Mark and Bfish, looks great!
I noticed that some barns have the wall planks of the upper stories overlapping the lower stories to prevent water from running down the wall into the end grain of the planks below. I wanted 3 levels of wood planks. I had to cut the planks to scale 10' lengths which is a little short for the prototype, but then again, my 28'x 48' barn is compressed. I used the same coffee stirrers as spacers to accomplish this. I also staggered the planks so the vertical spaces did not line up.
All of this did complicate the window and loft door construction. In hindsight, I should have lowered the windows another 1/4".
I drybrushed red craft pain on each level as I completed it. I applied it heavier under the eaves and under the overlaps where there would be more protection from sun and rain. In the photo, my lighting blew out the grey stain, but it actually looks grey.
The loft door was done with some stripwood I had around. There are 2 knot holes at bottom center and bottom right. These were "natural" in the coffee stirrers, but his old barn needs a lot more of them. With 2 weeks left, that is going to have to wait!
Well, one side is done (except painting the windows), three to go. Then the roof and the stone walls. I'm away for the weekend, so it'll be a lot of evenings work starting on Monday.
Bob
