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Terrain building

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Not sure if this is the right area but can anyone who has built terrain for 3 3/4" figures let me know what sort of scale I need to build something.
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1/18 scale generally
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I think 1:18 is the closest commonly used scale to AF figure size... hope that helps. (at that scale a 6ft man is 4 inches)

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Thanks I had plans to build an ammo dump but needed something for buildings the cardboard packaging from my ROC vehicles may help with that.
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I've bought some stuff (walls, krates) at the model shop in the past, 1:18 makes sense.

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I have some WP accessories like crates,sandbags, a tripod mounted gun,barbwire fences etc to add to it.
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Building wise, you can work wonders with cardboard, craft knive & a metal rule...
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I had in mind a complex like the one in Predator but they may be too ambitious I haven't made a building from scratch in years.
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World Peacekeepers do have these buildings
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That looks great Scoob. Where I live WP stock is very limited. Even worse is our choice of ROC toys we have had the 2 vehicles I bought and that is it.
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