip the port-a-john. Not sure if this company is still in business. This piece was purchased 2007.  It is the newer fiberglass style.  Probably the most pushed button at the recent show, where it was displayed.  I was surprised it still worked after two weeks.

I would think you could find one near an O scale house without O scale plumbing.

Check out "ARTISTA" !  They have the OUTHOUSES and The Folks (Male and Female) to sit in them!!!

 

Fredstrains

ALSO, For "SOUND EFFECTS" go to ITT Products.com.  You gotta have them, they are HILARIOUS!!!. LOL

 

FREDSTRAINS

You could build one. Really.

Being from Pennsylvania originally I have seen may different outhouses, some even on the side of a building like a corncrib(corn storage shed). There are single and double occupant outhouses and old military ones that have eight places to sit.

 

For my layout I have Plasticville outhouses with a small figure inside of a person sitting.

 

Lee Fritz

One way to get unwanted layout visitors to leave... I suppose.

 

I think this fella should have stayed home:   Outhouse Sound Effects

Atlas makes them as a laser cut kit.

ATLAS has them...it was just in an OGR Mag. ad recently.

Right hereon my layout!

 

Sounds Link

 

HQ2001!

 

Good grief, Charlie Brown!  Until I saw this picture I had only casually considered the expression "Built like a brick  ____house"!  NOW I have a visual reference!  You sure wouldn't tip this one over for a prank!

 

Had some time yesterday evening and after seeing this, you inspired me to fire up the laser cutter and build a Brick outhouse. Here is some pictures, haha.

 

 

I was just reading the newest issue of O Scale Trains and I noticed that on page 38 there is an ad for Valley Model Trains and they sell a set of 6 laser cut kit out houses from Banta Model Works for $34.95. I remembered someone was looking for out houses.

69nickycamaro:  You better cut some  windows into the outhouse!  Or some sort of ventilation.  It would be pretty dark in there.  My grandfather's had no windows but the wood was so worn, enough light would come through between the planks and of course the door would not shut properly. 

 

It's nice though. 

Yes, some vents needed.  That brick can get like an oven.  If it is 140 degrees in there you cannot read OGR in the summer.  A good test is to read something, if your legs fall asleep so that you cannot walk well after you get up, the outhouse is properly ventilated.

For winter consider a methane recirculation system to heat it.

Seriously though.  Nice job on the laser cutting!!

The wood ones with tin roofs get toasty in the summer too, of course, they were

cooler than out in the sunlight, which is why we always checked the rafters for

snakes when we entered.  Nobody liked to look up while tearing another page out

of the catalog and see beady eyes and a flicking tongue staring down.

Thanks for the nightmares.........yikes

How do you move the brick one over a new hole?

Got this tin litho one from Jerry Lomax at Sunset Trains & Toys.

 

Steve

 

 

Dan