How do you scratch built ww2 damage buildings?

Foamcore is a good choice.  This is a product witth two cardstock faces between an extruded foam center.  It's relatively inexpensive from a crafts store.  It is also fairly easy to cut, and join together.   It's (usually) thick enough to represent the core of a building's walls.

Fow thick is thick enough?  Well, let's break 132 scale down a tad.  1/32 is also 3/8" = 12".  From this we can state that 3/16" = 6"; 3/32" = 3"; and thus, 1/32" = 1" to scale.  European walls run to about a foot thick on the first floor, or about 4" wide brick against an 8" wide block inner wall.  

If a person were using one of the pressed paper brick veneers, you'd want foamcore about 10/32" (5/16") thick, which would allow for a thin coat of spackle on the inner face to represent plaster.  If a person wer using a 4/32" (1/8") thick product for brick veneer, then the foamcore could be 8/32" (1/4") thick.  Or, a thick coat of spackle could be built up and scribed to represent brick.

I have had good luck with sheetrock mud or durobond for building facades. I use thin foamboard for backing and put a thin coat of mud on...let set up a bit and you can scribe brick or rock into it. Not sure If it is still on forum but you can check out my dio"sucker play"a war torn street scene...hope it helps

(Foamcore is a good choice.  This is a product witth two cardstock faces between an extruded foam center.  It's relatively inexpensive from a crafts store.  It is also fairly easy to cut, and join together.   It's (usually) thick enough to represent the core of a building's walls.)

Do you expose the foam by removing one side of the cardboard to create the brick or do you use the cardboard itself to create the brick? Do you just draw the brick lines or slice a bit with xcto knife?

( sheetrock mud or durobond)

Sorry if this sound like a silly question since I'm kind of new at this but is this something that you can just apply or do you have to fix with something like water?

sheetrock mud or joint compound is already in mud form...durobond is a powder you add water to..the  plus of durobond or easy sand is that it dries much quicker...I personally apply a thin layer over whatever your wall core is then carve the brick or rock in to it. you can carve wet or semi wet...I think I used a nail for scribing..it is easy and cheap...the results you can judge for yourself

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Hello!

Whatever technique you use, please be sure to look up as many period photos as you can. Look for the location you have in mind (for example there are different building styles depednding where in France you are). Chacking the photos will also tell you what kind of paving the roads had, if they had electricity in the area, were the cables run underground or not and stuff like that. Photos of G.I.'s being greeted by the local folks should be perfect for that. Good references check really makes building a lot easier! Good luck with your project and have a nice day

Paweł

1.  Build a nice building.

2.  Drop a bowling ball on it.

Instant results!