Junction Farm (BESTTrains kits)

[jbvb]

Wish I'd done a better job of documenting how I split the Colonial Georgian House into two.  Here's the previously unphotographed back side of the "big house":



IIRC I cut the RH (facing front door) wall down and used it for the hidden end, putting the LH wall in its place. I guess I also made a new rear wall from Northeastern clapboard and put a door in it too.  In your case, a back door in the 1-story "little house" part would face your barn and make pretty much a mirror image of my full size house.

[deemery]

Wish I'd done a better job of documenting how I split the Colonial Georgian House into two.  Here's the previously unphotographed back side of the "big house":



IIRC I cut the RH (facing front door) wall down and used it for the hidden end, putting the LH wall in its place. I guess I also made a new rear wall from Northeastern clapboard and put a door in it too.  In your case, a back door in the 1-story "little house" part would face your barn and make pretty much a mirror image of my full size house.

I freely admit to being inspired by your house!

dave

[deemery]

I found a Tichy masonry door casting that's wide enough to fill the window space.  So I cut out below one window, then trimmed the transom off the casting frame and added the trim:


And a test fit.  That's .020 x .060 for the frame, and .015 x .030 for the door sill.


I'll prime these white.  I haven't decided if I'll paint the new door itself red to match the other doors, or leave it white.

I did lightly repaint the main doors a lighter shade of red, pictures once the paint is dry.

dave

[jbvb]

That'll do the job.

[deemery]

Well, less done today than I hoped.  The taskboard/laserboard door pieces had one segment that warped with the moisture in the paint.  When I tried to straighten that out, it broke.  So I dug into my Evergreen stash, pulled out .020 x .030, cut and CA'd a replacement.  Then I repainted the piece to blend everything together.  That went well.  I also tried painting the styrene door casting after I primed it white.  That did not go so well, so I think that door will remain white.  (And I had to take one dog to the vet, she had a couple accidents and I wanted them to check for an infection.)

So I should be able to complete the kit doors tomorrow.  I also should have dug out the kit windows and painted them when I had the airbrush out, but I'll do that tomorrow, too.

dave

[Michael Hohn]

Dave, your plan to add a door makes a lot of sense.

Mike