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[jdcrawler]

The roof was finished with the chimney added and the porch railings were put on.
all that was left was to put the glass in the windows and hang the curtains.

















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[Lovintractorin]

Looks really good.

[daytime dave]

Ray, that looks great. Just like the picture of the house you posted to make the model of. Great job.

[dstaggs]

Now which train do we put on the tracks? I have the trains but didn't build many house's, And mine were never that Good. Great Job.

[trowel]

After your done can i move in ?, looks great, just like a real house with all the detail you put into it.

[KennyP]

That looks very nice, Ray. Fine detail and workmanship, course we have grown to expect that from you.

[Ryan313]

Looks good! Very detailed, seems like your good at making all kinds of things! Big or small!

[Cvans]

Very professional work. You are very talented. Have you given any thought to doing one in the "before" condition. I think it would make a great conversation piece.

[Michiganmobileman]

Nice job Ray , what do you use for glass? Chris above has a good idea for an as purchased model, but that would probably be a lot harder to build.

[jdcrawler]

I use clear plastic for the "glass".
I copy photos of curtains off the internet and re-size them down to fit the window size and print them out.
These are cut out and put on the inside of the glass.

If the model is not going to have any interior details, I then mount a piece of frosted plastic on the inside so the curtain is sandwhitched inbetween the two pieces of plastic.
If it has interior details then I use clear plastic on the inside instead of frosted.


Once this gets mounted on a layout, it will get an electric service line run to it and a meeter.
I don't want to put these on now because I don't know what side the power will be run to.
This will also have a fuel oil tank mounted outside someplace.

Edited by jdcrawler, February 14, 2012 - 10:23 PM.

[wvbuzzmaster]

Ray, that looks awesome, great looking house. Doesn't matter what the project is, you take them over the top Ray.

[mjodrey]

That looks just like the real thing,way go Ray.

[Bolens 1000]

Great Job Ray!

[wvbuzzmaster]

Hey Ray, you need to set the model on a table in the foreground with the real house in the background and snap a picture, but don't tell us which is the real house! LOL

[tractorman604]

Ray ,ya got talent comin out the ying yang.Seems anything you touch turns to gold.....NICE WORK!!