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jdcrawlerOGR Forum Member

Here are a few photos of an interesting old building in Manistee, Michigan.

I decided to make a model of this to go with the other buildings that I've built up over the last couple of winters.
This one won't be an exact copy but it will be close.

The base structure is built up from 1/8 inch paneling.

Here it is with the roof section added.

The building structure is finished with sections of printed paper that are glued onto the paneling.
Once the paper is all glued on, the building is sprayed with matt finish clear.
The doors and windows are from Grandtline.

2/22/1411:21 AM

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ChugmanOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Ray - You really have done a nice job on this. I love scratch building of real buildings.

Art

Lee WillisOGR Forum Member

That's nicely done. Good looking building.

SpenceOGR Forum Member

Very nice.

jpcOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

do i understand that you got the roof tiles from a printed paper

very nice execution no matter how you achieved the look

Jeff ZOGR Forum Member

Very nicely done…

it will add that local touch to your layout…

TrainsRMeOGR Forum Member

That's great!

2/22/1411:00 PM

AMCDaveOGR Forum Member

Great work a neat little building!! Nice craftsmanship.

2/22/1411:36 PM

jdcrawlerOGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by jpc:

do i understand that you got the roof tiles from a printed paper

very nice execution no matter how you achieved the look

Yes, I copied a photo of roof tiles off the internet and printed it out.

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