Davetown - Patti's Tea Garden

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DaveInTheHat

DaveInTheHat

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My wife said that Davetown needs a Tea Garden. Since she's so supportive of my model building addiction I figured that it would be a good idea to build something that she wants me to build.

I'm starting out with a Hydrocal kit from Railroad Kits called "Corner of Main & South". These are really great kits. The detail is excellent. Not to mention that Jimmy will replace any parts that break.

Here's what the kit looks like.

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The three different buildings can be used by themselves or as a group.

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I decided to connect all three together and add a front porch. This is a mock-up of what I came up with after a lot of moving around for a couple days.

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I scratch built an addition on the back.

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I have just about all the windows and stuff painted. The colors are a little strange but it will look good once it's all together.

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I have to fabricate a roof for the center building and then all the major construction is done. I'm planing a lot of landscaping details.

Here's the rest of the pictures: http://public.fotki.com/daveinthehat/davetown/pattis-tea-garden/
 


Dave, where did you get the van? I had one just like it back in the day!

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Mike Grant
It's never too late to have a happy childhood!!
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I've made a little more progress over the past few days. I got the roof finished on the center building. I still need to do some weathering on it.

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I made a new roof for the front building. I didn't like the one that came with the kit. I thought the building would have a little bit more of a Victorian look if it had a front porch. I made a simple frame from wood and the roof is made from illustration board.

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There's a couple more pictures here: http://public.fotki.com/daveinthehat/davetown/pattis-tea-garden/
 
Dave, great pic's and I like that you show your steps. One question, what did you use to glue down your paper shingles (shakes)?

I looked at the boat factory slides on u tube and wonder how many days/weeks from the beginning to end of that project.

Thanks, lasm
 
I used Elmer's white glue on the shingles. I spread it really thin on the shingles and then put them in place. It seemed to work better that way. When I put the glue on the roof I was getting too much excess glue.

DaveCraft Boats took me about 7 months.
 
I finished building the front porch. There is still some painting and touch up to do. I used Tichy porch posts and VectorCut trim. I have to make some details now.

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I love the way your structures show so much history, they are a story unto themselves.
 
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The Cherry trees and iron fence add a lot. What make and year is the little yellow car?

The whole setup looks great!!

lasm
 
Thanks. The little yellow car is a 2012 Fiat 500. It's made by Norev. It was blue with a sunroof. I changed it to look like my 1:1 car.
 
Looks like a real pleasant place you've built. Makes one want to pull up a chair at Patti's, order a cup of tea and a scone and chat with the locals for an hour or two. Thanks for sharing this great build with us.
 


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