This website has an excellent range of downloadable plans for mining town buildings if you are planning a coal mine or gold mine for your HO scale railroad, or for N scale or OO scale model railroads too. Simply download the paper models in easy to use PDF format and you are on your way to building an old mining town complete with original looking buildings of the era. The printable plans of mining town buildings assembled using fast drying clear glue or super glue. Materials used are inexpensive and can include: photocopy paper (about 1 cent a sheet), cardstock (or free card from cereal packs works wonderfully well), balsa wood, and/or corflute (can be purchased very cheaply from discount stores and DIY stores). The materials used are in many cases a personal choice for the rail modeler, but cereal box card and balsa is a popular choice of materials for modelers constructing these type of paper models in HO scale, in UK OO scale, or N scale.

If you are constructing a scale model mining town scene then there are plenty of photographs on the internet all featuring coal trains and coal yards. Even a lot of businesses used a coal fired energy source so there is plenty of scope for switching coal cars in your freight yards and taking them to the factories that can be set up with sidings so that coal cars can be left there for them to unload. That what makes model railroading so enjoyable. Every model railroad is different and there are so many different scales, scenery features, and structures to choose from, even this range of scale model mining town buildings to download and print using paper, card and balsa wood.

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These 13 old wild west model buildings are extremely quick and easy to download, print and build. If you are using them for your model railroad, then adjusting the print size to the right scale takes only seconds (see below for details). They can also be easily adapted as buildings for a country town scene from the 1930’s or possibly the 1950’s. It’s easy to download the printable paper models and construct them into a wild western town scene using cardstock, or recycle card from old cereal boxes.

How to Make the Old Wild Western Town Paper Models

Easy and Fun! You just glue the printed-out plans to cardboard (e.g. a used cornflake box can be recycled for this purpose), or you could glue the paper plans to corflute or foam board (you decide). Use a sharp Xacto craft knife to cut the plans out ready for sticking together with adhesive. Super glue or clear craft glue works well. The whole process is surprisingly simple and these scale models of Old Wild West buildings are super strong and realistic when built.

The plans for these paper models also include ideas for adding a porch and steps to these old wild west buildings. These are easily made from balsa wood or popsicle sticks (about $2 from a discount store). This will add even more character these old western town buildings. Details on how to construct the printable plans to HO scale / OO gauge / or N scale is explained below.

How to Download and Print the Printable Paper Model Plans

At the checkout you will be asked to select the size you want your downloaded plans to be. OO HO scale is the most popular scale, and if you select this option the PDF paper plans can be printed same size if you model in OO gauge. Many HO scale modelers print the plans to OO scale and some reduce the printed size to 87% to more closely resemble HO scale sizing. Adjusting the print settings on a home printer is easy. For rail modelers constructing their railroad layout to N scale they just select N scale at the checkout and can then access the plans for the PDF paper models in N scale.

After completing your purchase you will be directed to your download page. The paper plans are PDF files so they are very quick and simple to download. You have the option to save them on your computer hard drive or on a disk or memory stick. The good thing about it is that by saving the files you can print out multiple copies without needing to purchase a second download of each wild western building you purchase. You can build as many of these old wild west buildings as you want. You can even adapt them for a more modern small town scene. That is what makes these paper printable models so versatile and such good value for money.

Print as many copies of these old wild west buildings as you like*.

*There is no limit to how many copies of the paper models you print. The only condition is that the copies you print must be for your personal & private (non-commercial) use.

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Plans for old west buildings can be purchased from this website. After purchasing and selecting your scale (OO / HO scale, N scale) download the paper plans for your old west buildings, print them out, and assemble them using disused cardboard (old muesli box or similar).

Some people call them cardstock kits or cardstock models because you put them together using cardboard, but we just use the words model buildings to describe these printable paper models. Basically, you download the paper plans or templates in printable PDF format to your computer and then print them out and glue them onto some cardstock or cardboard (you can use the card from a cereal pack). The plans are then ready for assembly.

You can save the PDF file to a disk or removable USB stick if you choose. That way, at a later date, you can print out more copies of the plans for the old west buildings you purchased if you want to. This doesn’t breach copyright rules as long as you don’t sell or give away the plans for old west buildings to someone else. That would be a clear legal breach.

These old wild western structures will look great when positioned on a layout with track, trains, scenery, people, bridges, tunnels, and a backdrop helping to bring the scene to life.

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