I couldn't put it off any longer and have made a start on a building. I am treating this as a bit of a test bed so I might not actually use it in the end but we shall see. There are going to be an awful lot of new techniques to experiment on here and I mustn't overlook the fact that I haven't made any buildings (except a couple of real ones!), in over 30 years. Here is the picture that I am using as a guide.

I have found a higher res one somewhere but is not to had at the moment.

So here is a basic foam board shell;

And with some joists where a hole in the floor will be;

Some floorboards added;

Some joists upstairs and batons for the laths;

And with laths fitted;

Now you might think that this is a lot of trouble to go to has all been done pretty roughly and didn't take long but most importantly, an awful lot of this is going to be exposed. I haven't worked out what to use for the plaster yet, DAS, thick paper, thin card or even plaster! Actually I probably should have put bricks behind the laths but that might be going a bit too far.

How to colour the wood is another issue. I want to try Colron Wood Dye and know I have some somewhere but is being elusive - also worried that it might melt the foam board. Other thing is that I probably should have coloured the wood before gluing as the PVA won't stain. Anyway, as I said - A test bed.