I thought I'd make a positive contribution to RCU and post a tutorial on making cheap 1/16 buildings to fight around. I have less than 2 months experience in RC, but I have more than 15 years in Historical Wargaming and have built my share of 1/72 scale buildings over the years. So here it goes.


Part 1: Foundation

What you will need (for Part 1):

-1/2 " High density foam insulation
-Sharp Blade
-Rulers or a Straight Edge
-Masking tape
-Thick Card Stock
-Pen or marker

I made some 1/16 scale templates out of the thick card stock. Each floor is 6" or 8' to scale. Whit the 3 templates that I made, I should be able to make some one story Russian style farm houses and Stalingrad style apartment blocks.


With the templates made, I traces them out onto the 1/2" HD foam insulation.


Using an hobby knife, I cut out the shapes. Don't worry if the cuts are not clean, its a war zone so we will be cutting battle scars into it.


With the basic shapes cut out, I taped them together to get an idea of what the buildings will look like. I included a few triangle shapes for the apartment block to help stablize it.



Ok, stay tuned for part 2....