Myles, Very neat process on the roof. The window on the Mansard does look like it was built in tike the 1:1 version would. Your diligence did really pay off.
You are right the rick house really does need to be built as under construction to show all the detail of the ricks and all the supporting structure.
I tried a couple scratchbuilt projects when in my early 30s using styrene and various methods I read of in Model Railroader. This was when I was modeling in N scale. The first ones didn't turn out well, but then I decided to build my boyhood home, a circa 1888 structure with a couple additions. I did it from photographs, and liked how it turned out. So I then built the shop/pumphouse building beside the house, then the brick garage, and finally the brick outhouse. I put them on a diorama and called it the Boyce Homestead. It has meaning for me after my sister and I sold the place last December. Our two daughters came along in my mid 30s, and I really have only picked up modeling now that both finished college and married. No more N scale, but I would like to get back to scratch building again after I get my layout running and a few more kit building done to regain lost skills. You have certainly been an inspiration especially knowing you only picked up scratch building when you were 60.
Thank you very much for the adhesives document. I printed it and saved it. It will really help as I move forward in retirement!!!
