4ground, a wonderful UK company has released laser-cut wood buildings for the American Wild West, or Late Nineteenth Century gaming. They go together easily and are assembled with just a few items. I only had to use my own hands, rubber bands, white glue (others may call it craft glue, or school glue), and some cheap clamps that I purchased in a bundle of 10 for $1 at a local bargain store.

This particular building was kit #28S-DMH-105. A two-story blue inn, or saloon, or bank. I’m just not sure yet. The kit was intuitive. The designers have made great effort for all of the parts and pieces to be sequential and well cut. In the kit I have there were no defects or mis-colorings and the entire kit punched out without any broken parts. I was careful, but with gaming and modelling, we usually are, right?

Here’s more detail:

the kit comes with an intuitive instruction sheet

Here’s a look at many of the laser-cut wood sheets, they are each clearly labeled

it is good to have small clamps and rubber bands

the doors are functional

there are two levels that can be separated (for action inside the buildings) in this kit

together, the levels look like this

here are the supplemental porches, boardwalks and staircases

the roof takes a few clamps

add the sign

all together now (and completely able to be disassembled)

from behind

If you are looking for the following characteristics in terrain buildings:

• Pre Painted

• Easy to assemble

• Customizable Sign (You can make your own art)

• High Quality Product

• Works well with both 25mm and 28mm miniatures

I was very pleased with this model and would encourage you get one, just to experience the model building process. For me, it was a much more satisfying than a model that requires hours of assembly just because you need to wait on super glue to dry.

Thank you 4GROUND!

Good Gaming

Chris