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Pennman
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 Posted - 01/01/2016 : 2:13:06 PM
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Mike,
Thanks, but I believe it was originally a wood frame structure with clapboard.
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Michael Hohn
Fireman
USA
5187 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2016 : 3:01:52 PM
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Originally posted by Pennman
Mike,
Thanks, but I believe it was originally a wood frame structure with clapboard.
Rich
Rich,
Here's the one that turns up when I search the web:
http://www.bradfordlandmark.org/index.php?Crook%20Farm%20School%20Program
In any case, these small schoolhouses are such a stereotypical structure, but they show up all over the U.S.
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Michael Hohn
Fireman
USA
5187 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2016 : 7:53:35 PM
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Finished my schoolhouse. Since my last post on this project I added some details and did the roof. The material supplied represents slate in two different patterns.
So that the roof would not look too uniform, I applied a dark gray Bragdon powder to random slates before the strips were cut apart. Of course it's hard to be completely random, so as I cut strips apart I jumbled them up. I thought the results were worth the effort.
Not sure where it will go on the layout but that can wait because I have some major changes to make to my trackplan.
Mike
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deemery
Fireman
USA
7695 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2016 : 8:07:21 PM
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Slates look excellent, as does the rest of the structure. It'll keep your children off the streets and away from the rail yards.
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Modeling 1890s (because the voices in my head told me to) |
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Michael Hohn
Fireman
USA
5187 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2016 : 8:19:27 PM
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Dave,
Thank you. Got to keep those kids in line.
Mike
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railman28
Fireman
USA
5189 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2016 : 01:08:21 AM
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| The school house came out so nicely. I love the roof tilling. |
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Bill Gill
Fireman
USA
2654 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2016 : 07:42:51 AM
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Michael Hohn
Fireman
USA
5187 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2016 : 08:33:06 AM
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Bob, thank you. The roof really topped things off.
Bill, our hobby is always a learning experience. Thank you.
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Michael Hohn
Fireman
USA
5187 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2016 : 11:04:36 PM
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A new scratchbuild project is on the workbench, a general store:
Not much to talk about at this point; standard construction techniques and materials.
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jbvb
Fireman
USA
5866 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2016 : 08:43:31 AM
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railman28
Fireman
USA
5189 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2016 : 10:29:02 AM
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| Good looking store. It's nice to see one that doesn't have a false front. |
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Michael Hohn
Fireman
USA
5187 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2016 : 5:31:09 PM
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James, In answer to your question, the storefront is assembled from four sets of double windows and a door with large transom window.
The narrow windows either side of the door were created by cutting down two of the larger ones. I used bits of Evergreen styrene to fill the space below the windows. I rummaged through my parts boxes to find castings that would work together to get me what I wanted. I think they are Grandt Line castings.
Bob, thank you. Yes, no false front. To draw my plans I used a photo of a store in upstate NY and plans by Lester Jordan in an old RMC of a similar structure in PA. Fairly typical structure found all across the northeastern states, and perhaps the rest of the nation.
Mike
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Guff
Fireman
USA
1731 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2016 : 8:18:24 PM
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Mike, great job on the school slate roof. The mixed roofing pattern is nice!
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Guff
Fireman
USA
1731 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2016 : 8:20:21 PM
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Sorry I was a few months late in commenting. I'll try to keep up with the general store.
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Michael Hohn
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 05/17/2016 : 8:40:40 PM
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Dave,
Thank you. The slate was a little tedious but seemed more and more worth the effort the more I did.
I'll try to provide something worth following in the weeks ahead.
Mike |
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Projects in Progress on the Southern Central RR