I haven't dealt with their kits, but I have several of their material sheets (brick, stone, rusted corrugated metal) and they look very good.

Regards

Ed

loathar wrote:

Is that $30/each just to download a building and print it out???

While I haven't checked out their website recently, the prices are for kits that you assemble.  I bought one a while ago just to see what they were like.  All shapes are pre-cut, such as windows, doors, etc.   Nice as they are I too questioned the prices.   They do make fine looking structures, I've seen some of their samples at shows.  You'd be hard pressed to tell they are flat paper until you were almost on top of them.  They come already weathered.

I have used their Corrigated roof material. They have two or three different degrees of weathering on them, you pick the one you like.

I used the medium weathering and it turned out great. I bought the cedar shake ones but have not used them. Note there is only one sheet per pack in the cedar and two sheets per pack in the corrigated. I have seen their buildings at convention shows and they look great.

Dave

I have used some of their pattern sheets, but purchased these at shows of from them directly receiving the printed paper. Quality is quite nice. For downloading, and more reasonable in terms of cost is Scalescenes at http://www.scalescenes.com. They have lots of patterns all downloadable and you can print out as many as you need, whenever for that initial purchase. All it costs is toner and paper. File format is PDF and their are no editing options (unfortunate but understandable). In addition to patters such as bricks, pavement, corrugated metal, clapboard, they also have some kits, including two free downloads. Note the size differences between the stuff with the Union Jack (00 - 1:76) and the Stars and Stripes (H0 - 1:87) not that noticeable depending on what you get, and not all offerings are identical in those two categories.

In terms of working with card models, I have gathered a bunch of references to tutorials as well as having published one myself. Those can be found at http://web.syr.edu/~pdverhey/eisenbahn/tutorial.shtml. I generally mount my paper on card of the appropriate weight which reduces potential for warpage. That said, I have had very few problems on my various project that can be linked to from my "Scratchbuilding" link.

Here are a few examples. The one at the bottom shows part of my n-scale module with a view of a retaining wall by Scalescenes (as well as corrugated fence and brickwork on the houses) and the germanicized Quonset Hut by Clever Brothers. The small industrial building was a kit that I expanded by kitbashing.

I love working with card. Very versatile. Doesn't have the (exaggerated) depth of patterned styrene, but with weathering and good technique can more than give it a run for its money. I especially like working with photographic images as in the case of the small grill.