WWII Buildings and Vehicles

Roco Kubelwagen in front of a dollar store home.

Resin HO scale Panzer IV parked on the road out front.

The company commander visits the tanks in his company.

Hiding in the hedges.
 

Dollar Store Buildings

I like the cheap dollar store buildings and I think they can be easily improved with a little extra paint job.

The yellow building on the left was the starting place for the building on the right.  I painted it up and changed the building color.  Note the windows, once the wooden framing and the windows are painted they are much improved.

This is another building that got a similar painting upgrade.

These buildings are generic enough that I think they can be used for a long period of time and in many parts of the world.

I use the cheap acrylic paints from places like WalMart, Hobby Lobby, and Michaels that are sometimes as inexpensive as fifty cents for a large bottle.

These can be rural, but for older times they could work as town buildings too.

The door sizes can vary a lot on these buildings but I try and get ones that are about an inch tall.  But real buildings have doors that vary a lot, particularly in the days before building codes.
 

An Old Mansion and a Colorful Van

A large an imposing manor house.

 A colorful van in front.

It's bold motif is very distinctive.

 A group of young people and their dog exit the vehicle.

What are they here for?

Awooo!

Awooo!  Awooo!

Awooo!  Awooo!  Awooo!
 

Airfix Werewolves

That old Airfix Sheriff of Nottingham Castle sure could have used a few horror elements.

Just tossing in a vampire or werewolf makes it a whole lot spookier.

I think a fun project would be to get 8 to 12 of them and make higher walls, and a bigger castle. 

Paint it in a dark and foreboding paint scheme. 

Add a few Dark Alliance figures.

And I think you would have something pretty cool.

These guys really seem at home here.

Someone could paint up these figures and really bring them to life.

I likely won't get to that any time soon.

Still they are pretty cool even unpainted, I think.