This is the start of a much larger project that I'm doing for a vehicle display. There will be a barn of wood attached to this structure much like many New England farmhouses. This part of the project is a very simple affair. I draw and print the building on Manila card that is used as a template for the styrene. In this instance, .040" spaced clapboard siding from Evergreen. To the gable ends I glue .060" square rod on the corners and up the rake, the glue the eave end walls to that rod to form the corner boards and trim the rake board to the fascia and soffit of the eave. Windows and doors from Tichy.


I spray the interior a flat black and painted the exterior with PolyScale RR Tie brown and when dry, did a wash of a rather dark gray acrylic and Windex. The exterior trim was dry brushed with a lighter gray acrylic. The fast drying acrylics allowed me to get to this point in one evening.

I used a GC Laser asphalt shingle over reinforced Manila card and built a sschimney from the Evergreen brick pattern. This is capped with a small piece of Vermont slate which has a grain that allows it to be split very thin. The 'lead' flashing is 1 ply tissue painted.

I constructed a small shed addition that will be the connection point to the barn from .060" spaced styrene clapboard and scored it to replicate cedar shakes. The standing seam roof is brass foil scored from the back. I couldn't leave well enough alone on the siding color and made an alcohol wash from the buttermilk paint that I have mentioned on the board before. And finally, I put clear acrylic in the sash and added toilet paper curtains and constructed a brick foundation from the styrene brick. The building is now ready to be planted on the base.



Comments please on both the techniques and results.