I scratch built this white painted clapboard buttressed church in O scale.
Shingles are real wood veneer made from birch as it cuts easily and colors fantastic .
mike lynch HAIRBALL
Hey Hairball:
Very nicely done. Don't see many churches get built.
Karl
Well done Mike.....love the wood shake roofing. 8)
Mike,
Well done model !
Tommy
I am not sure why I decided to build a church but I think somebody wanted me to build one for them for their layout in NY state. I ended up producing 4 more with various roof coverings.
Was going thru all kinds of churches pictures online saving ones I thought were really neat that I could do in wood. Believe this church sits on top of a cliff around san simeon California ? I already had the windows ( grandt line ) and doors in stock , the clapboard AGED 3/32 spacing from northeastern. 3 shades of floquil white were used to colour the structure and make it weathered by still nice. The upper bell tower vents were from Michael ? in Ohio, who produced a lot of great resin parts. I used B I S raised seam roofing on the top of the pitched roof coloured using Fiebings USMC black leather dye mixed with isopropinal 99% pure 1% water so no warping.
Thank you guys for your comments
mie lynch HAIRBALL