Second Hand Finds (Scenery)

I found a selection of Hot Wheels City Sets at a second hand store for very cheap.  These are play sets with a bit of road and a small building or two.  The buildings all look grossly undersized for 28mm, but actually have pretty decent details on most sides, and the doors look good.  I started with a few sets.

So many bright colors

Some decent textures

Most of the buildings are glued or ultrasonic welded to the streets.  The light blue parking structure was held on with screws, which made life easy.  I don't recommend disassembling the glued buildings, they can be a pain, but they will come off with some bending and prying.  (and some liberal swearing...)

Pieces removed from streets

Survivor Anna for scale reference

You can see the texture on the purple building.  The door looks really good scale-wise.  I am curious what to do with the buildings.  The purple one will make a good shed.  The blue parking structure will make a decent raised platform for industrial or docks or something.  The others can wait for now.

I picked these two to work on first, the blue platform required just some glue and paint to make useful.  The purple shed needs a bit more effort.  I cut around the door, to make it functional.  I am using a simple card hinge (piece of card glued to the wall and the door so it can bend).  I have some black corrugated card from scrap booking supplies that will work as a roll-up door.  This leaves me with a bit of a quandary, do I cut off the roof (making it removable) and mount the rest of a floor, or do I leave it without a base or floor?

For now, I leave it without a floor.  I can always cut the roof off later.  Some paint and drybrushing is all it needs to be ready for the table.

Door into the shed

Roll up garage door

I found some terracotta color Krylon spray paint for plastic at Walmart on clearance for $1.50.  That made a great base coat for the brick.  I'll be using that on more structures in the future.  I will keep an eye for more of the city sets as well.  They didn't cost much, and for a couple of hours work (including drying time) they make good quick buildings.

Anna uses the door

Roll up door removed

Possible floor

I do with the garage was larger, it is not big enough for a car.  It will make a decent storage shed or add on for another building (like a maintenance shed) or a utility structure.  I have a few more structures to work on, but I got the couple finished pretty quick and easy.

Two structures done

I'd have more done but the Walking Dead season finale is tonight, plus I managed a little more of the road scenario (I'll get the bat reps up soon).  I'll share the other buildings as I work on them.