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07-03-2009, 10:32 AM
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The Captains House
Hi All,
I have finished off the next project from Fiddlers Green New England Village kits, the Captains' House. This one is another easy project to build although I did add a few things here and there. Since I have plans to add these to a rail road layout eventually, I landscaped the base using model rail road techniqies which add a lot to the finished project. I also triple layered the parts to give things a bit more depth than just a single printed copy would allow. One of the things that fascinated me about this little model was the "Widows' Walk" perched on the roof top. From stories and tales that I have read I wanted to detail this feature a little more than what was presented. For those that do not know what a widows' walk here is a bit of the lore. Since the sailing days voyages were rather long and sometimes problematic affairs as far as the crew actually returning, Captains' Houses often featured a platform on the roof so the wife of the skipper could scan the ocean for that first glimpse of her returning husbands vessel. A couple of the things that I have read about that were part of these was a telescope to help the lady of the house scan the far horizons to get that first look. I used a spare brass PE Machine Gun barrel to form the upright, a staple bent and trimmed to form the telescope mounting and some styrene rod and stretched sprue to make the actual telescope. A little painting and I had a credible looking bit of optics in place. The other item was a potted tree. This gave the lady of the house something to do while she was pineing away looking for her hubby and a reason to actually go up there. It also was proof from a distance to the captain that his lady was paying attention to things on the homefront while he was away. To make this up I chucked a bit of sprue in a motor tool and spun it using a hobby knife to trim it down to an old fashioned Milk Can shape. Another bit of stretched sprue furnished the trunk and some coarse turf made the top. So here is my little project as I have it completed.   
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Jay Massey treadhead1952 Las Vegas, NV 
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07-03-2009, 10:39 AM
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neat house, great build, nice decoration for your house too.
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07-03-2009, 10:43 AM
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Very, very, very nice!...(did I mention how nice?).
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07-03-2009, 11:20 AM
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It is very nice!
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07-03-2009, 12:21 PM
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Very nice looking model. The extras you added really put a nice touch to it. Should look good in a railroad layout.
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07-03-2009, 12:28 PM
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it's like a cute little cottage, the flocking is really well done
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