1/1200 Scale Card Buildings

**Volunteer** · #1 08-06-2017, 05:43 PM

I was surfing through Pinterest for ship plans when a few card ships popped up, Once I clicked on them a whole new world of card models started showing up. Every one I clicked on brought more. Including buildings. All of the buildings I have bought for my 1/1200 scale terrain have been rather expensive. I wondered if I could possibly shrink down a card building small enough to work with my ships, and still be able to put it together in a decent amount of time and look good enough for the table. So I tried it and I think this is going to work.

I downloaded the following two jpeg sheets from Pinterest. Then I inserted them both, along with several others, into a Microsoft Word document. I took measurements of several of my 1/1200 Langton buildings and came up with approximately 5 millimeters per story. I shrunk these photos down to approximately 1/1200 size then printed the sheet out on paper first to check the size. Last I printed it out on 110 lb card stock.

Cutting out the now tiny pieces was fiddly, but using a small pair of scissors and a sharp xacto knife I got it done. Figuring out where all of the little pieces went was another thing entirely. I believe I mostly got everything where it was supposed to go but I did have to improvise a bit in a couple of places. Here is the result mounted on a large washer.

With a penny and a French third rate for size comparison.

**Vermin_King** · #2 08-07-2017, 07:26 AM

My goodness. Great work at such a small scale. For similar styled buildings, you might search 'Illustreret Familie Journal' Some of the window models might work

**Don Boose** · #3 08-07-2017, 07:39 AM

A beautiful little diorama. I would like to visit that place.

Don

**Volunteer** · #4 08-07-2017, 09:45 AM

Thanks for the kind words. I was pretty pleased with the way it turned out. When you get this small, the little imperfections and the fact it is printed paper are not apparent, invisible really.

**Don Boose** · #5 08-07-2017, 10:05 AM

That the walls and step roofs lean a little actually makes the scene look more realistic, to my eye. The overall impression is quite marvelous.

Don

**at6** · #6 08-07-2017, 10:42 AM

Good work in such a small scale.

**ashevilleangler** · #7 08-07-2017, 10:54 AM

That's actually amazing work for such a small scale! I'm especially impressed that you were able to do it on 110 lb stock.

Curt

**Vermin_King** · #8 08-07-2017, 11:49 AM

On 110 lb? Amazing. Probably fairly solid

**Kevin WS** · #9 08-07-2017, 12:23 PM

Excellent. Very nicely done - I like the detailing as well.

**Mike Stamper** · #10 08-07-2017, 02:52 PM

Amazing! I wish my eyesight was good enough to make that - do you have a microscope?

I made a bigger version recently. The base sits on a CD. I can't remember if the sheets give a description of the model, but it's the four stages of the story of Cinderella.

I guess the figures were a bit too small to add to the diorama ;-)

Cheers

Mike