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Build authentic small-town America with HO scale building and structure kits from IMEX Model Co., featuring detailed 1:87 scale models for realistic model railroad layouts. This collection showcases essential structures including convenience stores, gas stations, residential homes, grain towers, water towers, and garages. Each kit delivers exceptional detail with textured walls, realistic windows and doors, authentic roofing, and easy assembly. Perfect for model railroaders creating complete towns with superior craftsmanship, accurate architectural details, and affordable quality from this trusted American manufacturer specializing in railroad scenery.
IMEX Model Co. has been serving the model railroad community for decades, providing affordable, well-designed building kits that help modelers create believable towns and industrial settings. This comprehensive collection of HO scale structures represents the essential buildings needed to populate a realistic model railroad layout, from residential neighborhoods to commercial districts and agricultural facilities.
Every model railroad town needs commercial buildings to create a bustling downtown atmosphere. The Convenience Store provides a modern retail presence with detailed signage and large display windows, perfect for contemporary layouts or transition-era scenes. The classic Gas Station serves as an essential service facility, featuring pump islands, service bays, and period-appropriate architectural details.
For larger commercial districts, the 4 Store Building creates an impressive main street presence with multiple storefronts, detailed facades, and opportunities for custom signage that brings your town's business district to life.
Authentic neighborhoods require diverse housing stock. The Split Level House represents classic mid-century American suburban architecture with its distinctive multi-level design and attached garage. The charming Country Cottage adds rural character with traditional styling perfect for countryside settings or small-town residential areas.
Supporting structures include the Single Car Garage and Two Car Garage, essential outbuildings that add realism to residential scenes and provide storage for the vehicles that populate your layout.
Authentic railroad operations require specialized structures. The Water Tower represents essential steam-era infrastructure, providing the water supply needed by steam locomotives. The Signal Tower adds operational realism with its distinctive architecture housing the equipment that controlled train movements along your railroad.
The Maintenance Handcart Sheds provide realistic storage for track maintenance equipment, adding authentic detail to section gang facilities and maintenance-of-way scenes.
Rural and agricultural settings benefit from the Sukup Grain Towers (2) Small, representing modern grain storage facilities essential to agricultural operations. These distinctive structures add vertical interest to farm scenes and grain elevator complexes.
IMEX structures stand out for affordable pricing without sacrificing detail, straightforward assembly suitable for all skill levels, realistic architectural proportions and details, and comprehensive selection covering essential building types. The kits use quality molded plastic with good surface detail, allowing for excellent results with basic painting and weathering techniques. IMEX buildings provide the foundation for creating complete, believable towns without breaking the budget.
Explore our complete HO Scale Woodland Scenics collection for additional scenery products, or browse other IMEX products in our N Scale IMEX Model Co. collection. Enhance your layouts with complementary products from Woodland Scenics, Walthers, and Atlas Model Railroad Co.
IMEX kits are designed for straightforward assembly, making them ideal for modelers of all experience levels. The parts fit together well with standard plastic cement, and the molded-in details provide a solid foundation for finishing. For best results, dry-fit all parts before gluing to ensure proper alignment, paint parts before assembly when possible for easier access, and use appropriate colors for your chosen era and location.
Weathering brings IMEX buildings to life. Consider techniques including dry-brushing to highlight architectural details, washes to emphasize mortar lines and panel joints, powdered pigments for dust and grime accumulation, and airbrushing for subtle color variations and fading. The goal is to suggest years of exposure to weather and use without overwhelming the structure's basic appearance.
Effective town building requires thoughtful planning. Consider the era you're modeling to ensure appropriate building styles, the geographic region to match architectural characteristics, the town's economic base to determine building types and conditions, and the overall layout space to maintain proper building density. IMEX's diverse selection allows you to create everything from small rural communities to bustling small cities.
Arrange buildings to create visual interest with varied setbacks from the street, different building heights and styles, and realistic spacing between structures. Add details like vehicles, figures, street furniture, and signage to bring your town to life. The combination of well-built structures and thoughtful detailing creates scenes that invite viewers to explore and discover new details with each viewing.
When planning your town, consider traffic flow and access patterns, utility placement including power lines and street lights, landscaping with trees, shrubs, and grass, and street surfaces with appropriate textures and markings. IMEX buildings work well in combination with structures from other manufacturers, allowing you to create diverse, realistic towns that avoid the monotony of identical buildings.
Well-developed towns transform model railroads from simple train sets into miniature worlds. They provide context for railroad operations, create destinations for trains to serve, and offer opportunities for storytelling through the buildings and scenes you create. IMEX structures make town building accessible and affordable, allowing you to populate your layout with the diverse buildings needed for realistic operations.
Whether you're building your first layout or expanding an existing empire, IMEX Model Co. buildings provide the essential structures needed to create believable railroad towns. These kits honor the American small-town heritage that made railroads vital to community life, helping you create layouts that celebrate the golden age of railroading.