Farm House

After the glue was dry I realized that I had a potential problem - the bottom of the chimney was not held in place. The chimney would stay in place as long as the house remained level, but in my suitcase layout it would probably shift when the suitcase was closed and set in a carrying position. So I got a disposable plastic dropper with a long, narrow dropper and sucked up some Woodland Scenics "Scenic Glue", inserted the dropper though a window, and put a big dollop of glue around the bottom of the chimney. Here's hoping that holds.

N Scale Architect - Nansen Street Models
Farm House Kit #NSM005 (Z scale)

The farm house consists of laser-cut wood, card stock, and particle board, plus a long square piece of metal which is for the chimney. The dimensions of the area to the right showing the various parts of the kit is about 5 x 6 inches.

I painted the exterior of the farm house with crocus yellow acrylic paint. I mixed a little pumpkin orange and canary yellow in with burnt umber to give a lighter brown acrylic for the doors, windows, and trim. I mixed barn red with some of the left-over brown and painted the chimney. If my house was a two-story house it might look something like this will look.

I followed the directions with the kit

to assemble the house. The last step was to insert the chimney though the roof. But the bar of metal that was the chimney was much too long. So I stuck it though the roof, upside down, and made a scratch in the paint at the height that I thought the top of the chimney should be. I cut the bar with a hacksaw, the inserted it through the roof again. I put some glue around the chimney to hold it in place.