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Modular 16×32 Buildings

These two buildings, both built on 16×32 stud baseplates, have been featured in many BayLTC displays over the past couple of years. They were built in a modular fashion so that floors can be mixed and matched if desired, and taken apart for more compact storage and transport.


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The red building in its entirety. The blue building in its entirety.
The red building in its entirety.The blue building in its entirety.

The blue building has a removable module for the two upper floors, and another one for the roof. The red building has one removable module, consisting of the upper floor plus roof. The Blackburn Hotel was built according to the same standards.

The trouble with this modular design though is that the architectural style of the different buildings clashes too much; they would never be combined in real life.

These buildings have now been disassembled, largely because I feel that 16×32 is just too small of a footprint for a realistic building. I am now working on new buildings using a 32×32 or larger size footprint. I brought the works-in-progress for this project to the October BayLUG meeting.


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Blue Building - Front Door Red Building - Front Door Red Building with Roof from Blue Composite Building
Red Building - Cut in Half Red Building - Façade Red Building Blue Building - Two Storey
Blue Building - Cut in Half Blue Building - Roof Removed Blue Building - Roof Air Conditioner Blue Building - Façade
Blue Building - Front DoorRed Building - Front DoorRed Building with Roof from BlueComposite BuildingRed Building - Cut in HalfRed Building - FaçadeRed BuildingBlue Building - Two StoreyBlue Building - Cut in HalfBlue Building - Roof RemovedBlue Building - Roof Air ConditionerBlue Building - FaçadeBlue Building - Lower Floors CloseupBlue Building

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