Finished Basic Walls The stained wood looks good on the walls. The next part of the process will be gluing the walls together to make the structure.


without distorting them when you lift them off. After the primer had dried, I brushed them with vari- ous rust and brown colors of Pan Pastels to provide variation in panels. Then I mounted them on a


piece of shirt cardboard that was slightly smaller than the finished size of the roof. I wanted only the tin showing at the edge. Use a silicone adhesive for this — the moisture in white or tacky glue may cause warpage problems. (To quote Bob Walker: “Don’t ask me how I know this!”)


Tar Paper Roof Make the subroof from scribed sheathing with a 3/32-inch spac- ing. Weather it gray with an India ink wash. Cut a strip of masking tape a scale three feet wide and paint it green. Starting at the bot- tom, apply it to the subroof, tear- ing off pieces as you go to expose the sheathing below. Weather it with some black pastel powder to bring out the seams and add an aged look.


Lap Joint


Inside Brace


Butt Joint


Bevel Joint


Corner Cap (optional)


Drawing By Joel Priest, MMR, 2015


Corner Joints Three types of corner joints are represented here. Each works well, and you may wish to experiment with each type during your scratch- building projects.


Window & Door Detail The windows and doors were built, painted, and then detailed as sub- assemblies. They were then added to the main structure after they had dried.


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