River Leaf Models Custom Horse Barn Build

A skin of clapboard over the core?

mwb posted:

A skin of clapboard over the core?

Yes, I believe he made the core out of 1/8" MDF board and then cut the clapboard panels to glue over top.

SantaFe158 posted:

mwb posted:

A skin of clapboard over the core?

Yes, I believe he made the core out of 1/8" MDF board and then cut the clapboard panels to glue over top.

Thanks. 

Freshly painted barn anyone?

Hopefully this isn't too shocking...    but it's mostly finished.  I still have some touchup paint to work on, a coat of matte clear and roof shingles, but the basic building is done.  After several long days at work, it was nice to spend my day off working on this since I'll be working all weekend.

Andre is this building available for anyone as your other kits are or is it strictly 1 of 1? Bill Smith

What's a custom like that run?

Andrew B. posted:

What's a custom like that run?

The two I've worked with Andre on making cost about the same as some of his larger, more elaborate buildings available on his website.  Definitely within reason for the amount of work that goes into creating them on his part.

Awesome. 

The fire company in my hometown has a yearly Christmas train garden (84th year this year). When I was a kid they had a model of the firehouse on their layout, but, at some point in the last five years, it was stolen. I want to replace it for them, and have one for myself as well, but I'm not that good a modeler. A custom kit by him would make it possible.

"the horse is out of the barn" 

Nice work Andre and Jake!

Andrew B. posted:

Awesome. 

The fire company in my hometown has a yearly Christmas train garden (84th year this year). When I was a kid they had a model of the firehouse on their layout, but, at some point in the last five years, it was stolen. I want to replace it for them, and have one for myself as well, but I'm not that good a modeler. A custom kit by him would make it possible.

That is also why I've turned to him the past couple of years.  My skills aren't amazing when it comes to scratch building, so his kits make it appear like I sort of know what I'm doing  

Thanks guys!

Well, I guess my pictures got around amongst the barn staff and the head of the department wants me to bring the model in for display during their upcoming open house.

With that in mind, I'm starting to work on a small 2'x2' diorama to display it on.

I guess it's popular

Nice. The white trim against the red you chose really sets it off. Nice work. Have you considered a steel roof?

joe

dobermann posted:

Nice. The white trim against the red you chose really sets it off. Nice work. Have you considered a steel roof?

joe

I'd do a steel roof as I do like that look, but I'm trying to stay relatively true to the prototype which has a wooden shake type roof.

Here's a photo showing the diorama base I made for it.  Not quite finished, but pretty close.

Very nice!!!

Sean

That turned out very nice!!

Thanks guys!

Well, as of today, I think I'm basically finished with the barn model. The rest of the shingles came in and I completed the roof. As I mentioned previously, I'm unhappy with a few issues resulting from my assembly work (nothing on Andre's part) such as a few glue runs and a gap in the roof where it didn't seat right when I glued it, but overall it looks just as I wanted it to. Andre did a great job with the kit and I'm happy with the results.

I'll probably go back and add a few details such as the spotlights the prototype has on the back wall for lighting up their yard, but for now it's good enough to show.

Looks pretty good from here, Jake. 

Thanks Max!

Nice job looks great. Well done.

Jake, It looks like the real thing! 

All it needs now to finish it off is the whistle that is used to signal the opening and closing of the Village (9:00am and 5:00pm) that is made at the barn each day.

Thanks guys.

That whistle actually comes from the Armington and Simms Machine Shop next door to the barn, so it wouldn't be quite accurate to have it on the barn.   It would be interesting to have the sound effect though anyway. 

Really nice Jake!  Love it.

wmtrainnut09 posted:

Really nice Jake!  Love it.

Thank you!

Rebuilt barns are common in northwest Iowa where I live. 100 year old barn with a new metal roof. Good looking model. Thanks for sharing

Dick

CBQer posted:

Rebuilt barns are common in northwest Iowa where I live. 100 year old barn with a new metal roof. Good looking model. Thanks for sharing

Dick

Thank you!  The prototype for my barn has been reconstructed a couple different times.  It was the barn on Henry Ford's childhood farm, which he later moved to Greenfield Village.  Before the barn went to the village though, it was shipped out and displayed near the Ford Rotunda at one of the 1930's world's fairs (1934 I think).  I believe Ford used it during the time he was pushing the use of soybeans and had various demonstrations set up inside it for the fair.