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This may be a terribly stupid question but...

Over the past month I have looked at dozens of tutorials and how-tos for building ruins, barricades, all kinds of scenery. Very few of them include measurements. I don't think I've seen any measurements for walkways or buildings.

Is there somewhere I can find this kind of info? Or do I need to work it out myself? I think I've seen it mentioned that each floor of a building should be roughly 3 inches in height. I probably could suss it out but it seems a bit like reinventing the wheel.

I've made some shipping containers and barricades so far, did it by eye, but I want more precision when it comes to the bigger stuff. I've got my blue foam, got my foam board, got various kinds of sticking stuff, card, etc. Even evicted the Night Lord squatters from the dining table so I can set up shop properly.

People who make their own buildings use whatever dimensions seem appropriate depending on scale. I would work out dimensions based on 25mm or 30mm circular bases for 28mm.

One of the great things about our particular branch of the modelling hobby is that it's very forgiving on scale. It just has to look right. Nobody is probably going to care if you scrounged 1/35 scale parts or 1/48 as long as they look appropriate to the miniatures.

In general, you want walls to be about 1/3rd taller than your average miniature. Most doors are 7' and most interior walls are 8' tall. Most that is. If you want something grandiose, make it a little bigger. Also, with gaming models, you're often better off going a little too big than too small. That being said, if you made an average building like say, a supermarket, to scale then it would fill your whole table. So, it's got to look appropriate, but still be playable and store-able.

Here's a handy tip: If you were on an average sidewalk in San Francisco, the concrete slab you're standing on is almost the same dimensions as a square Warhammer base, if you were the miniature.

For the Armorcast Modular Stucco building line, I built the buildings in the following sizes:

4"x4"
4"x6"
4"x8"
6"x6"
6"x8"
8"x8"

4"x4" is a bit small for common sized buildings, but the 4"x6", 4"x8" and 6"x8" work really well. 8'x8" is a pretty large building.

Pics to give you an idea on sizes here: http://armorcast.com/store/index.php?cPath=122_46