Central PA is a very heavily agricultural area. Having said that, one does not have to travel very far, before noticing differences in the barns and other outbuildings, by area. Eastern Lancaster County barns are different from western or northern or southern Lancaster County barns, due, at least in part, to materials available locally to build them with. We have ALL stone barns, stone end wall barns, all frame barns, different colors and states of repair. With the off-kilter milk pricing (gov't regulation) many farmers are hurting while milk prices are rising. Jim Lyle In a message dated 9/13/2011 8:00:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I disagree that all barns are crude structures. Many get that way from negligence. I can remember barns in Wisconsin that were always kept painted and looked good. Most Wisconsin barns did not have 1 x 12's, but 1 x 4's for siding. Most Wisconsin barns were painted red with white trim. I realize that barns look different in other parts of the country. Most barns that are being used today in Wisconsin are well kept. Roy J Meissner ----- Original Message ----- From: ctxmf74 To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 5:07 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: S-scale Barns --- In [email protected], Peter Vanvliet <pavanvliet@...> wrote: > > Hi All, > > My wife is wanting to build a barn kit for one of our "Houston S > Gaugers" modules. I seem to remember having seen them, but I can't find > any in the list of web sites I have on my site. Do any of you have any > leads? She's not too picky about what type of farm it is. A barn is a pretty crude structure and most were just built to suit the site so I'd just give her a pile of balsa wood sticks and tell her to embrace her inner architect. or to make it even cheaper just cut up cardboard into 1 by 12 planks and start gluing. Then when it's done whitewash it ...DaveBranum [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
