added a couple of interior details. I used colored paper and the white back- ing from laser-cut window material to simulate shades and curtains. I used these same techniques in the larger house, as well. At the Craftsman Show in Peabody, Massachusetts, this past October, I had acquired some laser-cut cats and I placed a couple in windows, a black one facing the porch and a gray one on the right side.
All this pleasant little Branchline Models bungalow needed was a bathroom addition to bring it up to date and typical details in the yard. The scale figures add a lot to the scene.
matched the kit’s spacing, but a bit of a difference adds individuality. Besides, this is an addition to the original house, so the siding would not neces- sarily match. (Many older homes in small towns and rural areas have added-on bathrooms.) I cut three walls from Northeastern milled clapboard, making the two side walls seven feet long by six feet high. The end wall is eight feet wide by nine feet at the peak. I trimmed these to
match the main house walls. On the side facing inward I cut an opening for a window. Bathroom windows are usu- ally a bit smaller than the rest of the house, so I used a Grandt Line caboose side window from my parts box. For the foundation beneath the bath-
room, I cut up three pieces of the left- over stable foundation from the larger house to fit, raising the addition to the same level as the smaller house. Before applying the sub-roofing and shingles I
While constructing the front steps, I added a middle riser for just a bit more support. At the rear I lengthened the original window frame to replicate a door. Then, using leftover sheetwood from the kit, another Grandt Line ca- boose window and some stripwood, I fabricated a storm door to cover the rear entrance. The glass window would likely be replaced with a screen to pro- vide ventilation in the summer. I built a small porch for this new en- trance from different sizes of scribed stripwood and added a small stairway. This porch is protected by an over- hanging roof made from scale plywood supported by O scale 3″×3″’s and cov- ered with construction paper roofing. After installing the house roofing, painting it with Floquil Weathered Black and weathering it with dry- brushed Floquil Reefer White, I placed a Campbell chimney that, while in- tended for HO, looks fine since its brickwork is a bit oversized for the
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