Kanthima's Scratchbuilt Structures

[Orionvp17]

Very nicely done, Kanthima!  Keep going!

James, thanks for sharing!

Pete
in Michigan

[jbvb]

Thanks, Karl, Darryl, Mark and Pete.  I may be able to stir up other shots when leaves were off the trees if I ask the Newburyport history fans online.  Buying a drone would get me what's up there today, but not what it looked like 60 years ago.

[Rick]

James, you're a lucky man with a wife that helps with the hobby.
Your wife is an excellent modeler.
Those houses all look fantastic.

[Jim Donovan]

James I just started reading the past work your wife has accomplished and her current project. She has amazing talent! I am going to have to go back over what I saw a couple of times since I do not normally work in styrene but from I see here I think I could learn too! Thank you for sharing.

Jim

[jbvb]

Thank you, Rick and Jim. 

Jim, I've built a number of plaster kits, also wood kits, and I've scratchbuilt a wood bridge. I can represent bare or creosoted wood much better by staining real wood than I can with plastic. likewise worn and heavily weathered painted wood.  But I've found I like my structures in "state of good repair". To me, run-down and decaying buildings go with declining railroads and loss of industrial base. Lived through that, not nostalgic.

 I first tried styrene for structures on my HUB Division modules. I'd seen wood models suffer from humidity changes and handling, and I hoped to take my modules on many trips,. My first 4 scratchbuilds have traveled with Rowley for more than 25 years, rarely needing even minor repairs.

114 High St. is my wife's 15th styrene structure. She learned scale modeling as an architecture student in Thailand, using paper and wood. When a house model she built here warped as humidity changed, I asked her if she wanted to try styrene. To make a long story short, she likes it.