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Sunday, July 24, 2022

Old shack with garden

I have added an adjacent fenced in garden and some details to the shack model.  The owner is sitting on a bench on the front porch.  There is a card stock base under the shack and garden.  


The fence was built board by board.  The plants in the garden are all commercial products I bought years ago.

There is a wheel barrow, a shovel and a rake by the side of the shed. All commercial products.  


Above is a rear view.



And above another view from a different angle.  

Now to decide what to build next.



Friday, July 15, 2022

Old shack model

My next model is an old shack which will have a garden  beside it.  I decided to post the shack model while I work on the exterior details.


The model was built board by board with an interior frame to support the boards.


The smoke stack as usual was built using a plastic sprue.

I will do another posting when I finish the fenced in garden and other details.  


 

Saturday, July 2, 2022

Shop structure model

 I can not decide what kind of shop this is so I am just calling it a shop.  It has two docks, one for the office and one for the shop area.  The office has a chair on its dock and the shop has some barrels and a dolly on its dock.  The office has a shingled roof and the shop has a flat roof.  The doors and windows are commercial plastic parts.




The view of the right side above gives a better view of the shop roof.


The view above shows the left side and rear of the structure.  The stack as usual was made from a plastic sprue.  

I think I have mentioned before I have no more room on my layout for the models I am building now so they go on a wide shelf in the finished part of my basement.  I have scratch built rail cars, vehicles and mostly structures and I won many awards at model railroad conventions for things I built.  I don't need any more rail cars as I have many more than fit on my layout and I still have unbuilt rail car kits which I may never build.  So again I need to decide what structure to build next.