Farm House Customs

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kevrut
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Farm House Customs

Post by kevrut » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:51 pm

I took a few pics of my farmhouse for you guys.
I put hardwood floors in. I haven't finished the interior yet.
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I copied the rafters from the 21C farmhouse.
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I made the shingles from popcycle sticks. One popcycle stick makes 4 shingles.
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Each door has two small hinges.
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I made this one to be a background prop.
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The materials I used for these are: Foamboard, wooden dowells, popcycle sticks, skinny sticks, glue, hot-glue, cardboard (for a base), hinges, and paint.

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Post by tmanthegreat » Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:54 pm

Very nice! The use of the wood and foamboard give it an authentic look!
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Post by Razor17019 » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:28 pm

Million dollar question:
Would you consider making smaller versions to sell?

Have you tried making anything with a stone exterior, like a ruined church or stone buiding (I saw a prototype in the new database Grunt made for us).
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Post by kevrut » Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:38 pm

Razor, actually the plaster molds I made last Fall are supposed to be for a stone building. I just need to carve the lines in the plaster. It'll be stone or brick.
I could make 1/32 scale buildings out of foamboard and sticks. I don't know how detailed they would be.

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Post by steelbonnet » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:06 am

WOW That is Superb & certainly captures the style of housing seen during WWII in Europe.

Top marks mate :D

Something like this has so much potential on the dio scene & methinks I should make one.

Would you be interested in doing a Step by Step of a HOW TO on this size building mate?

Though like Razor,would you be interested in making some for sale? Maybe that is easy to assemble/disemble too???

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Post by Razor17019 » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:22 am

kevrut wrote:Razor, actually the plaster molds I made last Fall are supposed to be for a stone building. I just need to carve the lines in the plaster. It'll be stone or brick.
I could make 1/32 scale buildings out of foamboard and sticks. I don't know how detailed they would be.
In smaller version, I was thinking of a 1 story 1/18 scale buiding or just ruins.
If you have the time to do some custom work for other people, pm or email me and we can work out the details.

I have some custom buildings that someone made for me. They are all out of styrafoam. I will take post some pics of them.
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Post by KAMIKAZE » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:52 pm

That's pretty cool. Straight forward and simple. I think I'm going to have to try this.

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Post by MajorHoover » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:01 pm

That looks great!!

Love the detail...

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Re: Farm House Customs

Post by samlauncher » Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:48 am

hey can any body tell me where are the best farm houses located???

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Re: Farm House Customs

Post by holensock » Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:32 am

Excellent, kevrut!!!

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