Multi Storey Car Park Build (Part 2)

Well, that's the ground floor of the Car Park completed....

The Security Hut and Lift Shaft doors are removable for play if/when your ATZ survivors are brave enough to explore....

And a few shots of the set 'dressed' as it were.....

As this is wargame terrain, rather than a model and therefore has to stand up to gaming, storage and transportation I've decided not to put the small/ more fragile elements in (i.e. Barriers, ticket machines etc. etc.). But I think I;ve got the balance about right and I think it looks good.....

Oh well, only another two floors to go!!

Cheers

Multi Storey Car Park Build...(Part 1)....

At last I've managed to find some time to start building the Multi Storey Car-Park which I suggested/ persuaded MadMechaGuy to produce in 15mm.

The first stage is what I call the 'dry build' or 'function test', this is simply so that I can get into my head how the model goes together, which bits it's possible to fix together the wrong way around (before I get to the painting/ texturing/ gluing stage (been there, done that :-)). That all the bits are in the package as they should be and it also gives me a chance to trim any joints/ cuts in the mdf which need 'fettling'...

The ground floor is shown above, with access ramp, lift shaft and security guard's hut.

First floor, one of the centre supports needed some minor trimming, but nothing much....

..and of course lastly the top floor.

Apart from the minor trimming of the support on the first floor it all went together without a hitch. I've decided to do a combination of paint and 'paper-skin' to build this model and see how it turns out. Also included in the pack are various oblong pieces of mdf which you can choose to add (or not) to the outside of the car park for decoration or to cover the outside of the floor/roof supports. At the moment I probably won't use these, but if I change my mind they can easily be added once the model is finished.....

Onto the next step which is to glue together the supports and paint the bits which need painting. FYI I'm going to be using a grey car primer paint and have decided to use the Car Park pdf file from Scalescenes to cover the floors. outside walls, lift shafts and security hut.

Cheers...

Lucky's Pool Hall & Bar and small 7-Eleven shop...

I've recently completed most of the work on the two storey Bar & Pool Hall and a single-unit 7-eleven (well even Zombie Apocalypse Survivors need to kick-back grab a Bud, shoot some pool and buy a Slurpee occasionally!).

Again I'm pleased with the results and they will be finished off with some more signage and some pool tables before they get onto the game table.

Lucky's Pool Hall & Bar, pictures of the front and back.....

..and of course the side walls....

 ..then some alongside the small 7-Eleven store...

 .. and finally some interior details (if you can see them!)..

As mentioned, I've still got to put some pool tables into the upstairs of Lucky's and there are some advertising signs to go onto the 7-Eleven.

Following that I've got two more single-storey shop units to build (any suggestions on what they should be?) and then I've the first production model of a multi-storey car park (NCP Stylee for those of you in the UK) produced by MadMechaGuy to build. But I'm pondering how to tackle this one, I'm not sure whether to paint it or 'paper skin' it or do a combination of both. But it's a sizable model and I'm not going to rush it as it will provide quite a focal point for any ATZ gaming table so I want to get it right!

If anyone's reading these posts let me know what you think so far and please, please, suggest what my next two shop units should be as I haven't any clue what would be good/ most useful to any Survivors that may wish to go shopping / looting.....

15mm Garage / Auto Repair Shop

15mm Garage / Auto Repair Shop

A few pics of my recently finished Garage, there was quite a bit of 'cut and paste' of the elements (ladders hung on walls, the inspection pits, positions of doors/windows etc) to this build. But I think that the effort was worth it and I like the results...

A few more alongside the Armoury and Apartment....(see eralier post for details)..

Let me know what you think....

15mm Buildings for my ATZ games...

15mm Buildings for my ATZ games....

In the past I've used cardstock buildings (from WorldWorks) for my ATZ games and I really like the look of them, a sort of 'grubby urban' feel that you just can't get with painting plastic buildings unless you are a black-belt with a brush and spent about a gazillion hours using washes and weathering powders etc.

However, having recently dug my buildings out of storage I realised the fragility of card! Not many had survived intact and so the Town Council of Fifteen Mills-Ville decided it was time to launch a major rebuilding project.

Which way to go?

I'd recently been inspired by my visit to Colours with that well-known evildoer Spendlove, by the incredible range of mdf buildings now being manufactured in 15mm. However, I didn't like the 'uniform' look of the painted versions (or the price) but could appreciate their robust construction....So what to do?

A quick look on t'interweb revealed a few producers of 15mm buildings, even fewer in the UK (postal charges on mdf from the US killed the option of ordering from them), with only a couple offering painted versions, which again looked too uniform and clean to my tastes....

So I then hit upon the idea of using mdf buildings for their robust construction but covering them with WorldWorks 'skins' to get the look I like and the variety of buildings I crave.

A solution is found....

After consideration I ordered some shop models from MadMechaGuy who is UK based, had great email communication and good prices.

Two days later I received a package with that lovely slight burnt-wood smell Yippee!!!

Postage time was pdq and the items were packed really well and so 'test construction' began...

The models are well made, fit together well and are simple to build, it took me a while to decide upon the which combinations of walls I wanted for my models but eventually I decided upon what I was going to build with my mdf collection, and so the first model was an mdf version of Mayhem Armoury from WorldWorks...

Bob's Bullets....

Here we have WIP pictures of the ground floor.....

...and with the as yet 'uncovered' upper floor Apartment...

..and after a couple of more hours, I completed versions of the Apartment and the Garage/ Auto Shop as well.

I'm very happy with the results which give me good solid robust buildings with the look I want at a very reasonable price. MadMechaGuy has also agreed to my suggestion to build a multi-storey car park and I've asked him if he can make his windows and doors square rather than 'round-edged' (not easy to cut the curves neatly!).

Next builds will be a two storey Pool Hall/ Bar, a Seven-Eleven and a fast food joint, by which time I hope to get my hands on the Car Park!

As I say, I'm very happy with these, I think they'll survive the ravages of gaming and storage, they look great, (in my opinion), were fun to build and I can't wait to get them 'on the table'....