HO Scale Burglarized buildings

[JLK2707]

I am just wondering how you can make an HO Scale building look like it has been broken into. Can you offer me any ideas?

[wjstix]

You could take a sharp hobby knife or single-edged razor blade and cut plastic window glazing in a jagged way, so it looked like a broken window. Perhaps a few small pieces on the sidewalk or porch representing broken glass.

You could have a front door partially knocked off it's hinges, so say it was still attached at the bottom but loose on the top and leaning at an odd angle.

[Doneldon]

JLK-

This will be very difficult to portray in such a way that people viewing your layout will notice that something has happened.
A kicked in door or a broken window is a very small, static detail which will mostly go unoticed. You can draw more focus
to the scene if you add some police to your scene. Better would be a police car with flashing light bar. You can buy these
layout ready or easily add lights to an existing police car. Woodland Scenics has figures of police arresting someone.

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[bevernie]

 :)You might also put in an "alarm sound", and that will draw attention! But, you would probably have it "switched", so it would only come on when you wanted it!!

[AndyJB]

How about some yellow police tape around the entrance.

[Atlantic Central]

How about a dead burglar lieing on the ground in front and a shop owner holding a shotgun?

Seriously, do what ever you like, but life is full enough of bad things and bad people, I don't want to portray that sort of thing on my layout - again, unless it shows the good guy winning.

Sheldon

[Doneldon]

How about a dead burglar lieing on the ground in front and a shop owner holding a shotgun?

Seriously, do what ever you like, but life is full enough of bad things and bad people, I don't want to portray that sort of thing on my layout - again, unless it shows the good guy winning.

Sheldon

Great idea! And then take one of the worthless smoke units out of a steamer and plumb it up so the
smoke comes out of the muzzle of the shotgun. It would make just about the right amount of smoke.

[Joe323]

I placed one of those Flickering LED candles inside one of my buildings to make it look like it's on fire.  A bit off topic but I thought I would chime in anyway