Ice house and wagon

 I have built an ice house and ice wagon.  The ice house was built using card stock and wood plus a door which is a metal reefer door.  The front sign was made using a dry transfer and the sign on the side was printed  from an internet sign.

The ice house will be placed beside the icebox repair shop.

Above is the ice wagon.  It was made from card stock and wood.  The wheels, horse and figure are commercial.  The figure is a plastic seated  item that had no arms or legs.  I made the arms from wire coated with glue and the legs are from thin wood dowels.  The reins the figure is holding are thin wire,

Above is an internet photo that was my inspiration for the ice wagon.

Icebox repair shop complete

 I have completed the icebox repair shop.  This has been an interesting model for me.  

The office is on the left and the repair shop is on the left.  The inside details in the shop include a work bench, a chair, an icebox, a barrel, a sawhorse, and some boards.  The interior details are hard to see in this photo but in person they are visible.  On the deck is a chair, a hand cart, a figure, a scratch built icebox and some signs.

Above is a different view which shows the signs.  

Next I will build an ice house and an ice wagon.  

Icebox repair shop start

 This next model is an icebox repair shop.  Iceboxes have a top section where large ice chunks are inserted to keep the lower food storage area cool.  When I was young my grandmother had an icebox in her cottage on the shore of Lake Ontario.  When we visited we had to get large chunks of ice periodically to keep our food cool.

On the left is the office and on the right is a platform which will support the repair shop.  An icebox is sitting on the right side of the platform. 

The entire model is built from wood with commercial shingles on the roof.  The stack on the left was made using a section of plastic sprue.  The windows and doors are commercial plastic parts.  

The icebox model was made from wood pieces and can be seen sitting on the dock.  

Above is a photo that I used as a basis for my model.  

I will now complete the shop model.