How To Scratch Build Your Own Model Railway Buildings - From Start To Finish {COMPLETE TUTORIAL} 

Ran across this by luck. Now I Have cheap easy windows and doors for my scratch builds..thanks for sharing…

I never throw anything away that can be used or repurposed for my railroad. I save cereal boxes and beer cartons as they work very well for card stock. For even stronger card stock I glue them together. For HO scale gutter downspouts I use those little black hollow plastic coffee stirrers. Cheers - eastern TN

This was three years ago and Doug was there to make sure things got done right. Together you have made modelling fun again.

Well, it's now 6 years later and I'm revisiting old videos to brush up on my skills and techniques for card stock modeling. I've built 2 HO card stock models and they turned out quite good. Now that I've acquired enough Lionel 027 railroad engines and rolling stock to make a layout, I'm beginning to model in O scale. I've also started another HO scratch build and you've given me an idea for completing my build. I've picked up a tip from MarklinOfSweeden for making corrugated metal in HO scale. It requires a piece of plastic HO scale corrugated plastic to use as a mold. Simply cover a piece with a rather thick coating of Elmer's glue and wait for it to completely dry. Then just peel off the sheet of Elmer's glue and paint as you would paint the plastic. That way you don't have to buy a plastic piece every time you want to make corrugated steel. Another tip I've picked up for O scale corrugated card stock is to get the tooth paste squeezer from Amazon for $10.00 and run the card stock through it to add the 3D effect to the card stock. Cheers mate, from a old modeler in eastern TN

My father was in the USAF, and we were stationed at RAF Chicksands from 1978 to 1982 and I remember watching Blue Peter and the messes we would make. Great video, thank you for sharing.

I have to really laugh about something here... I watched this video with deep interest from start to finish. The builder said he has been building models for about 40-some years. I have been building the same type of buildings for about 50 years. (I am in the United States) I was totally fascinated that here was a guy, in Britain, who over the years has developed all sorts of skills and ways of doing things with his modeling and while he was developing all those skills in Britain, I was doing the exact same thing here in America. I am amazed at how many of his steps are the exact same as I developed over time. We BOTH developed similar skills and methods over time by trial and error. IF we knew each other over the years, I can imagine that our trading of knowledge would affect our craft but here we both have done, virtually the same thing and never knew each other! The only basic difference that I see is that your models have a clear "British" style to them while my buildings have a clear "American style." (window style for example). I really enjoyed the video very much. Regards to a fellow modeler from America!

Here I am, re-watching this vid that gives such a complete overview of how to start making your own buildings. It is a great resource and a good way to get into what I would call the model railway season again.

Great to catch this video even if I am 6 years late. lol. I am returning to model railway and scratch building after 40+ years away. I come from the Allan Downes era of scratch build and took a lot from this video and ready to start again. Thank you.

Again simplicity is the key

Great. Some RU-vid model railway vlogs seem to be a competition to spend the most money, so good to see one that is so inclusive.

This is true modelling and easy to follow, better than paying out for ready made and more satisfying..

''Why you ask??'' I'm surprised Douglas didn't comment on the 'Dad joke'. Give him time, lol.

Old pizza boxes to build scale model buildings from! How cool is that?!? Cheers for the inspiration, fellas. And you sound like a great dad and son team to us listeners. Nice to see you doing things together and dad complimenting son on his talents. Just don't get a big head there, lad! Not likely though, I'd imagine. Sensible kid getting good guidance. God bless.

I did model making a few years back,your channel has now made me want to start again .I used cornflake boxes as a starter ;)

Nice! Thank-you both + Mrs mum for her support, too!

What a great team you make. And very easy to follow. I was recently just saying that making model buildings can be as addictive , as the rest of a layout. well done again.

Loving the gutter technique of bent card, which I made black with a felt tip. Scratch built a building today and copied it. Looks very impressive. Muchus Gratius !!!

Great video. Just found your channel whilst looking for ways to make my own buildings for my first railway. Easy to follow and understand and what a credit your son is to you. Great teamwork.

A great tutorial thank you.

Beauuuuuuuuuiuuutiful!!scratch build of line side hut. I love the simplistic approach, and your way of explaining what when and where you arr doing in each part of the part of build.

A nice touch above doors and windows is to do an additional layer of vertical bricks for a lintel that sticks out a bit. Same below windows for a sill. Great to see someone actually making things instead of so many RU-vid vids that are just BUY MORE PRODUCT. You are so creative to watch. I still remember dial up modems, brrrr breee weeee wheee as it connected.

Your demonstration is much appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to make the video and posting.

You work so quickly and accurately I will be working much slower but hope to get similar results.

Always something new to learn! Thank you.

I just saw your channel for the first time. This vid is really helpful because of the little hints and tips. For people who are not that good at doing things by eye, I'd recommend a set triangle, thoug, as it is very precise.

Just Brilliant. Thank you

Really enjoyed watching this video ive never done any scratch built buildings but will certainly be giving it a go , and the plus side about this is you can make it to size so to fit your own layout and how you want it to be and far cheaper than what you would be paying for any kit ? Paul

You are amazing to watch, so quick and accurate!

That was an impressive bit of modelling, and you made it look so easy. I particularly liked how you made the windows and your idea for the guttering... look forward to watching more.

Nice hints and tips, loved watching blue peter in 70's great prog for tips, and of course just a bit of confidence to do it yourself, keep up the good work

As ive said before i am getting back into this interest after a break of some 40 years..You have shown me what can be done if you take your time and have a go! I also like the making hills Video,funny how now i look at cardboard and think i can use that! I was watching another video(not from you) and the chap said by the time he had finished he reckoned it would cost £10'000 to build! That put me off a bit,but i found your videos and i am back on track so to speak :)

Nice build love this scalemodel great job you did

A stocking in the end of a vacuum cleaner is a good way to pick up excess ballast when laying it if you can’t pick the work up.

Wonderful channel. Budget ideas that work. I've been put off 'Budget' in titles before when a film making channel decided that a $4,800 camera lens was a cheap option...

Just found your channel. Very well done easy to do project to get started.

now brother that will work a fine job,outstanding cameraman

Thanks.

Cool thanks mate

Nice work mate! Cheers and keep them coming! I made one today came out great!

Nice finished build, camera son was on spot as well..excellent advice with folding window cutouts & door.. neat useage for chimney also

Cool model used to enjoy doing this too may have another go, the chimney pot you can leave the point on and pierce the stack to give a little more stability and longevity to also 👍

fantastic guys deffo watching more of your videos while country is in lock down keep up good work :)

A small craft stick will also do the job of smoothing the brick paper on the edges of the doors, windows and other openings so that you do not have to use a razor knife or box cutter for smoothing the brick paper around those edges. Also, I would have used a craft stick between the peaks of the gables so that the peak of the roof does not sag over time. I have built some model structures and always put foam or heavy cardboard in that area for roof support. A short section of drinking straw or small marker tube from a dry marker can also be used as a greebley on the top of the chimney so that it looks like a chimney from early last century or earlier.

just found your channel..nice to see your work bench is just like mine! really enjoyed the building as i am looking to make a modern station building .keep up the good work..

Very nice building, and so easy to do.

That's nice work Graig, nice to make it all like new. Would be nice to build a motor for me !!

Thanks for the great video tutorial, mate! I enjoyed it as I like to learn new tips and tricks. I like how you made the cuts from the inside that allows the folding to cover the window and door edges. Now that´s a good tip. I just subscribed to your video channel and I also model HO scale. Keep up the good work, mate. Also, do you have a video on how to construct the little buildings?

Love your videos. I have been searching forever for n scale brick paper, and still can’t seem to find any. Super quick’s site is always down. As soon as I get some, I’m going to use your techniques.

Just a thought, I would do the windows before the roof. You would then have 2 sided access to glue up

Great ideas thanks. About to make my first board for a four year old and the landscaping has cost a fortune. Wish I had seen this first 🤪

another great video, thank you. did you used to do potters wheel on the bbc?

Very nice indeed and so uncomplicated credit also to the cameraman :) as he likes RU-vid perhaps you should look for uploads of blue peter for him to review lol enjoyed your upload sounds like your wifi is as good as ours, pause a little slow :)

great building !..didn't know you'd done a stream..sorry I missed it... cheers dave

Hi regards paper isn’t it possible to buy a sheet then use a copier / printer to make your own. Great video thanx colin

A brilliant tutorial . Thanks very much and look forward to more crafty tips .

Forgot to mention the excellent cameraman !

You should also use PVA for fixing Track... Not only more realistic looking, but zero Tie (Sleeper) damage! 😉 Carmine 💥⛽

Filing box was for the wife, but i borrowed it. Classic line there haha!!!!!

Some great tips there I'm about to start building with card myself very shortly and I don't want to pay a fortune for the privilege, keep up the good work. Oh! I forgot to ask, where do you get secondhand brick paper from?

Hi your videos are very impressive, where can i download the train station to build it

Love you videos, using them so I can build my own budget layout. Out of interest, where do you get the small pva glue bottles? Are you dispensing from a larger bottle into them, or buy them prefilled that size?

Try the very large gallon(?) bottles of PVA from screwfix, cheaper than poundland and better quality.

Perhaps the best budget brick papers are available from Scalescenes. They're downloadable so pay once, use again & again & again. They also do buildings at £4-6 a pop so you could build yourself an entire town for very little money

Blue Peter early 80's with Sarah Green. Met her once lol

Why don't you lay the building onto the brick paper market or glue then cut round it easy this should save all the measuring

Hi there BMR, maybe I've missed it, but I am looking for a description of how to make two roofs connect at a right angle, as you did in your station building. Is there a trick to determining the angle of the side roof that meets the main roof, or do you calculate it, or... Thanks so much for any response. I love your vids so much.

I've been trying to scratchbuild model buildings for quite a while, but generally are either poorly detailed, or instable, although I have had quite a bit of success making window frames from strips of balsa wood.

Before the days of RU-vid, there was a site known as 'Google Video'. This site was around both before and during RU-vids life and was, for a time, RU-vid's most significant rival. The site has since lost all popularity and -I think- has been shut down.

Hi Iam philip and I like your building Iam building my train layout in scale and me and my girlfriend are doing my best with my layout but in Iam stuck with how I want to make my layout can you help me out on how to do it

why not glue your brick paper to the pieces of the building before it is assembled is there a reason you do it after?

Great video. Are the walls in Plasticard? Thanks...

Uh, sir I just want to know that how did you make the base and walls of the house, can you just tell me the material please?

What's the reason you're not tracing the building onto the paper instead of measuring? Seems it would be faster, though I assume it's for increased precision?

what material is the basic building? thank you liked it!

Instead of measuring the end wall s on the paper (sand?) Why not just rest the house ends on the paper and draw the outline of the wall onto the (sand) paper?

What material did you use to build the skeleton (the external walls) of the house at the beginning of the video?

Hi there ....just curious how do you to get your sizing ... for various buildings ...hope you don't mind me asking ....fred

where did you get the paper brick, roof paper?

Where is the copy of the live stream to which you refer?

I’ve got £140 on my bedside table sill and do not no what to do with it

I have tried a half dozen times to sign up for the newsletter and nothing happens. Won't it go outside the UK?

Are you going to make a video on how to construct this building?

explain to him what a 300 baud modem was

What’s the building made of?

What, no door frame?

Too many bloody commercials for my liking.

sticky back plastic ha ha

40 years man please like as always say show the things but please stop talking all the people watching this are fan of railway so go straight and show us things if you got a secret share but make it short and stop stop bla bla all the best too all railway fan