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The residential neighborhood of 5 cardboard model houses (including two bungalows) you see pictured above is very inexpensive and surprisingly easy to assemble from paper and card from unwanted cereal boxes. Downloaded plans for all 5 homes can easily be scaled down to the size you want. The printable plans come as a PDF in OO gauge size (which can be easily scaled-down to 87% for HO scale houses, or you can download the plans for the paper models to N scale. The process is very simple.
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If you ever wondered how to build a model house out of cardboard, then you’ll be pleased to know the plans have numbered parts and putting them together with card is really easy to follow. You’ll also discover lots of demonstration videos on this website, and customers also get free access to a Printing and Assembly Guide showing how to construct houses and other structures from cardboard.The 5 house plans (3 houses and 2 bungalows) in this series feature brickwork designs so would look at home in the same residential neighborhood with other brick homes from the same era. The neighbours in the miniature street scene you are creating would likely have similar residences, which is usually what you see when visiting actual neighborhoods in real life. In the real world the homes would most likely have been constructed by the same builder around the same year, so having 5 brick homes and bungalows in one street is logical. The builder probably did a bulk buy on materials and bought a big quantity of bricks for a special price. That’s the likely real life scenario, so replicating that in miniature makes perfect sense for model railroaders and people creating dioramas, or for children completing school projects.

You can create an entire street scene with by printing out duplicate copies of these paper houses, so 5 homes could easily become 15 homes, with each one looking unique with the help of some clever positioning of miniature scenery elements such as trees, bushes, gardens, driveways, plastic people and animal figures etc.

How To Build A Model House Out Of Cardboard – Materials and Supplies Needed

Not much is need to make up these houses from the downloaded plans. Print the plans on regular photo copy paper, and glue the printed plans onto card-stock (cardboard from an old muesli / cornflake pack is definitely suitable). The video below of the small general store show the basic construction process for these house models.

 

 

Cut out the plans which will now be mounted on the card, and glue the individual pieces together. So as you can see materials required for making these miniature homes is minimal. The whole construction process for making these 5 scale model houses out of cardboard takes only minutes and they are unbelievably sturdy when dry. That’s not to say you couldn’t add additional cardboard supports for additional strengthening if you feel it necessary. Take a close up inspection of the model houses and you’ll spot the intricate detailing of the brickwork texture is already finished for you. So you won’t need to spend hours adding realistic touches or painting brickwork trying to make it look genuine.

Each of the plans for making these cardboard model houses has been pre-weathered to add character and true realism to the street scene. You can still add your own weathering or finishing touches if you like, however the photo-like images used in the designs are just like looking at “life-like” real world structures.

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If you enjoy making model houses out of cardboard, then you might also be interested in getting started in the wonderful hobby of rail modelling.

After downloading and saving the files to your computer, print the designs out on a home printer. Print one copy, two copies or more – the decision is over you how many copies you print because you will still only be charged for the one download. The only stipulation is; the copies much be for you personally. The international copyright laws are strictly enforced to prevent people selling, trading, or giving away unauthorized downloads.

If you haven’t downloaded a PDF file before you’ll be pleasantly surprised how little time it takes (usually less than a minute). The file for each paper model can be saved in a safe place on your computer so you can access it whenever you want to make more scale model houses out of cardboard.

Making miniature cardboard model houses using paper plans is economical for rail modelers wanting to add a touch of reality to their HO scale railroads, N scale layouts, or OO gauge railroads. They are also popular with craftspeople and artists who enjoy making highly detailed dioramas, and with teachers and students for school projects.

Join a Local Model Railroad Club and Network

Most scale railroading enthusiasts are more than helpful and gladly give you the benefit of their experience and introduce you to others with a similar interest in the hobby. Joining a local club is a great way, you can learn insider secrets and tricks.

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