Scratchbuilt Church

[Anonymous]

A few of years ago I decided I wanted buildings on my garden railroad, the OSP&C, to be modeled after local buildings. I do not run the trains in the winter, so I try to make a building during the "off season".

This was the building from the 2004/05 winter. (First time posting pictures, hope it works.)



Here are two pictures of the real church so you can see what I was trying for.

[Anonymous]

Well done.That really is a stunning build.

[ttrigg]

[bow] Well Done [tup][tup][tup] From what I can see, about the only thing missing are the shrub bushes at the front corners. Execelently well done. Hope to see a few "under construction" photos.

[Anonymous]

Wonderfully done!

[whiterab]

Very nice. Too bad my town is to small to support that big of a church[8D]

[TrainFreak409]

That is one sharp looking church![tup]

The real one doesn't look half bad neither.[;)]

[vsmith]

Yes, your Yankee church came out quite stunning![:D]

[John Busby]

Hi OSP&C
That is one large model and well done I might add.
Those of us with smaller towns will just have too look for interesting smaller houses of worship that fit in with the town.
regards John

[Anonymous]

John Busby
I took time to measure and scale the original but when it came time to move outdoors from the workshop ---- whew! I think the building for this winter's build will have some liberties taken with the final size.

*** (OSP&C)

[Rene Schweitzer]

Wow, that is one spiffy looking church. It looks great!

[John Busby]

QUOTE: Originally posted by OSPandC

John Busby
I took time to measure and scale the original but when it came time to move outdoors from the workshop ---- whew! I think the building for this winter's build will have some liberties taken with the final size.

*** (OSP&C)

Hi ***
Could always make the post office I dont mean one of those huge city jobs.
Give it a wild west look and make it 8'6" across the front and 29' deep with a veranda thats 8' deep and has a false front saw something similar somewhere
or perhapes a general store thats 10' square
Must be heaps of possabilaties around the place that dont need selective compression..
regards John

[van buren s l]

***
That is a wonderful church! What did you use for siding? It certainly looks good in the enlarged picture.
Bob

[Anonymous]

vbsltco
The church has a 2x2 pressure treated "foundation" where it will rest on the bluestone. The basic structure is then constructed with 1 x 6 cedar that I planed to 1/2" and then edge glued. Over the cedar I glued dollhouse lap siding. The trim is a combination of wood scraps, mostly cedar, augmented by some dollhouse moldings.

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[toenailridgesl]

***,
Excellent modelling. How about some details on construction? What did you ude for walls etc?
This is a small church I built out of Korflute a few years back. It uses Precision Products windows

[Anonymous]

Excellent looking.

mikadousrp