House Completed.

OMG. Fabulous.

Great job!

WOW, looks real!

I new that one would catch Franks eye. Very nice job Dennis

Excellent work Dennis and a great choice the real one must of been  gorgeous. 

Great looking Dennis! Wonderful work!

Semper Fi!

Wow, very nice work!

That is fantastic!   Have you placed it on your layout as yet?

OMG twice, Dennis. Your craftsmanship has captured such realism it's unbelievable. Wondering, Dennis, if other than the feat of building such an impressive structure, does the actual house itself have a special personal significance or ties to you or members of your family?

nothing like modeling the real thing!  Especially when it's done as well as you did!

congrats on an excellent build

- walt

Mayor Magoo posted:

That is fantastic!   Have you placed it on your layout as yet?

It looks like he has it modeled on a baseplate, with a miniature yard around it, doesn't it. One can just about imagine how wonderful it would look as part of a whole layout's narrative. I hope we get to see more, eventually.

FrankM

Thanks for all the great complements guys, the scope of the project is to reconstruct the entire light keepers facilities and the light house located on the Chesapeake Bay at Turkey Point near North East, MD. The folks from Maryland Park Service got the blueprints and I have volunteered to build a replica of what it looked like between 1900 and 1930. Several out building and the light house itself. Sad to day it will never see my layout. But I am having a great time building it. When completed it will be displayed in the nature center at Elk Neck State Park.

Well done Dennis !

 I would like to see more pics of the build

Al

One thing I like about houses like this is that the depth looks natural.  It also reminds me of a farmhouse I lived in for a year after college.  Thanks for sharing.

It looks great, Dennis!!

Dennis, WOW! That is one great build! Do you have any more pictures?

Andy

Very nice modeling work.  Recently saw an episode of Outdoors Maryland featuring Elk Neck Park and really want to visit soon.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

WOW, looks real!

I thought it was.....LOL

Some progress a few more of the structures completed and the landscaping has begun. Will not get to complete the diorama until we return north to the park after the spring show at York.

Beautiful, Dennis S. , and dignified. Everything, even the outhouse out back (!)

Very Nice, love the details (outhouse).

Question how did you do the light house structure.
Reason: I made a couple for a model RC boat floats. I used a small disk on the top with a larger one on the bottom and connected the two with small PVE tubing. Then I wrapped it in screen and coated the screen with Bondo. The Bondo simulated cement in the way it looked. Cut out the window/door openings with a dremel and inserted the window and door frames. Made the glass structure out of a six sided plastic that I re-purposed and made the top out of sheet brass and angle soldered together. Used a small battery operated strobe for the light house light. 

Dennis, the whole diorama is looking superb!!!

Dennis, what great detail! Make one want to move there!

Dennis S posted:

Some progress a few more of the structures completed and the landscaping has begun. Will not get to complete the diorama until we return north to the park after the spring show at York.

Excellent job. Great detail!

Great job..house and lighthouse. Too bad for me there are none on mountain lakes...

Beautiful work!