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All these are really good - nothing is better than wood for wooden structures (!) but these are so well made too.
 

Forgive me if this has been covered before, but can I ask what glue you use for the coffee stirrers?  It looks like you glue them to the card inner structures, so I’m guessing a card glue rather than superglue or woodglue, but just wondered (I realise brand is probably going to be different in France).  Thanks, Keith.

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On 07/05/2021 at 19:09, JAMO said:

Thank you Keith!

 

I use CA glue: especially Loctite 401.

 

 


Thank you.  I’ve decided to give it a go - as I’m attempting to build some (narrow gauge) rolling stock out of cardboard I might as well try some buildings out of wood.  Only problem is the coffee stirrers we found come either in bundles of 100 (which may not be enough)...or 1000.  Looks like I’m going to have to do quite a bit of building!  Still cheaper than kits though :).

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9 hours ago, Keith Addenbrooke said:


Thank you.  I’ve decided to give it a go - as I’m attempting to build some (narrow gauge) rolling stock out of cardboard I might as well try some buildings out of wood.  Only problem is the coffee stirrers we found come either in bundles of 100 (which may not be enough)...or 1000.  Looks like I’m going to have to do quite a bit of building!  Still cheaper than kits though :).

 

On ebay, it's possible to find big bundles of stirrers. I've bought a 1000.

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The location of this house is the foreground, to hide the "hole in the sky" when the track drive through the backdrop.

 

I find this house too close to the track. It should be better with one or two inches less closer. My layout is too small :( 

 

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There were plenty of situations where the railroad passed close to buildings, Jacky. Once you’ve done some scenery it should look better. Maybe put another building behind in the corner?

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5 hours ago, F-UnitMad said:

Turn it the other way?

 

It's a problem because the house is too deep. No possibility.

 

I could use it as the garage with the pumps but this house don't look like the garage I want to make.

 

5 hours ago, Northroader said:

There were plenty of situations where the railroad passed close to buildings, Jacky. Once you’ve done some scenery it should look better. Maybe put another building behind in the corner?

 

Yes, that's right. I've seen one on the Batten Kill RR: The enthusiast's home

 

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The scenery will hide the too close to the rails situation. I hope.

 

The CN switcher corner is not bad too! And the curve seems very sharp! Waow!

 

 

4 hours ago, F-UnitMad said:

Found this photo on the OGR Forum.....

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And I think it's possible to save a few millimeters by shortening the width of the house.

 

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10 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said:

Interesting because from your photo it doesn't look as deep as the width is. :scratchhead:

 

Yes, this house is "square". 

 

My first idea to solution the problem was to use it as a garage like this. 

 

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But I don't like. The roof pans aren't symmetric. The house don't matter my ideas.

 

A possibility to keep this house at its location is to cut the walls to reduce the width, like that:

 

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I think this is the solution to my problem... I'll try... I hope it'll work.

 

 

 

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On 30/05/2021 at 19:55, F-UnitMad said:

I think that is what I would do, as well. It does make a good view block. :yes:

 

Yes, I think it's the only or the best solution to hide the hole. With a hedge and a fence, we'll can't see the trains are too close to the house.

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Here I am. After a long time elsewhere, I'm coming back to my layout and the house.

 

So, I've modified the house to obtain this size:

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After some work, I obtained this:

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18 hours ago, F-UnitMad said:

I think the tree is an excellent idea & a good view blocker. It looks natural, is it a cutting from a real plant?

 

 

Thank you ;)

 

Yes the tree is a composition of two kind of natural products: a forked branch for the trunk part and thym.

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Now the garage!

 

I've drawn the 2D plan with a software. After that, I've printed and glued the paper onto a thin cardboard to make this mock-up: "the mock of the mock-up".

This mock-up gives me the volume and the idea of this future garage.

Now, I have to build it from wood.

 

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