European barns

Kevin-

Once you find yourself a hobby shop go to the rail road section. They have a lot of material for diorama building that you could utilize. Vacuform is like you mentioned, but i would steer away from doing it yourself. I see alot of putty use with the kit I mentioned, but it is of good size.

Have fun

Mike T.

There is another German barn kit out there in 1/35 that is this one:

http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=MR35509

I just bought one yesterday and it is good size. This kit uses skills that you would use in building vacuumform kits. Last night I started to cut the pieces out and you will be able to see the insides as well.

Good luck in your hunt and build.

Mike T

I sure do Kevin.

About 90% of Farms would look exactly like this- white colored mortar with a wooden frame on top of it. This farm house has been renovated but it is a picture perfect example:

 And some more pics for you

Those old Heustadl can be a WW2 Treasure Trove and quite a few american and German Helmets have been found in old abandoned ones with their color scheme almost perfectly intact and very little rust.  

Thanks, all!
I think I have some spare sheetrock lying around somewhere. Mad Mel, those pics are helpful, I like the last one. Would you happen to have any pics of the foundation? I'm not sure how the posts are attached, are they in the ground or on the stonework? Thanks again!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------Kevin

gburdon wrote:

Go to your local building supply and get a piece of sheet rock or drywall. If you peel off the paper covering

Even better, the gypsum board suppliers are now selling paperless board.  It's a mold-resistant product (no paper for the mold/mildwew to "eat").

The surface is a bit harder than the "core" of paper-faced, but it's also a bit more uniform than "stripped" gypsum board can be, too.

Just don't let the PFK at the home center try and talk you into a backer board like "Durock"--those are a cementitious product that would not be at all fun to try and carve (but are excellently stable for supporting tiled surfaces).

In Austria we make a distinction between two types of barnes - one is a "Heustadl" - this is built from wood and used to simply house hay. These can be found often alone standing out in the field (they would be small to medium size - some of the bigger ones could house a sherman but you wouldnt have much wiggle room.

 Here is a sample pic: 

Sometimes they would be directly attached to the Farmhouse and would be bigger - most are made of wood and a brick foundation - here is a pic from a wooden one:

Kevleerey wrote:

Yeah, thats what I want. But I want to build my own a little bigger'n that. Will make for good reference though, thanks!  By the way, anyone know how to make stonework? I'm using insulation foam stuff (The sheet kind for walls) and I scribed the outlines of the stones with a pencil. I tried a wood burner but it's too hot, and a Dremel tool but couldn't get it to work too well either. I may try to cast them with plaster so they're easier to carve or something. Thanks for your help! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Kevin

Kevin;

Go to your local building supply and get a piece of sheet rock or drywall. If you peel off the paper covering (you may have to soak it with some water one side at a time) you are left with a perfect piece of pre-made plaster to carve and shape into any desired pattern of brick or stone work. You can scribe it with any sharp object or grind away to make battle damage etc. etc.

Cheers;

Gregory

Kevin

Solve all your questions with one kit.

http://www.verlinden-productions.com/vp_htm_0001_0600/0106.html

It has been around for years and probably will .....til the cows come home....sorry couldn't resist

Cheers;

Gregory