UK Country House Build

[engineerkyle]

Hi All,
I've taken on a new project. It will be a UK Country House in HO scale.




My first problem will be getting the 6 valleys for the 3 gables (dormers?) to match the pitch of the main roof.






I believe that if I fold a paper template and make one cut at the same angle as the roof. It will be too shallow.




Are there any practical tricks to this, shy of using the Pythagoras theory?

THANKX

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[engineerkyle]

Hi All,

If this were a bigger dormer, I would have done the math. Here I ended up using a little trial and error until I got an angle that was close. I kept trimming sharper angles of a paper template. Then I glued on the roof and sanded the whole component with a circle motion until I got it to lay flat. It was very easy.





I bet you I'll need suggestions on the backyard bay window, when I get to it.

Thanks,

See my other models at
engineerkyle.com

[postalkarl]

Hi Kyle:

Looks like you're off to a good start.

Karl

[ACL1504]

I agree with Karl and I'm looking forward to seeing it all come together.


Tom

[engineerkyle]

Hi all,

thanks for the kind words, I got it wrapped up the other day. HO scale.










You can see more pics of this build and other models here
engineerkyle.com

and here
http://bluetombstone.smugmug.com/

[NEMMRRC]

I bet there is a formula out there to make the proper angles. I'm surprised no one took a stab at it.

Jaime

[bparrish]

Here is a link to a pdf of the Swanson book.

http://www.oaklawnlibrary.org/documents/Speed%20Square%20Instruction%20Book%201983.pdf

Stoker is making me think of a lot of stuff that I thought I had long forgotten.  I built our house when we first came to Idaho in 1975.  We sold it and moved into Boise about 9 years ago.

I built the whole place in 6 months while working full time for Mercedes Benz.  I was young and stupid then.......

I may still be stupid but I'm not young anymore.

I had one of those squares.  Once you get onto it.......... it will get you through most anything in framing.

Thanx for a trip down memory lane.

see ya
Bob