A customer started this little track side shed more than 50 years ago. He sent me this along with the Blair Line Country Store kit to finish. It was constructed of some kind of heavy cardboard. I had to replace almost every thing since the card board was so old while it did take glue the card board paper would pull right up when one pushed on a glued party. The only part of the original shed is the cardboard interior which I used to braced the clap board siding though in hind sight I should have tossed this too. This is still a work in progress but it is close to paint.
Below are some photos during assembly.
The original building was set on a cardboard base laminated with scribed wood that was severely warped. I tried to save it but soaking both sides and a few days with all those bricks did nothing. I tossed the base and built a new one.
The roof was in the same condition so I made a new one using basswood blanks. Clap board was glued to the card board super structure (hopefully not a mistake).
I started with some corner bracing but as you can see only two are left. they are glued to the card board - a wayward finger and they pop right off.
to get close to the customer design I took a Tichy 8-pane window and turned it into a large 4-pane. I'm working on the doors now.
