Branchline Trains Laser Art Structures #432 O scale Hudson garage. MSRP: $42.98
This is a laser cut wood kit that is a model of a typical single car garage. The kit contains various thin plywood sheets that are laser cut. The parts include separate inner framing, rafters and laser engraved siding panels. The dimensions of the finished model are 4 inches by 5 inches by 3 inches.
The attachments show the various components of this structure.
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Here are some of the various parts after they have been removed from the sheets.
Suggestion: The various parts must be carefully separated from the sheets to avoid breaking an item. Use a single edge razor knife to "score" the laser cutouts to release the parts from the sheet.
Note: These parts will be lightly sand and individually painted before assembly.
Any update?
what paints did you use?
glues?
Updated photos showing further progress of the construction.
Note: the project was delayed since one of the laser cut pieces was missing from the box. However the manufacturer mailed a replacement.
The missing Trim Sheet part is shown.
Luckily, Brooklin and others have made model Hudsons, as I don't know if you'd be allowed to put a Terraplane, even, in there
. Seriously, I have wondered if the "Driving Miss Daisy" movie was running when the kit was designed. There are all kinds of ways to kitbash and individualize a garage.. a side person door, lengthen it and add a workbench and a chimney at the back, put a lean-to on one side for a boat or another vehicle, or make it look decrepit with roof parts missing, door sagging or fallen, etc.
The kit did not include a "ridgepole" along the peak of the roof. A ridgepole is being added to be made from basswood strip. See the photo of the partially built structure with the ridgepole in place but not cemented as yet. As shown the structure has been painted both inside and out. Other details not shown in the photo.
See the diagram.
Completed garage structure. The model has been painted inside and outside. The roof does not have shingles applied. The kit allows for the garage doors to be modeled in "closed" or "opened " position.
Looks good, spray paint or?
BradA posted:Looks good, spray paint or?
Regular acrylic paints used. All handbrushed. Use regular house paint or craft paints.
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