T Gauge Downtown Apartment buildings - 1:450 Scale Model Railroad

I saw this video with all these great T gauge structures from Custom Z scale that got me very interested. It turned out that the buildings are printed on card stock. I have used printed buildings before but mostly as background structures or “one dimensional” flat buildings, but I have always felt that they have not measured up to closer inspection.
For T Gauge though I felt I should give it a chance. When you work in a scale that is half of Z scale, physical details are not always as important as to create the illusion of details. Once I received the kit it was clear that this works very well for T Gauge. If you put a macro lens on a camera and take a picture you will see that it is printed and flat, but most items in T Gauge with high magnification will lack in details no matter what.
These kits are low cost but give you a high quality product you can “build” in 30 min or less, and they look convincing. The video will give you an idea of what it takes to put together a kit (hint… very little) and what kind of results you can expect.
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[@customzscales7875]

Thank you for the wonderful review! Your video production quality is quite amazing , look forward to following your channel!

[@skylinejunction]

Thank you, appreciate it. The kits are great.

[@peterlutz7191]

Very impressive buildings, especially as small as T Scale is!

[@skylinejunction]

Thanks

[@olphartcoastie8719]

Thank you for posting this video of Custom Z's buildings. As a result, I ordered and have built eleven buildings in N scale and will soon be build nine in T Gauge. The paper is good quality and the kits are easy to build. The results are impressive.

[@skylinejunction]

Glad I could help!

[@rudiloof7064]

Thanks for the tips!

[@skylinejunction]

Glad you liked it

[@ewoodrailway]

Lovely buildings, Ive subscribed

[@skylinejunction]

Thank you very much!

[@vitchr]

Lovely

[@skylinejunction]

Thanks

[@tm4609]

Really good quality videos! Would love to see your layout/layouts.

[@skylinejunction]

Videos are in the works :-)

[@34r343]

@@skylinejunction how long are the "t gauge" automobiles?

[@billypoe3703]

I have watched this video many times. There are no instructions for lighting in this video; I am brainstorming some possibilities with various fiber optics. Random, sheathed, fiber optics could be applied right behind windows on the stock. The tip of the optics could peek out under the awnings to give a front view lighting scheme. I would suggest using match sticks to support and strengthen the structures.

[@skylinejunction]

I am sure you could get it working with lighting in the way you describe. The size of the structures are so small so you don't really need any extra support.

[@JakeSweeper]

Hmm... Are there styrene sheets thin enough to be used as reinforcement for the buildings? Is it even worth the effort?

[@skylinejunction]

Yes, there is thin styrene you can use but I don't think its worth it. The card-stock is fairly "thick" and of high quality and gives it all the stability it needs. I have built some of CustomZscales kits for Z scale and I did reinforce some of them a bit, but I used cardstock instead of styrene.

[@paulrmatzke298]

Can you do a video of your layout?

[@skylinejunction]

I will have some new stuff in the next couple of months.

[@Steinstra-vj7wl]

Why is the printing on the paper so bad ?

[@markparker7549]

What is your source for the vehicles?

[@skylinejunction]

They are from tgauge.com