Aloha,
Like Bill and Vic, I participate in Large Scale Central’s (largescalecentral.com) annual for fun and deliberately budget limited challenge. It is a good excuse to put theory to practice and to bring the crew into the hobby or at least to get them interested in making stuff. This year, the crew decided on a bakery, and, after some discussion about the concept of “chimney” (not a routine architectural component out here), we turned-to…
I had been aching to try insulation foam, but, lo! like chimneys, that seems to be the proverbial hen’s tooth. A friend recently bought, of all things, and organ, and it came packed in a city’s worth of the stuff. I also wanted to try and convert beverage cans into corrugated roofing, wich is still common on O’ahu and ubiquitous on the neighbor islands. All credit to Mr. Jack Verducci’s “Building Structures for Your Garden Railway,” as we referenced it liberally throughout the project!
Taking the rough guide off this post office on Kaua’i…
…we carefully crafted foam to fit the exacting standards fo 1:24-ish PLAYMOBIL scale: