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Scale Architect - Nansen Street Models
Farm House Kit #NSM005
(Z scale) The farm house
consists of laser-cut wood, card stock, and particle board, plus a long
square piece of metal which is for the chimney. The dimensions of the
area to the right showing the various parts of the kit is about 5 x 6
inches.
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I painted the exterior
of the farm house with crocus yellow acrylic paint. I mixed a little
pumpkin orange and canary yellow in with burnt umber to give a lighter
brown acrylic for the doors, windows, and trim. I mixed barn red with
some of the left-over brown and painted the chimney. If my house was
a two-story house it might look something like this will look. I followed the
directions with the kit
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to assemble the house. The last step was
to insert the chimney though the roof. But the bar of metal that
was the chimney was much too long. So I stuck
it though the roof, upside down, and made a scratch in the paint at the
height that I thought the top of the chimney should be. I cut the
bar with a hacksaw, the inserted it through the roof again. I put some
glue around the chimney to hold it in place. |
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After the glue
was dry I realized that I had a potential problem - the bottom of the
chimney was not held in place. The chimney would stay in place as long
as the house remained level, but in my suitcase layout it would probably
shift when the suitcase was closed and set in a carrying position. So
I got a disposable plastic dropper with a long, narrow dropper and sucked
up some Woodland Scenics "Scenic Glue", inserted the dropper though a
window, and put a big dollop of glue around the bottom of the chimney.
Here's hoping that holds.
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