New Project Church completed pictures July 26,2022

@Alan Graziano posted:

You cannot see the hours ahead of time I ponder projects like this.

When you do the pondering, are you mostly just working out how things will go together and how you can attach details?

Looking forward to the pics.....I'm sure they will be AMAZING!

Peter

Alan,

You already know I will be following this!

Dave

Billy,

I have to think about what materials are best suited for the model and how I will construct it. Buildings constructed of styrene have to be reinforced so they do not warp over time. I also think about the sequence of construction and even if I will pre- paint some assemblies or paint all at once. Basically, I will re-invent the wheel for every model. I can drive myself crazy sometimes. Eventually, I organize the thoughts and start kicking a— - on the project.

Alan, what are you using for the base and how did you "carve" the stairs?

I scratchbuilt a church in HO scale, and found it to be a lot of fun. I described the process on my blog: https://dandhcoloniemain.blogs...al-white-church.html

Looking forward to your progress Alan.

I often do my best pondering over a glass of single malt......

Bob

@Alan Graziano very helpful response! I appreciate it. I'll be watching!

Bob,Single Malt, Vodka it all works for pondering.

Ben, I will check out the video.

Joe, I made the base out of 060 styrene sheet. The steps are .125 inch styrene sheet cut to size. I used some Plastruct cut stone material on the sides.

David, I see you looking over my shoulder.

Here are a few progress pictures from tonight. I made the two round windows for the front and shimmed some of the other windows since they are not masonry type.

Looking forward to see if you do stained glass and how you do it. Vodka, single malt? How are you guys not drinking America’s native spirit,bourbon?

I made some progress on the church and after cutting in most of the windows, I put up the back and two side walls.

Alan, the church build is looking terrific.  Looking forward you watching your progress.

Alan…….really special!

Peter

Alan,

Watching this thread with interest, I done a church though not as complex as yours. I thought to metion what I did for the windows. I searched the net and found pictures of stained glass and down loaded a number of these, than sized them to fit and then printed them on velum paper which actually seems to be a semi transparent plastic sheet, looks very nice if you light the church.

Ray

Here are some pictures from yesterday on erecting the church walls.

Wonderful progress Alan!

Dave

Here are some more progress pictures. I finished all walls and roof frame and put some horizontal strips on the church simulating concrete. Some back ordered items on my Plastruct order may require some different covering materials.

Simply amazing!