Britains Farm Toys
Britains offer a small range of current farm sheds which can be seen pictured below. These sheds come flat packed and are simple to assemble. They provide a good level of detail while remaining competitively priced. With some painting and weathering or by mashing various sheds together very realistic and convincing sheds can be produced.
It is also worth a hunt on eBay as Britains have produced a number of other sheds in the past that you won't find in the current catalogue. These include houses, barns and stable yards that can all quickly build up a farm diorama.
Brushwood offer a wide array of model sheds particularly suited to the UK market. Offerings range from huge tractor sheds to farm houses to dairy parlours. The range is good and very sturdy making them great for children with lots of printed details but they lack the detail to be used in a realism diorama due to their slot together nature. More recently they have introduced a Pro Build range of shed kits that are a great way of producing highly detailed realistic sheds without the effort of making everything from scratch.
Producing a more European Style range of sheds, Kidsglobe offer the most bang for your buck. Their sheds are huge and as such require a large space to display them. Their sturdiness again makes them great for children but they lack detail for realistic displays. They do however offer more opportunity to enhance the detail than Brushwood.
Offering a range of indestructible looking buildings Millwood Crafts are perfect for the younger carpet farmer but are not really suitable for those looking to create realistic dioramas.
One of the more detailed range of off the shelf sheds come from HS Model Farms. The models are sturdy enough to survive transporting to shows while detail can easily be enhanced through techniques found in this blog.
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