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I have a little colliery on my layout as a setting for my Lionel postwar coal accessories. I have been trying to capture the "look and feel" of this 1905 picture of the breaker in Pittston, PA:

1905 Pittston PA Coal Break with Train car and tracks

The space is tight, but I've been saving a place for one of the little tool shanties in the foreground. Not too challenging a project, so just to make things interesting I decided to build it using nothing but coffee-stirrer sticks.  Here is the "craftsman's kit":

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Cut, stain with ink/alcohol, and glue:

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Millwork for the doors and windows:

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Assemble:

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Add a roof and weather:

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What do you think?

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