Building Fronts - Model Railroader Magazine

John-NYBW

You can also use both the front and back faces side-by-side to create a longer flat or low relief building as I did with that kit and several others.

Yeah, thats a great way to create larger structures.  I use that method frequently, and use .060" sheet styrene, bought in 4'x8' sheets, to make the back (unseen) walls, and one-piece roofs for the expanded structures.

Some pictures...

Parts from two similar kits to make a larger structure...

...with the left-overs combined with another Walthers structure to create this one...

...another Walthers kit, with all of the wall sections on the visible side.  I had built this one several years ago, but recently tore it apart to add floors and interior walls to make the structure stronger.  I also re-painted the walls and added "mortar" (Dura-Bond 90) to the bricks...

Tuckett Tobacco is Walthers kit for Greatland Sugar, again with all walls on the visible side, and .060" sheet styrene for the back wall and the back side of the roof, too, as it helps to keep the structure from warping...

This one is similar, but used most of two similar Walthers kits...

...to allow the structure to fit into the available space, I made the unseen wall at the far end narrower than the visible end in the foreground, and, of course, also modified the roof, too.

I used the left-over parts to create the Evell Casket Co., based on a now-long-gone prototype...

One of my favourite structures is Bertrams, another with all usable walls visible, with plain .060" sheet styrene on the unseen sides...

This one used two identical Walthers kits to make the Canadian Westinghouse Air Brake factory in Mount Forest...

...which is 3' in length.

The largest factory on my layout is GERN Industries, at just over 6' in length...

...and used a number of different kits and quite a bit of scratchbuilding, too.

This one was leftovers from another kit, with the Hoover sign created by my very talented brother...

I also have some low-relief paper structures from KingMill.  They're actual photos of real buildings printed on very good-quality cardstock.  I mounted mine on more of that very useful .060" sheet styrene, using gelled contact cement on both the styrene and the cardstock.

Here are a few...

...and individually...

...and a few more in Elfrida...

This one was leftovers from another kit (pretty-well most of the signage on my structures was done by my very talented and creative brother).

I have a lot more photos to share, but photobucket is not co-operating today.  I recently renewed my subscription there, but if they don't get things working properly soon, no one here will need to bother looking for any photos from me.

Wayne

Walthers has quite a few kits suitable for low-relief background structures.