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The vases are amazing. You tell us about the taste of the people in the house through their choices of high fired china and earthenware.  The child's chair is a beauty, with echoes of Eero Saarinen's design

It's a collection of carefully observed and thoughtful details that make the whole greater than the sum of the parts.

This design for childrens' chairs was quite typical for this period. As far as I was able to research no designer is known by name, as some huge furniture companies had their own design departments. But indeed the similarity to Saarinen's use of forms is immense.

I like the silver plane version much better.



Cheers,
Volker

What a wonderful piece of preserved contemporary history.

Bernhard

Disgustingly superb. -- Russ

Brilliant. As always.

look at that plane...wow.

You dont need me to tell you this, but the quality of your work is staggering.

Quote from: Hauk on August 11, 2026, 06:37:38 AMYou dont need me to tell you this, but the quality of your work is staggering.

Just like yours, Hauk. The plane is a plastic part I found in a box with some H0 scale items. It was just right for my purpose.

The next topic is the anteroom for the roof access hatch in the attic. Don't mind the coarse coloring, most parts won't be visible later on.






Cheers,
Volker

The lower image looks 1:1 scale. -- Russ

The staircase leads to a roof access hatch, providing access to the flat roof of the annex.








The sheet metal cladding for the roof hatch was made from annealed 0.1 mm copper foil...




...which I first tinned.




I marked out the fold lines using a scriber. Two sheets of different thicknesses, placed against the stop, yield the two required dimensions.






Soldering the individual parts while maintaining precise dimensions was a bit tricky; due to the materials involved (wood and Forex), I couldn't do it directly in place. Masking tape held the parts in position while I lifted and transferred them to the soldering surface.




Then the hinged flap was still missing; I soldered it together using parts from my (or was it Frithjof's?) scrap box.






While the inside screws are some plastic parts I used some thick glossy medium to imitate the outward screwheads of the carriage bolts (see first and third picture).




Cheers,
Volker

Although this isn't your most impressive component, here's my comment and it applies to every post you've ever made: You are world class model builder. Your work is satisfactory. -- Russ

It's remarkable how much attention you pay to every little detail.

Bernhard

The metal flashing is spot-on. Nice work Volker.

The next step was to fabricate the gutter for the extension; it was made from 0.1 mm sheet copper, as was the downpipe—though the mounting clamps for the latter are still missing.






The gutter is installed with a continuous slope leading to the downpipe.






I made the roofing felt myself as well; sandpaper is too stiff for this purpose.




Just the railing left to do...






Many thanks to Frithjof and Toni for their help with the railing!

Before roofing work could begin, storage enclosures had to be installed on the side opposite the roof access hatch—features that will be faintly visible through the hatch later on.




For this purpose, the ceiling area was fitted with wooden planking...




... and two slatted walls were created (as you can see, the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything here is also 42).




And this is what it looks like at the installation site.





Cheers,
Volker