I'm working on a small office from a prototype photo. Although that particular photo is from a Northern location (the snow is a big hint :-) ), I found a bunch of similar structures in Southern locations (including several from a town in MS.)
The challenge was getting something to look like those scroll-end Ionic columns. I ended up twirling thin brass around round nose tweezers, then inserting a styrene rod. The columns should be fluted (and to be most precise, should be slightly smaller diameter at top), but I'm doing "Victorian Vernacular" so I can cheat and use plain columns. The square Tuscan columns were easy by comparison.
I wanted an interior, so I primed both sides of the styrene walls white, and then painted on wainscoting. After I painted the windows and added glazing, I glued them in place, and then added interior trim, painted a slightly different brown to stand out. And yes, one window is glued in upside down, I had real problems with the glue actually holding.
dave
Dave,
Nice little building and your model is coming right along. I think this structure will fit anywhere USA.
Nice job.
Tom ;D
Tom, what would be the most likely roofing in your neck of the woods? Wood shingles, or metal seam?
In the Great Frozen North, I'd expect a slate roof.
dave
Hey Dave:
Looks great so far. Nice job on the columns. Don't know if I could have done that. Looks pretty tedious.
Karl
Very nice build. I really like how you did the columns.
looks good Dave
For the dental molding, I found a piece of porch trim that had relatively wide posts. I trimmed it so the top of the rail and about 3" of the posts were intact, and then glued that to a piece of thin styrene. The top shows the dental molding piece, assembled and painted, and the bottom is the remainder of the post trim, that I'll use elsewhere.
dave
Very nice start.
A bit more progress. I did the floors by cutting .020 scribed and painting it like pine flooring. Then I cut a piece of .060 styrene the right size of the foundation and porch, centering the floor on it. I glued the sides to the floor. I did a similar approach for the ceiling (but I didn't glue it in place. And I fixed the upside-down window!
dave
It looks great Dave.
Quote from: deemery on September 14, 2020, 10:59:33 AM
Tom, what would be the most likely roofing in your neck of the woods? Wood shingles, or metal seam?
In the Great Frozen North, I'd expect a slate roof.
dave
Dave,
Although metal seams were used, they weren't common. The common roofs were either rolled roofing or shingles.
Tom ;D
Cool little structure, looking forward to seeing this build come together.
-Steven
Dave
Great job on those columns! The rest is also coming along nicely!
Jerry
Since I want to add interior lighting, I did a 'light test' with a flashlight in the dark. One corner needed to be touched up to prevent light leaks.
Then I did more work on the roof. I glued .015 thick strips flush with the outside of the roof, so they overhang the walls. This makes for a nice -removable- roof. I painted a .015x.020 strip the trim color, and will edge-glue that to 2 pieces of unpainted trim also .015 thick, and then edge glue that to the roof, to build up the full set of roof trim as on the prototype. It won't be an exact match, but should be fairly close.
dave
Very nice Dave.
I painted a .015 x .030 strip on-edge the trim color, then sandwiched that between .015 x .030 unpainted (white) strip on the bottom and .015 x .040 strip on the white. The total trim is .085. I edge-glued that to the roof, and added .080 square bracing on the porch roof. This needs some paint touch-up.
Then I added the pillars, glued to the porch foundation. The roof is still removable, so I can finish the interior and add lighting before tackling the gable roof.
dave
Really like it Dave.
Jerry
I think I might drill peg holes from the floor and ceiling into the pillars, to make them more sturdy.
dave
Hey Dave:
Beautiful job on this one as usual
Karl
I found a package of old Precision Lasercraft self-stick light grey wood shingles. After a bit of drybrushing, they're good to go.
Then I constructed the gable ends ('shiplap' for the front and clapboard for the back), including nibbling out the slot for the roof panel's bracing, and glued them into place.
Finally, I glued one of the roof panels. I'll let that dry thoroughly and then attach the other.
dave
Some paint touch-up to do, but this is basically done.
I hope Tom will accept this for the Tapahoe, after all the Judge needs a place to work!
dave
It looks great Dave.
Very nice. The scroll detail really adds to the look. Nice interior as well.
Jeff
Looking at the interior, the only thing missing seems to be the Judge's filing system for all of the humorous quotations tales he regales us with. Shudder to think they may all be from memory.
Quote from: BandOGuy on September 23, 2020, 08:10:12 PM
Looking at the interior, the only thing missing seems to be the Judge's filing system for all of the humorous quotations tales he regales us with. Shudder to think they may all be from memory.
There's lots of room to store old issues of
Railroad magazine underneath the bench.
dave
Great build Dave!
Agreed Great build Dave...Dennis
It's hard to get the phone camera exposure right, but you can see a bit of the interior in the lit building. There's some significant light bleed through the styrene, but overall I don't think it's too offensive.
I do like the light from the windows shining on the porch floor.
dave
Looks real. Nice job.
Good job Dave..... 8)
Great job Dave
Learned a lot in that little build and it looks great.
Jim D
Hey Dave:
looks just beautiful and I love the interior.
Karl
Quote from: Jim Donovan on September 25, 2020, 08:50:00 AM
Great job Dave
Learned a lot in that little build and it looks great.
Jim D
I'm always glad when someone learns something from a build. I've learned a lot from builds here (and Railroad-Line.com)
dave