New Gas Station Project – Based on the OLD BARN [PART 3]

I just wanted to share some new thoughts on this project. As you can see on the pic above, the side structure is a bit elevated now. While discussing the project with my brother, he mentioned that the roof extension seemed kind of low. Although a car or a pick would still fit below it, he was kind of right and I have had the same impression. To get around this without modifying the secondary structure (in this case the gas station shop), my brother suggested to lift the shop a bit by putting small wall below it.

This wasn’t only a great idea to solve that issue with the height (by elevating the shop, I automatically elevated the roof) but it also gives the whole project a little touch. I’ll also make a small stair to enter the shop. In many cases, wooden houses are placed on a small brick wall or “basement”. I decided to do this kind of basement only around the shop structure and leave the garage (main building) as it was.

The trick was pretty easy. All I had to do was to cut some card board and glue it together. To make the outside corners look nicer, I cut the edge of the front and side walls in a 45 degree angle. Like this, the joint is less visible. I glued some cardboard on the inside to hold the wooden structure.

I also took the time to play around a bit with some weathering ideas on a spare piece of card board. Above, you can see how I tried to imitate a damaged wall with the visible bricks on a corner. Card board is actually a great material to work with, specially while making buildings. It is easy to cut, bend and glue. Plus you can do this kind of wall weathering very easily.

The columns for the roof extension were pretty easy to make. I made a simply drawing first and then cut and glued the pieces together. I took some cardboard for the base where pumps will be placed on. We will surely include this new parts along with the other modifications in the OLD BARN Customer area  – it is always easier when you have all the list of materials and parts with the assembly instructions. Still, I hope this post serves you as a sort of inspiration until then.

Tagged as: 1/24, 1/25, barn find, barn scale model, diorama, gas station, old barn, weathering