Here.s a one room Colorado School House I built…
Very good!
Thanks for sharing!
90% of my stuctures are built from scatch because I cannot buy the prototypes from my era 1911 steam logging.
Peter Smith, Memphis
Great Western RWY fan:
That is excellent! You have reproduced the building very effectively. Great job on the bell tower.
If you want some minor constructive ideas, I would offer the following suggestions (or you can totally ignore them as you see fit):
If you were to make the windows in the main wall slightly larger and use the 4 over 4 pattern that appears to be present in the original, then they would match the overall ratio of wall size to window size a bit better. The 4/4 pattern is hard to see in the picture but if you study the upper left window on the main wall you can see the muntin just above the security bar. Also, if you study the original you will notice that the tops of the windows are a bit closer to the eaves than in your model, and the windows are a bit wider relative to the wall. The bars across the windows appear to be some form of security mechanism. Maybe somebody else has a better understanding of what purpose they serve, but adding them in would provide an interesting detail.
The other thing I would add is fascia on the gables and maybe eavestrough on the eaves. The fascia is clearly visible in the prototype, but the eaves are not so obvious. If you look at the end of the eave on the left side of the main roof there appears to be a downspout that disappears behind the back of the building. Interestingly, the very short eaves on the front vestibule don’t have a downspout, so I could be out to lunch on there being any eavestrough at all but I suspect there is eavestrough because of the different colour from the fascia.
Gotta get that huge concrete front porch in there too!
These suggestions are not meant as criticism in any way. The building is great. I would put it on my own layout as is. They are only offered as possible ways to make the building ‘pop’ if I can use that term, to add a bit more realism.
Dave
Thanks for the comments Dave.I’ll take into account Your critique. I actually have the front concrete step finished I just didn’t have a photo showing that. I like the Idea of putting the fascia board on and will add that to My to Do list.And the bars in the window…
Ron
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Great Western RWY fan:
That is excellent! You have reproduced the building very effectively. Great job on the bell tower.
If you want some minor constructive ideas, I would offer the following suggestions (or you can totally ignore them as you see fit):
If you were to make the windows in the main wall slightly larger and use the 4 over 4 pattern that appears to be present in the original, then they would match the overall ratio of wall size to window size a bit better. The 4/4 pattern is hard to see in the picture but if you study the upper left window on the main wall you can see the muntin just above the security bar. Also, if you study the original you will notice that the tops of the windows are a bit closer to the eaves than in your model, and the windows are a bit wider relative to the wall. The bars across the windows appear to be some form of security mechanism. Maybe somebody else has a better understanding of what purpose they serve, but adding them in would provide an interesting detail.
The other thing I would add is fascia on the gables and maybe eavestrough on the eaves. The fascia is clearly visible in the prototype, but the eaves are not so obvious. If you look at the end of the eave on the left side of the main roof there appears to be a downspout that disappears behind the back of the building. Interestingly, the very short eaves on the front vestibule don’t have a downspout, so I could be out to lunch on there being any eavestrough at all but I suspect there is eavestrough because of the different colour from the fascia.
Gotta get that huge concrete front porch in there too!
These suggestions are not meant as criticism in any way. The building is great. I would put it on my own layout as is. They are only offered as possible ways to make the building ‘pop’ if I can use that term, to add a bit more realism.
Dave
Great job duplicating the prototype
It is interesting how design of scrtuctures travel around the country. That Colorado school house is very similar to a 100+ year old school house in Round Pond, Maine about 5 miles up the road from my house.
Peter, Those are some Great looking Structures You have there. And I like the wood Tank Wagon.
Well done! Looks outstanding! Thanks for sharing.
Happy Modeling!
Don.
EDIT:
Post deleted by me. It turned into a rant.
Dave