I've been using a number of Model Power's house kits to populate Gallitzin, PA on my layout. I've managed to reuse the same kits several times by simply repainting it. However, one kit is a house with an addition being added on. That's a bit too unique to have two of on the same block. I thought about just leaving the addition off but then thought about bashing it into a carport.
wht do you guys think of this idea? How big should a 1-car carport be? I have enough styrene around to pull something off. Thanks for your help.
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How big is the car? Bigger then that!
Or just use your artistic license and do whatever looks right.
What era is the layout set?Is it an upscale area where wood-framed carports rule the day, or lower scale metal structure.Carports of all kinds of styles and materials have been staples of handyman and home magazines, shows, and websites for decades.
chutton01 What era is the layout set?Is it an upscale area where wood-framed carports rule the day, or lower scale metal structure.Carports of all kinds of styles and materials have been staples of handyman and home magazines, shows, and websites for decades.
thelayout is set in Central Pennsylvania in the 1950s. the town of Gallitzin seems to be fairly working class.
A typical garage size is 12 x 24 feet, so a carport should be about the same.
Current parking lot design allows for spaces as small as 9 x 18 feet, so I wouldn't go smaller than that.
If it's attached to the house, I'd give the outside of the roof three 4 x 4 posts to carry a doubled 2 x 10 to hold up 2 x 6 roof rafters.
How about something simple, 4 post corrugated metal roof carport; for some reason I think such structures would have often been painted green & white, at least in the 1950s NE US...