Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Parkview Terrace Background Building Kit - 933-3177

Walthers Cornerstone HO Scale Parkview Terrace Background Building Kit - 933-3177 adds a space-saving brick apartment building to an HO scale city neighborhood or railroad right-of-way. Designed to create a realistic transition between three-dimensional foreground scenery and a painted or printed backdrop, this shallow structure provides urban depth while occupying just over two inches of layout space. The finished three-story model measures 7-3/4 x 2-3/16 x 6" (19.7 x 5.6 x 15.2cm). Browse the complete Walthers Cornerstone model railroad buildings and structures collection for additional layout-building options.

Parkview Terrace represents the brick apartment buildings found in North American cities from the 1920s to the present. It can appear as a newer steam-era residence, an aging apartment building beside the tracks during the 1970s, or a renovated contemporary property. Its compact design works along the edge of traditional benchwork, shelf layouts, modular railroads, and urban dioramas.

Build an HO Scale Urban Apartment Scene

The Walthers Cornerstone Parkview Terrace Background Building includes several features and construction options for developing a city neighborhood:

• Based on brick urban apartment buildings
• Suitable for layouts from the 1920s to the present
• Works with steam- and diesel-era railroad scenes
• Shallow-profile design for placement near a backdrop
• Creates a transition between foreground scenery and a painted or printed background
• Brick three-story building back
• Can be shortened using cut lines molded inside the walls
• Detailed wooden stairways and landings
• Partial roof included
• Additional exterior details included
• Colorful decals included
• Easy-to-build plastic structure kit
• Parts molded in appropriate colors
• Finished size of 7-3/4 x 2-3/16 x 6" (19.7 x 5.6 x 15.2cm)

The molded cut lines provide flexibility when fitting the structure beneath scenery, against a backdrop, or beside other buildings. Detailed rear stairways and landings make the railroad-facing side visually interesting, while figures and smaller details can be added to create backyard, alley, and apartment-life scenes. Multiple background buildings can also be arranged together to form a longer metropolitan skyline.

Expand Your Walthers Cornerstone City Neighborhood

Parkview Terrace fits naturally with Walthers Cornerstone residential buildings when developing an established urban neighborhood. It also complements structures from the Walthers Cornerstone commercial and city buildings collection when creating a larger downtown or mixed-use district.

Additional buildings along the railroad right-of-way can be found among Walthers Cornerstone trackside structures. Smaller components for developing alleys, yards, sidewalks, and surrounding properties are available in the Walthers Cornerstone accessories and details collection.

For finishing and customizing Parkview Terrace, browse Fusion Scale Hobbies' model railroad and hobby paint for painting and weathering projects, along with model building glue and adhesives for kit assembly and other modeling projects.